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12 BIANC A MIL ESI MO JON.
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_^ with ind feared the praises nothing receive 1 from d this by her masculin daughter e course from of distinguished study . The men onl ,
danger marked on her chart of life was " the world / ' and for y worldly pleasures Bianca had no inclination . Like many another
clever girl , she passed through an anchorite phase of savage independence . Her zeal for study became so engrossing that" gruding
, g the time allotted to her brief toilet , she cut off her hair ; _" and in order to save her money to buy booksshe wore a cloth dress and
coarse shoes . She limited herself to the , necessaries of lifethat she might have the luxury of a tour in Switzerland . ,
After indulging in various pursuits , Bianca ' s active mind was concentrated on painting . Appianaa distinguished Milanese artist
, , " felt , as did many others , a paternal tenderness for this energetic and charming young person . " He volunteered to become her
teacher , and permitted her , as he did no one else , access to his scaffolding , that she might watch him at work on his frescoes . She
had the temperament of an artist , and a taste , but not a talent , for painting . M . Souvestre saw in after yearsbut did not admireher
made portraits no nam of M e in . and her adopted Madame profession Sismondi . _, and But , she like appears all heart to y work h , ave
it seemed to educate and to discipline her powers , , and it enriched , her life with many warm and valuable friends . If Bianea were no
_23 ainter , she had genius , youth , and enthusiasm , and these attracted to her mother ' s house the distinguished men of Milanand a long
list of artists , specified by M . Souvestre . One of these asked , Bianea in marriage . The young enthusiast replied to his proposal that
she would only marry herself to art ! But this intellectual determination only lasted until the true lover made his _ajopearanee a few
years later . Being thus wrapt up in her one idea , it may be easily imagined
that Bianea found her social _popLilarity an inconvenient distraction , and she therefore set to work to persuade her mother to take her
to Rome ; and her widowed mother , as mothers are wont , yielded her own ease and inclinations , and went with her youngest child to
the Eternal City , attended by the faithful abbe who had formed for years a member of the family . The galleries of Pistoja and Venice
were visited on their way , and a _23 parently Florence also , as it is recorded that Bianea was " inconsolable" at having missed seeing
the monument to Alfieri in Santa Croce . The great Italian tragedian had become her heroshe had adopted his opinionsand with
him aspiring to the independence , of her country , she partook , his hatred of all foreign domination . At Home she coldly repulsed the
kindness of General Midlis , the French commander in that city . In daug sp hter ite of several this , sp the lendid General _^ _tes persevered at the _Palazza in Doria giving . But the the mother fanati and cal
admirer of Alfieri would not respond to his cordial and graceful courtesy , and maintained a haughty coldness , neglecting no
"opportunity of expressing her detestation of the authority that governed
12 Bianc A Mil Esi Mo Jon.
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1861, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031861/page/12/
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