Chapter I: Front Matter

_New courts.—New magistrates.—Reformation of the Venetian
code.—The form of electing the Doge._

LETTER XII. p. 129.

_Aristocracy
established.—Conspiracies.—Insurrections.—Ecclesiastical
Inquisition.—The College, or Seigniory._

LETTER XIII. p. 144.

_Conspiracy against the State, by a Doge.—Singular instance of
weakness and vanity in a noble Venetian.—New magistrates to
prevent luxury.—Courtesans._

LETTER XIV. p. 157.

_Rigour of Venetian laws exemplified in the cases of Antonio
Venier, Carlo Zeno, and young Foscari._

LETTER XV. p. 171.

_The Council of Ten, and the State Inquisitors.—Reflections on
these institutions._

LETTER XVI. p. 187.

_League of Cambray.—War with Turks.—Antonio Bragadino.—Battle
of Lapanta.—Disputes with the Pope._

LETTER XVII. p. 201.

_Marquis of Bedamar’s conspiracy.—False accusations.—The siege
of Candia.—The impatience of a Turkish Emperor.—Conclusion of
the review of the Venetian Government._

LETTER XVIII. p. 215.

_Venetian manners.—Opera.—Affectation.—A Duo.—Dancers._

LETTER XIX. p. 227.

_No military establishment at Venice.—What supplies its place._

LETTER XX. p. 232.

_Reflections on the nature of Venetian
Government.—Gondoleers.—Citizens.—The Venetian subjects on the
Terra Firma._

LETTER XXI. p. 240.

_Gallantry.—Cassinos._

LETTER XXII. p. 249.

_Character of Venetians.—Customs and usages.—Influence of
fashion in matters of taste.—Prejudice.—The excellence of
Italian comic actors._

LETTER XXIII. p. 262.

_Departure from Venice.—Padua.—St. Anthony, his tomb and
miracles._

LETTER XXIV. p. 270.

_Church of St. Justina.—The bodies of St. Matthew and St.
Luke.—The university.—Beggars._

LETTER XXV. p. 275.

_The antiquity of Padua.—The Brenta.—The Po.—The Thames._

LETTER XXVI. p. 285.

_Ferrara.—The Family of Este.—Ariosto, the Emperor, and his
brothers, lodge at an inn, which oversets the understanding of
the landlord. An inscription._

LETTER XXVII. p. 292.

_Bologna. Its government, commerce, palaces._

LETTER XXVIII. p. 301.

_The academy of arts and sciences.—Church of St.
Petronius.—Dominican convent.—Palaces.—Raphael.—Guido._

LETTER XXIX. p. 313.

_Journey from Bologna to Ancona.—The Rubicon.—Julius
Cæsar.—Pesaro.—Fano.—Claudius Nero.—Asdrubal.—Senegalia._

LETTER XXX. p. 323.

_Ancona.—The influence of commerce on the characters of
mankind.—The Mole.—The triumphal arch of the Emperor Trajan._

LETTER XXXI. p. 333.

_Loretto.—History of the Casa Santa._

LETTER XXXII. p. 340.

_Description of the sacred chapel.—The treasury._

LETTER XXXIII. p. 351.

_Pilgrimages to Loretto.—Manufactures.—Confessionals.—Basso
relievos.—Zeal of pilgrims.—Iron grates before the
chapels.—Reflections._

LETTER XXXIV. p. 362.

_Tolentino.—The Apennines.—A hermit.—Umbria.—Spoletto._

LETTER XXXV. p. 371.

_Terni.—Narni.—Otricoli.—Civita Castellana.—Campania of Rome._

LETTER XXXVI. p. 380.

_Rome.—Conversazionis.—Cardinal Bernis.—The distress of an
Italian lady._

LETTER XXXVII. p. 389.

_Remarks on ancient and modern Rome.—The church of St. Peter’s._

LETTER XXXVIII. p. 404.

_The ceremony of the Possesso._

LETTER XXXIX. p. 413.

_Pantheon.—Coliseum.—Gladiators._

LETTER XL. p. 432.

_The Campidoglio.—Forum Romanum.—Jews._

LETTER XLI. p. 442.

_Ruins.—Via Sacra.—Tarpeian Rock.—Campus Martius.—Various
Forums.—Trajan’s Column._

LETTER XLII. p. 452.

_The beatification of a Saint._

LETTER XLIII. p. 459.

_Character of modern Italians.—Observations on human nature
in general.—An English Officer.—Cause of the frequency of the
crime of murder._

LETTER XLIV. p. 474.

_Different kinds of punishment.—Account of an execution.—Souls
in purgatory._

LETTER XLV. p. 487.

_The usual course with an antiquarian.—An expeditious course,
by a young Englishman.—The Villa Borghese._

LETTER XLVI. p. 506.

_The morning study of an artist.—Conversation with him on
that subject.—An Italian lady and her Confessor.—The Lady’s
religious scruples and precaution._

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