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I made a present of the work to a bookseller, and in three or four days he sold out the whole edition at a bajocco apiece. Farinello and the Electress Dowager of Saxony Madame Slopitz Nina The Midwife Madame Soavi Abbe Bolini Madame Viscioletta The Seamstress The Sorry Pleasure of Revenge Severini Goes to Naples My Departure Marquis Mosca
When Madame Soavi got to Bologna she met her husband whom she had not seen for fifteen years. "Here is a treasure for you," said she, shewing him her daughter. "She's certainly very pretty, but what am I to do with her? She does not belong to me." "Yes she does, as I have given her to you.
When Madame Soavi got to Bologna she met her husband whom she had not seen for fifteen years. "Here is a treasure for you," said she, shewing him her daughter. "She's certainly very pretty, but what am I to do with her? She does not belong to me." "Yes she does, as I have given her to you.
"I can't see that." "Ah, you have always stayed at home, and consequently your wits are homely." I heard this curious dialogue which made me laugh then, and makes me laugh now as I write it. I offered to help in Adelaide's education, but Madame Soavi laughed, and said,
"Io son colui che tenni ambo le chiavi Del cuor di Federigo e che le volsi Serrando e disserando sì soavi Che dal segreto suo quasi ogni uom tolsi." It is but four miles down the hillside and through the valley along Via Pisana to Empoli in the plain.
Tasso's 'Gierusalemme Liberata' is altogether unquestionably a fine poem, though it has some low, and many false thoughts in it: and Boileau very justly makes it the mark of a bad taste, to compare 'le Clinquant Tasse a l' Or de Virgile'. The image, with which he adorns the introduction of his epic poem, is low and disgusting; it is that of a froward, sick, puking child, who is deceived into a dose of necessary physic by 'du bon-bon'. These verses are these: "Cosi all'egro fanciul porgiamo aspersi Di soavi licor gli orli del vaso: Succhi amari ingannato intanto ei beve, E dall' inganno suo vita riceve."
The latter had retired to Rome, while Madame Marucci was on her way to Lucca, her native country. Madame Soavi, a Bolognese dancer whom I had known at Parma and Paris, came to Bologna with her daughter by M. de Marigni. The girl, whose name was Adelaide, was very beautiful, and her natural abilities had been fostered by a careful education.
Madame Soavi who had not taken the precaution to settle the six thousand francs on herself, lost all in losing Adelaide, and died miserably after having rolled in riches. But, alas! I am not the man to reproach anyone on the score of imprudence. At Bologna I met the famous Afflisio, who had been discharged from the imperial service and had turned manager.
"I can't see that." "Ah, you have always stayed at home, and consequently your wits are homely." I heard this curious dialogue which made me laugh then, and makes me laugh now as I write it. I offered to help in Adelaide's education, but Madame Soavi laughed, and said,
The latter had retired to Rome, while Madame Marucci was on her way to Lucca, her native country. Madame Soavi, a Bolognese dancer whom I had known at Parma and Paris, came to Bologna with her daughter by M. de Marigni. The girl, whose name was Adelaide, was very beautiful, and her natural abilities had been fostered by a careful education.
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