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MILHEUGH.
Ulrich Middeldorf
A
VIEW
F
SOCIETY AND MANNERS
1 N
I T A L Y:
WITH
ANECDOTES relating to fome EMINENT CHARACTERS.
BY JOHN MOORE, M. D.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. L
Strenua nos exercet inertia: navibus atque
Quadrigis petimus bene vivere. Quod petis, hie eft.
HOR.
LONDON:
printed for W. Strahan ; and T. Cadell, in the Strand.
MDCCLXXXJ. ^
ADVERTISEMENT.
r*|~^HE following obfervatlons on Italy,
^ and on Italian manners, occurred in
the courfe of the fame Tour in which thofe
contained in a book lately *publifhed, en-
titled A Vieiv of Society and Manners in
France^ Sivitzerland, and Germany, were
made. All who have read that book will
perceive, at firil: fight, that the prefent
work is a continuation of the former; but
to thofe who have not, it was thought
neceflary to account for the abrupt manner
Jn which the following Letters begin.
Clarges-ftreet,
December 14, 1780.
'Jufi PubUJhed,
A NEW EDITION OF
A VIEW of SOCIETY and MANNERS
in FRANCE, SWITZERLAND, and
GERMANY; with Anecdotes rela-
ting to fome Eminent Characters.
In Two Volumes. Price los. in Boards.
CONTENTS
O F T H E
FIRST VOLUME.
LETTER I. p. I.
'Journey from Vienna to Venice,
LETTER IL p. 20.
^he arfenaL — The Bucentaur. — Doges' 7nar^
riage,
LETTER in. p. 27.
The ijland of Murano, — Glafs Jiianu/a^or/,
•^^Mr. Montague,
A3
VI CONTENTS.
L E T T E R IV. p. 39.
Situation of Venice. — Lagune. — Canals,-^
Bridges,
L E T T E R V. p. 46.
Piazza di St. Marco. — Patriarchal church,
^—Ducal palace . — Broglio.
LETTER Vf. p. 56.
JR^JleBions excited hy the various objecis
around St. Mark's fquarc. — On painting,
— A comioijjeur,
LETTER VIL p. 69.
Origin of Venice,
LETTER VIIL p. 77.
Various changes in the form of government.
— T'yrannical condu^ of a Doge, — Savage
behaviour of the people. — Commerce of
Venice,
CONTENTS. Tii
L E T T E R IX. p. 89.
New regulations. — Foundation of the
arijlocracy — Origin of the ceremony of
efpouftng the Sea. — Neiv forms of ma^
gifracy,
L E T T E R X. p. 104.
Henty Dandolo,
L E T T E R XL p. 1 14.
New courts. — Netv magiflrates, — Reformat
tion of the Venetian code. — The form of
eleBing the Doge.
LETTER Xir. p. 129.
Arijlocracy efablifJoed. — Confpiracies. — In*
furreclions. — Eccleftafical Inquifition.-^*
The College J or Seigniory.
A 4
^iii CONTENTS.
LETTER XIII. p. 144.
Conjpiracy againjl the State^ by a Doge.—'
Singular injlance of iveakiiefs and 'vanity
in a noble Venetian.- — Nt%v magi fir ates to
prevent luxury. — Courtefans,
LETTER XIV. p. 157.
Rigour of Venetian laivs exemplified in the
cafes of Antonio Venler^ Carlo Zeno^ and
young Fofcari,
LETTER XV. p. 171.
l^Joe Council of Ten, and the State In-
quifitors. — Reflexions on thefie infliiu-
tions,
LETTER XVI. p. 187.
League of Cambray. — ^ar ivith Turks. —
Antonio Bragadino. — Battle of Lapanto.
— Dfputcs ivith the Pope.
CONTENTS. It
LETTER XVII. p. 201.
Marquis ofBedamars con/piracy. — Falfe ac-
cufations. — Thejiege of Candia. — The im-»
patience of a Turkijh Emperor. — Conchc'
Jion of the revieiv of the Venetian Govern,"
ment,
LETTER XVIII. p. 21^.
