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A VIEW

OF

SOCIETY AND MANNERS

IN

ITALY:

WITH

ANECDOTES RELATING TO SOME EMINENT

CHARACTERS.

By JOHN MOORE, M. D.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

《་《་

VOL. II.

Sirenua nos exercet inertia: navibus atque

Quadrigis petimus bene vivere. Quod petis, hic est,

HOR

PARIS:

PRINTED BY J. SMITH, AT THE ENGLISH PRESS,

RUE VAUGIRARD, N.o 939.

1803.

CONTENTS

OF

THE FIRST VOLUME.

LETTER XLVII. p. 1.

BUSTs and statues of distinguished Romans

-of Heathen Deities.-Passion of the
Greeks and Romans for sculpture.-Far-
nesian Hercules criticised by a Lady.→
Remarks on that statue.- -On the Flora.

-

-Effect which the sight of the statues
of Laocoon and his sons had on two
spectators of opposite characters.-Mr.
Locke's Observations on the same group.
-The Antonius.-The Apollo.

LETTER XLVIII. p. 17.

The present Pope.—Ganganelli.—A Scotch
Presbyterian.

-

LETTER XLIX. p. 28.

Zeal of Pius VI.-Institution of the Jubilee.

·Ceremony of building up the holy door

of St. Peter's by the present Pope.-The

ceremony of high mass performed by the

Pope on Christmas-day. Character of

the present Pope. —He is admired by the

Roman women. The Benediction pro-

nounced in the grand area before the

church of St. Peter's.

LETTER L. p. 40.

Presented to the Pope.-Reflections on the
situation of Soveregins in general.—The
Sovereign Pontiff in particular.

LETTER LI. P.

52.

Modern Romans.-Roman women compared