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A View of Society and Manners in Italy, Volume 2 (of 2): With Anecdotes Relating to some Eminent CharactersMoore, John

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A View of Society and Manners in Italy, Volume 2 (of 2): With Anecdotes Relating to some Eminent Characters

Name: A View of Society and Manners in Italy, Volume 2 (of 2): With Anecdotes Relating to some Eminent Characters
Author: Moore, John

Moore, John

Italy -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; Italy -- Social life and customs -- Early works to 1800

_Journey from Rome to
    Naples.—Veletri.—Otho.—Sermonetta.—Peevish Travellers.—Monte
    Circello.—Piperno.—Fossa Nuova._

                          LETTER LIII. p. 104.

    _Terracina.—Via Appia.—Fundi.—Gaeta.—Illustrious French
    Rebels.—Bourbon.—Minturnæ.—Marius.—Hannibal._

                           LETTER LIV. p. 120.

    _Naples.—Fortress of St. Elmo.—Conversation with a Lady
    regarding the Carthusians.—Manufactures.—Number of inhabitants._

                           LETTER LV. p. 131.

    _Manners._

                           LETTER LVI. p. 138.

    _Respect paid to Kings during their lives.—Freedoms used with
    their characters after their deaths.—The King of Naples.—A game
    at billiards.—Characters of the King and Queen._

                          LETTER LVII. p. 147.

    _The Neapolitan Nobles.—The Peasants._

                          LETTER LVIII. p. 158.

    _Citizens.—Lawyers.—Physicians.—Clergy.—Convents.—Lazzaroni._

                           LETTER LIX. p. 168.

    _Herculaneum.—Portici.—Pompeia._

                           LETTER LX. p. 186.

    _Poetical Rehearsers in the streets of Naples.—Street Orators
    and Historians—Improuvisatories.—Signora Corilla.—Sensibility
    of Italians.—English Gentlemen of the Ton.—A Neapolitan
    Mountebank._

                           LETTER LXI. p. 204.

    _A visit to Mount Vesuvius._

                          LETTER LXII. p. 217.

    _Observations on the pulmonary Consumption._

                          LETTER LXIII. p. 257.

    _Neapolitan and English customs and characters criticised and
    compared, in a conversation between two English Gentlemen._

                          LETTER LXIV. p. 273.

    _The liquefaction of St. Januarius’s blood.—Procession,
    ceremonies, anxiety of the people.—Their preposterous abuse of
    the Saint.—Observation of a Roman Catholic._

                           LETTER LXV. p. 290.

    _The Tomb of Virgil.—Pausilippo.—A Neapolitan Valet.—Grotta
    del Cane.—Campi Phlegrei, Solfaterra, Monte Nuova,
    &c.—Puzzoli.—Baia.—Cumæ._

                          LETTER LXVI. p. 301.

    _Palace of Casserta.—African slaves.—Gardens.—Fortifications._

                          LETTER LXVII. p. 308.

    _Character of the Archduchess.—Attend the King and Queen on a
    visit to four nunneries.—Entertainments there.—Effect of the
    climate on the constitution of Nuns and others._

                         LETTER LXVIII. p. 318.

    _Tivoli._

                          LETTER LXIX. p. 330.

    _Frescati and Albano.—Dialogue between an English and Scotch
    Gentleman._

                           LETTER LXX. p. 350.

    _Florence.—The English Minister.—Grand Duke and
    Duchess.—Florentines.—Particular species of virtù._

                          LETTER LXXI. p. 359.

    _Gallery.—Dialogue between an Antiquarian and a young Man
    concerning the Arrotino.—The Tribuna.—The Gallery of Portraits._

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A View of Society and Manners in Italy, Volume 2 (of 2): With Anecdotes Relating to some Eminent Characters

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