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"Davvero ! " cried he . * " ancke quelto " ! He took my money , counted it , kissed my hand , counted it again , sorted it , and seemed to be reakoning the amount both of the smaller coin and the
greater ; then he turned his back upon me , and muttered some words to himself . I asked him if the money was not right ; and why he mistrusted me so ; and what he meant by putting the small coin in his pocket
and holding the rest in hand . " Sir ! " said he , gravely and sorrowingly , "I have been making a vow , ( lest my heart should misgive me , for I am poor ) to buy a wax-taper with this silver for the good of your
soul , if any good can be done it ; in order to expiate the things you said so unadvisedly . And now I entreat and implore you to believe , " cried he with energy as he fell upon his
knees , " that not only all the milordi in the world , but that likewise all the Momignori , all the Purpurates and Eminences , tossed up together in a frittata , would not weigh the little finger of the Bambino . And then his dear sweet mother V
Here tears rolled down his cheeks . . he sprang up , crying , « Ca ! Cospetto di Bacco /" and snapped his fingers , and ran out of the kitchen .
I related the history to my mistress , who was very far from being offended ; " but throw the stinking things away , " said she . My fellow servants murmured loudly when they understood the order , and
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begged they might dr « ss the game for themselves , and whUfe it was fresh and sweet . Cherubini ran . to one of the fomir
tains , which he declared was the very best in Rome , not only to cure the migraine , but to extract the wild flavour from hares , woodcocks , partridges * and all other such animals , only
by leaving them a night or two in it . But the rest , although they bowed to his superior lights on the subject , made an exception as to the duration of time , and said that hares indeed
and woodcocks and partridges might require more soaking , but tender young foxes did not enter the gates every day , and that these two were qualcke cosa particolare .
MR STIVERS TO MR HOMFRAY . Dear Isaac , In spite of that confounded name of thine , thou art an honest fellow . And , now I remember , the name is not so bad a one neither . For I heard
some learned English folks , at my master's , ( a plain gentleman , like yourself ) talk of one who was made a knight with it , in spite of his being a philosopher . And you too , my old
lad , are a bit of a philosopher , as gentlemen are called who wear worsted stockings and dog-ear cravats . Well , I would not lose a friend by ain
imprudent action . I hate pressing and plaguing my friends . If you had wanted your tiioney you would have taken it , I never should have said one syllable more about it , had you
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380 High and Lorn Life in Italy .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 1, 1837, page 330, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1837/page/34/
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