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and absolution . . and I would not Lear of it . O , lo scellerato porco ! His very name is hateful to me . "
" My good young woman \" said I , tenderly , " who has done you this wrong ?" " I never heard the monster ' s name , and never will hear it ;
I never saw his face before , and never will see it , " cried she , wiping * her eyes , and tucking her hair under her bonnet ; " but I have a friend over there
at Pignole , who will bring him to reason . . a friend with a lining to his coat , and something in it . He won ' t see an honest girl treated in this fashion for half a paolo . "
Here is something very mysterious , my dear Mr Drew , in this bringing to reason and this coat-Jining : I do not half like it . I had a mind to tell the
young woman as much ; but I thought of the friend at Pignole , and prayed God in his infinite mercy to do as he might see best . I am , &c .
[ In this letter is contained an irrefragable answer to those who , for certain ends of their own , would disparage the Society for the Suppression of Vice . Had such a society been established at Florence , the
young girl would have been sent to Bridewell , the young man to Cold-bath-fields , the friend at Pignoli to Botany Bay , and much concern would have been spared both Mr Raikes and Mr Drew .
Government would also take into serious consideration , at the suggestion of so respectable and
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influential a society , whether in that fine climate coat-lmingi are absolutely necessary . ]
PARROCO SPINELLA TO MR RAIKES . lllustrissimus ! My Most Worshipful Patron . Gladly would I transcribe ,, gladly would I buy up at any
price , sacrificing my whole fortune ( alas ! a poor parroco ' s ! what is it !) all the jokes in our language for Her service , if Her Excellency could not find them in a pleasant ride of twelve
miles . The Signor Professor , Giovanni Rosini of Pisa , has published a book , the title of which may be easily learned in that city . I am informed that
all the old jokes are in , and all the new ones are upon it . What can be more convenient ? I kiss &c .
PARROCO SPINELLA TO MR RAIKES . lllustrissimus ! My Most Worshipful Patron . It has pleased the Divine Majesty to take unto Himself the Holiness of his Blessed son
our Lord , the High Pontiff , Leo XII , so that without hurting His paternal heart , since it never can come to His ears , I may relate to your erudite
Signory the matter touching the execution . It was a Prelato , not a cardinal , nor a bishop , God be praised ! who fell by the hand of the murderer . The
servant , who was examined and brought to justice , was not the criminal . Ample compensation has been done to him and his family , for the mistake of
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High and Low Life in Ital y * 18 * I
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 1, 1837, page 187, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1835/page/43/
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