Venetian manners, — Opera. — AffeHation,-^
A Duo. — Dancers,
LETTER XIX. p. 227.
No military efiaUifhnunt at Venice. — What
fupplies its place,
L E T T E R XX. p. 232.
RefeSiions on the nature of Venetian Govern^
ment, — Gondoleers. — Citizens. — T^he Ve^
nttlanfubje^s on the Terra Firma,
X CONTENTS.
LETTER XXr. p. 240.
Gallantry » — CaJJtnos,
LETTER XXn. p. 249.
CharaBer of Venetians, — Ciijloms and iifages,
— Influence ofjaflnon in matters oftafle,—-
Prejudice, — The excellence of Italian
comic a6lors,
LETTER XXIIL p. 262.
Departure from Venice. — Padua, — St, An-
thony^ his tomb and miracles,
LETTER XXIV. p. 270.
Church of St. Juflina — The bodies of St,
Mattheiv and St. Luke, — 'The univerfity,
— Beggars,
LETTER XXV. p. 275.
The aiitiquity of Padua, — The Brenta,^-^
The Po, — The Thames,
G O N T E N t S. xl
LETTER XXVI. p. 285-.
Perrara. — The Family of EJle. — Ariojio^ the
Emperor, and his brothersy lodge at an
inn, ivh'ich overfets the underjlanding of
the landlord. An hifcr'iption,
LETTER XXVIL p. 292.
Bologna. Its government, commerce^ pa-
laces,
LETTER XXVIIL p. 301.
T^he academy of arts and fciences. — Church
of St. Petronius, — Dominican convent. - ^
Palaces. — Raphael. — Guido .
LETTER XXIX. p. 31
fourney from Bologna to Ancona.-^
The Rubicon — Julius Cafar. — Fefaro. —
Fano. — Claudius Nero.-^AfdrubaL — Se^
negalia, j
xii CONTENTS.
LETTER XXX. p. 323.
Ancona. — T^he injluence of commerce on the
chara6iers of ma?2kind. — The Mole. — T^he
triumphal arch of the Emperor Trajan,
LETTER XXXI. p. 333.
Loretto. — Hlflory of the Cafa Santa,
LETTER XXXII. p. 340.
Defcription of the f acred chapel. — The
treafury,
LETTER XXXIII. p. 35 r.
Pilgrimages to Loretto. — Manufaclures. —
Confeffionah . — Bajfo relievos. — Zeal of
pilgritns. — Iron grates before the chapels,
— Reflexions,
LETTER XXXIV. p. 362.-
Tolentino. — The Apennines, — A hermit.-^
TJmbria . — Spoletto,
CONTENTS. xiii
LETTER XXXV. p. 371.
TernL — 'Narni. — Otricolu — Civita CaJleU
lana. — Campania of Rome,
LETTER XXXVr. p. 380.
Rome. — Converfazionis . — Cardinal Bernis,
— The dijlrefs of an Italian lady,
LETTER XXXVII. p. 389.
Remarks on ancient and modern Ro?ne. — The
church of St, Peter's,
LETTER XXXVIIL p. 404.
The ceremony of the Poffejfo,
LETTER XXXIX. p. 413.
Pantheon. — Califeum. — Gladiators,
L E T T E R XL. p. 432.
The Campidoglio, — Forum Romanum, -r
Jews,
mv C O N|T E N T S.
LETTER XLI. p. 442.
Ruins. — Via Sacra, — Tarpeian Rock Cam^
pus Martins .—Various Forums. — Trajan's
Colunin,
LETTER XLII. p. 452.
The he at ifc at ion of a Saint*
LETTER XLIIL p. 459.
Cbar after of modern Italians. — Ohfervations
on human nature in general. — An Engliflj
Officer. — Caife of the frequency of the
crime of murder,
LETTER XLIV. p. 474.
Diff'erent kinds of punifJjment. — Account of
an execution* — Souls in purgatory.
LETTER XLV. p. 487.
^he ufual courfe uuith an antiquarian. — An
expeditious courfe., by a young EnglifJjman^
^-Thc Villa Borghefe.
