Chapter I: Front Matter

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A
VIEW
OF
SOCIETY AND MANNERS
IN
ITALY:

WITH
ANECDOTES relating to some EMINENT CHARACTERS.

BY JOHN MOORE, M.D.

VOL. II.

Strenua nos exercet inertia: navibus atque
Quadrigis petimus bene vivere. Quod petis, hic est.

HOR.

THE SECOND EDITION.

LONDON: Printed for W. STRAHAN; and T. CADELL, in the Strand.
MDCCLXXXI.

CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME.

LETTER XLVI. p. 1.

_Busts and statues of distinguished Romans—of Heathen
Deities.—Passion of the Greeks and Romans for
Sculpture.—Farnesian Hercules criticised by a Lady.—Remarks
on that statue.—On the Flora.—Effect which the sight of the
statues of Laocoon and his sons had on two spectators of
opposite characters.—Mr. Lock’s Observations on the same
group.—The Antinous.—The Apollo._

LETTER XLVII. p. 21.

_The present Pope.—Ganganelli.—A Scotch Presbyterian._

LETTER XLVIII. p. 34.

_Zeal of Pius VI.—Institution of the Jubilee.—Ceremony of
building up the holy door of St. Peter’s by the present
Pope.—The ceremony of high mass performed by the Pope on
Christmas-day.—Character of the present Pope.—He is admired by
the Roman women.—The Benediction pronounced in the grand area
before the church of St. Peter’s._

LETTER XLIX. p. 48.

_Presented to the Pope.—Reflections on the situation of
Sovereigns in general.—The Sovereign Pontiff in particular._

LETTER L. p. 63.

_Modern Romans.—Roman women compared with those of
England.—Portrait painting in Italy, and elsewhere._

LETTER LI. p. 78.

_Carnival at Rome.—Masquerades and other amusements in the
Corso.—Horse-races.—Serious Opera.—Great sensibility in a
young woman.—Extravagant expression of a Roman citizen at the
Opera.—A Serenade on Christmas morning.—Female performers
prohibited on the Theatres at Rome.—Eunuchs substituted.—The
effect on the minds of spectators._

LETTER LII. p. 91.

_Journey from Rome to
Naples.—Veletri.—Otho.—Sermonetta.—Peevish Travellers.—Monte
Circello.—Piperno.—Fossa Nuova._

LETTER LIII. p. 104.

_Terracina.—Via Appia.—Fundi.—Gaeta.—Illustrious French
Rebels.—Bourbon.—Minturnæ.—Marius.—Hannibal._

LETTER LIV. p. 120.

_Naples.—Fortress of St. Elmo.—Conversation with a Lady
regarding the Carthusians.—Manufactures.—Number of inhabitants._

LETTER LV. p. 131.

_Manners._

LETTER LVI. p. 138.

_Respect paid to Kings during their lives.—Freedoms used with
their characters after their deaths.—The King of Naples.—A game
at billiards.—Characters of the King and Queen._

LETTER LVII. p. 147.

_The Neapolitan Nobles.—The Peasants._

LETTER LVIII. p. 158.

_Citizens.—Lawyers.—Physicians.—Clergy.—Convents.—Lazzaroni._

LETTER LIX. p. 168.

_Herculaneum.—Portici.—Pompeia._

LETTER LX. p. 186.

_Poetical Rehearsers in the streets of Naples.—Street Orators
and Historians—Improuvisatories.—Signora Corilla.—Sensibility
of Italians.—English Gentlemen of the Ton.—A Neapolitan
Mountebank._

LETTER LXI. p. 204.

_A visit to Mount Vesuvius._

LETTER LXII. p. 217.

_Observations on the pulmonary Consumption._

LETTER LXIII. p. 257.

_Neapolitan and English customs and characters criticised and
compared, in a conversation between two English Gentlemen._

LETTER LXIV. p. 273.

_The liquefaction of St. Januarius’s blood.—Procession,
ceremonies, anxiety of the people.—Their preposterous abuse of
the Saint.—Observation of a Roman Catholic._

LETTER LXV. p. 290.

_The Tomb of Virgil.—Pausilippo.—A Neapolitan Valet.—Grotta
del Cane.—Campi Phlegrei, Solfaterra, Monte Nuova,
&c.—Puzzoli.—Baia.—Cumæ._

LETTER LXVI. p. 301.

_Palace of Casserta.—African slaves.—Gardens.—Fortifications._

LETTER LXVII. p. 308.

_Character of the Archduchess.—Attend the King and Queen on a
visit to four nunneries.—Entertainments there.—Effect of the
climate on the constitution of Nuns and others._

LETTER LXVIII. p. 318.

_Tivoli._

LETTER LXIX. p. 330.

_Frescati and Albano.—Dialogue between an English and Scotch
Gentleman._

LETTER LXX. p. 350.

_Florence.—The English Minister.—Grand Duke and
Duchess.—Florentines.—Particular species of virtù._

LETTER LXXI. p. 359.

_Gallery.—Dialogue between an Antiquarian and a young Man
concerning the Arrotino.—The Tribuna.—The Gallery of Portraits._

LETTER LXXII. p. 370.

_State of the common people, particularly the peasants in
Italy.—Of Roman Catholic Clergy.—Clergy in general._

LETTER LXXIII. p. 389.

_Manners.—The Count Albany._

LETTER LXXIV. p. 398.

_Cicisbeism._

LETTER LXXV. p. 408.

_The same subject continued._

LETTER LXXVI. p. 421.

_Commerce.—Jews.—Actors.—The Chapel of St. Lorenzo.—The rich
not envied by the poor.—The Palazzo Pitti.—Observations on the
Madonna della Seggiola._

LETTER LXXVII. p. 431.

_A public Discourse by a Professor at the Academy of Arts at
Bologna.—Procession of Corpus Domini.—Modena.—Parma.—Different
opinions respecting a famous picture of Correggio._

LETTER LXXVIII. p. 441.

_Milan.—The Cathedral.—Museum.—Manners._

LETTER LXXIX. p. 451.

_Turin.—St. Ambrose.—A Procession.—Mount
Cenis.—Modane.—Aiguebelle.—Hannibal’s passage into Italy._

LETTER LXXX. p. 464.

_Journey from Geneva to Besançon.—Observation of a French
peasant.—Of an old Woman.—Remarks of a French Friseur on the
English nation._

LETTER LXXXI. p. 472.

_The Marquis de F——._

LETTER LXXXII. p. 483.

_Reflections on foreign travel._

A VIEW OF SOCIETY AND MANNERS

IN

ITALY.