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Bishop s wai a man . of advanced &ge : ot sinffuj&r . learning , un-*¦ ¦*** ) ,, ' tiff t ivO !« i » H u \ - o ; ¦/ : - ( .- ^ i C 2 ;; . - i . common politeness ,, and distmgtnsked eloquence ,, and also of a sweet arid insinuating : address ; I ^ no' had himself s'frsrit a great in
p ^ r <; or his lite the courts of g ¥ eat Princes \ and was called , and perhaps is at this time called O ^ lateo ; at whose request , and b y whose encouragement , I first engaged ' in writing this treatise . " Tms gentleman , then , as he
fpde jb y the side of the Count , oh his departure , insensibly engaged Him in a very agreeable conversation on various subjects . 'After chattering together very bleasantlv , uoon one thino- after
another , ana it appearing now time for him to return to Verona , the Count began to insist Kjpon his going back to his friends , and for that purpose he hihiseif waited on him some littje part of the way . —There , at'Jength , Galateo with an open &rid fj * £ e air , and in the most cibli ^ irig expressions , thus
addressed the Count : 'My Lord / says' lie , / thq Bisliopof Verona , inf 1 master , returns you many ili&nksfor the honour which you nai ^ e done him : particularly that yoii did hot disdain to take uj > your r ^ sictencd with him , and to make
sqme * little stay within the nartH ^ confines of liis humble ha-Ditation , v ' Ui moreover , as he is tliorou&Wv sensible of the pingular iavour you have conlerred upon him on this occasion ; he has
enjoined me , in return , to make you a tender ol some tavour on his ? part ; and begs you , in t * nibre ' tittrtictllar nianner , to ac-^ : ^^ : ^ : ^ -i ^ part , lus intended kindness . " ' Now , my Lord , the favour
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t ^ r , estefenA ^ oti ^^ - ]^ W < W jierson ^ tiktly' hoble f so ' graceful in ^ 11 ymf * > ^ eportitl ^ yt , ? ^ tti i&o polite in ybut behspmui ^ tth&fe he nardly ever mqt ^ ithly » 6 w . r , ie ^ ttal ; in this ; respect ; d » , wibicH Ha ^ - count , ? as h ^ « $ tudiedvy ^ mr < -LarltJjv $ k
ship ' s ch ^ r ^ ict ^ r ; f su more tijan , or 4 iH ^ ry atten ^ 9 n > ajid minutely scru ^ izecl pvery ^ p |^ t of it , he could-n () f discover a . single arttcle , which lie qM not iudge to be extremely ' agreeable , and deserving of the iii ^ h ^ st ettcomiums . Nay , h ^ WouM hiv e thought your Lordship ciompMe in every respect , without ^ U single exception ; but that in i onfc
particular action of yq ^ ursy thdre appeared some littler ; impaitfed * - tion : which is , that whesn you are eating at table , the naqtion of your lips and mouth causes an uncommon smackii ^ g kiricl bif a sound , which is raiher oiFensiye to those who have the ' honour ' to
sit at table > vitfi you . Tliis is what the good prelate ^ wished , \ o have your Lordship acijuaiiiited with ; and entreats yoii , if iifc is in your power , car ^ fuljy to correct this ungraceful habit fdr , the
future ; and that' yo . ur Lbi-dsli ^ p would favourably accep ); t | iis friendly ' admonition , as a particular miirk ot kindness j ^ ilnf Bishop is thoroughly coiivin 6 ^ d , that there is Hot a man Hi ! the
whole world , besides \ H \\ m&eli , who woiilil' have bestowed on vour Lordship ' a ' favbiir of this ., ^ W d . x ¦ ,, , .. v , o ' ( ' % Courii ; wlib : had neV ^ before been made acquainted
with this foible of his ^ on hearing himself thus t&xed , as it Were ? , wilh' ft ' thih ^ of ¦ ¦"' tbir m& blushed a little at nrst , Jyat } pQftn recollecting himself , like a man
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Ga / ateo ; orit Tti ^ W'Politeness . 'Ml
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No . 383—V . C c
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 1, 1837, page 361, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1837/page/65/
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