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    said to be replete . with the effusions of democracy ; and if there is any truth in the report that he was in favour with the Countess of Albany , and hated the French , the probability is that she wished to cure him of

    his French principles by what Mr Stivers , mistaking the learned gentleman ' s expression , calls a French rival ; as holding the finger to the fire is a remedy for the burn . ]

    MR STIVERS TO LADY C . We have been at Florence ten days , and a wonderful place it is . There is not a straight street , nor a square square , in the whole of it . If the men

    were bigger , I should suppose that the ladies took their curvature from their habitations , as their minds do from their

    bodies ; they are so diminutive , wry , and wriggling . I have conversed with about fifty English and forty Italian servants . It has been intimated to all of

    them , that it will be allowed them to enjoy an honest liberty ( that is to rob their masters ) if they behave well . I found on inquiry ( for the whole subject is interesting ) that behaving well consists in giving true

    and complete information to the police of everything that occurs in the family . As their newspapers contain no scandal , no elopements , no crim . cons ., the curiosity of the heads of the police must be satisfied with washier fare . You would wonder to see with what delight they listen to an account of the

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    dishes served at table , the squabbles of masters and mistresses , a box on the ear , a bottle thrown across the table , or prayers read to the servants by the master of the family . A

    food deal of money is spent in 'lorence by the English , and the city is hardly less enriched by the number of forks , spoons , rings , watches , brooches , and

    necklaces , put into circulation by the servants , chiefly the Italians ; but the same freedom of action is allowed the

    English and other foreigners , on displaying the same merits * This public spirit is much encouraged by what is called here the hierarchy of the police . Be

    pleased to direct to me at die Palazzo Maraschini . A palace here is different from a house , by having a barn-door for the entrance , and room enough for horses and mules to stand

    against the staircase . I am , &c . &c # &c . [ If Mr Stivers had not been represented to us as a person

    of strict sobriety , we , reading this letter , should entertain some suspicion of his being fuddled . ]

    MR STIVERS TO LADY C . And a pretty set of nobles they are f Why , Pitt made better ! However- I have found out in Florence what I never

    should have found out in London : everything has its mean- * ing . I always thought as much . Counts come from counting-house . Marquise from

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    High and Low Life in Italy . 9 T :

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 1, 1837, page 97, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1834/page/25/