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    has now remained fbr 600 . yfears ; and so little do thfe peoplfe iseerii to dfead its felling , that they hive fehno scruple to build A roV 7 of houses bn the vei-y spot over which it impends . ' The winter climate of Pisa is considered to be one of the best in Europe for pulmonary patients , beinsr particularly soft and mild ; but the distance

    from England is so great , that I should advise none of my countrymen to come hither for then * health who cannot afford to travel post in tfteir own carriage , or who have not the opportunity of a very good conveyance by sea . To those who do come , it is of importance to choose lodgings facing the south , it being common here to ask , not whether an invalid has recovered , but on which side of the river he has lived .

    [ We took the direct road from Pisa to Rome by Sienna , without toudririg at Florence ; but the details of this part of my journey I must , for the sake of brevity , omit . ] Sunday , March 30 th . Our straining eyes caught the first indistinct view of Rome at the distance of about twelve miles , and when we came within four * the superb dome of St . Peter ' s burst upon us in all its grandeiir . We entered by the ancient Via Flaminia and the Porta del Popolo , immediately

    within which is a square with a beautiful Egyptian obelisk in the ceritre , surrounded by fine buildings , and with the three principal streets of the town diverging froin it , so that my first impression of " the eternal city" was one of pleasure and admiration . As we drove up to the gate my hestd was filled with glowing recollections of Horatius Codes , and Camillus , and Caesar ,

    and Pompey , and all the other heroes and worthies by whose deeds the glory of old Rome was raised to so high a pitch . But then came the " troubles of driving to the Custom-house , and of treating with venal officers and insolent postilions ; all which very soon brought down my thoughts from the high horse of glory and of patriotism to the level of common affairs and evefy-day anxieties .

    Rome wad so crowded with people at this season that we were glad to put up with an indifferent room at the Hotel Damon , Via della Croce , instead of going about from place to place in search of a better . We had not been here long before we folihd some English friends who had been spending the winter in Italy . They took us to hear a sermon , preached in English , by

    a Catholic clergyman , Dr . Baines , Bishop of Sega . This service is intended as a kind of antidote to that which our countrymen of the Established Church are now allowed to celebrate here , though their chapel is not within the walls of the city ; and on this occasion some pains had been taken to advertise the public that a sermon would be preached to explain the meaning of the ceremonies of the holy week , but thfc Catholics would have done well to choose either a better advocate or a better cause , for the

    discourse was rambling and illogical , full of bold assertion and shallow reasoning , with little or nothing on the only point which it was necessary to prove , namely , that there was any use in drdmdtizing the { rnssibn of our Lord . In short , every sensible person niust haVe Come away with the impression , that a cause which has so very little to oflfetf in the way of solid argument , will soon fall to the ground by its otyti intrinsic weakne , 6 s . *

    • As a specimen of the Bishop's reasoning , I may mention , that he maintained that all true Christians are not only of one spirit , but of one substance . The mode in which he arrived at this conclusion was somewhat curious . He quoted to us John xvii . 20 , HI , " Neither pray I for these alone / hut for them also which shall believe upon me throvtgh their word ; thai they all may ik dnc : as dhdoL Father ,

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    682 Journal # f a Tour m ike Continent .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1828, page 682, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2565/page/26/