CONTENTS. Kv
LETTER XLVI. p. 506.
f'he mormng fiudy of an artiji.— Converfa'
tion with him on that fiibjeB.^-An
Italian lady and her ConfeJfor,—The
Ladys religious fcriiples and precau"
tion.
A VIEW
VIEW
o r
SOCIETY AND MANNERS
J N
I T A L y.
LETTER L
D E A R S I R, Venice;
F^^"^ A V I N G left Vienna, we proceed-
^ H ^ . ^
i^ y- ^^ ed through the Duchies of Stiria,
k^aL^ji Caj-inthia, andCarniola, to Venice.
Notwithilanding the mountainous nature
of thofe countries, the roads are remarkably
good. They were formed originally at a
vaft expence of labour to the inhabitants,
but in fuch a durable manner, that it re-
VoL, I. B
*'
"W
\
MILHEUGH.
Ulrich Middeldorf
A
VIEW
F
SOCIETY AND MANNERS
1 N
I T A L Y:
WITH
ANECDOTES relating to fome EMINENT CHARACTERS.
BY JOHN MOORE, M. D.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. L
Strenua nos exercet inertia: navibus atque
Quadrigis petimus bene vivere. Quod petis, hie eft.
HOR.
LONDON:
printed for W. Strahan ; and T. Cadell, in the Strand.
MDCCLXXXJ. ^
ADVERTISEMENT.
r*|~^HE following obfervatlons on Italy,
^ and on Italian manners, occurred in
the courfe of the fame Tour in which thofe
contained in a book lately *publifhed, en-
titled A Vieiv of Society and Manners in
France^ Sivitzerland, and Germany, were
made. All who have read that book will
perceive, at firil: fight, that the prefent
work is a continuation of the former; but
to thofe who have not, it was thought
neceflary to account for the abrupt manner
Jn which the following Letters begin.
Clarges-ftreet,
December 14, 1780.
'Jufi PubUJhed,
A NEW EDITION OF
A VIEW of SOCIETY and MANNERS
in FRANCE, SWITZERLAND, and
GERMANY; with Anecdotes rela-
ting to fome Eminent Characters.
In Two Volumes. Price los. in Boards.
CONTENTS
O F T H E
FIRST VOLUME.
LETTER I. p. I.
'Journey from Vienna to Venice,
LETTER IL p. 20.
^he arfenaL — The Bucentaur. — Doges' 7nar^
riage,
LETTER in. p. 27.
The ijland of Murano, — Glafs Jiianu/a^or/,
•^^Mr. Montague,
A3
VI CONTENTS.
L E T T E R IV. p. 39.
Situation of Venice. — Lagune. — Canals,-^
Bridges,
L E T T E R V. p. 46.
Piazza di St. Marco. — Patriarchal church,
^—Ducal palace . — Broglio.
LETTER Vf. p. 56.
JR^JleBions excited hy the various objecis
around St. Mark's fquarc. — On painting,
— A comioijjeur,
LETTER VIL p. 69.
Origin of Venice,
LETTER VIIL p. 77.
Various changes in the form of government.
— T'yrannical condu^ of a Doge, — Savage
behaviour of the people. — Commerce of
Venice,
CONTENTS. Tii
L E T T E R IX. p. 89.
New regulations. — Foundation of the
arijlocracy — Origin of the ceremony of
efpouftng the Sea. — Neiv forms of ma^
gifracy,
L E T T E R X. p. 104.
Henty Dandolo,
L E T T E R XL p. 1 14.
New courts. — Netv magiflrates, — Reformat
tion of the Venetian code. — The form of
eleBing the Doge.
LETTER Xir. p. 129.
Arijlocracy efablifJoed. — Confpiracies. — In*
furreclions. — Eccleftafical Inquifition.-^*
The College J or Seigniory.
A 4
^iii CONTENTS.
LETTER XIII. p. 144.
Conjpiracy againjl the State^ by a Doge.—'
Singular injlance of iveakiiefs and 'vanity
in a noble Venetian.- — Nt%v magi fir ates to
prevent luxury. — Courtefans,
LETTER XIV. p. 157.
Rigour of Venetian laivs exemplified in the
cafes of Antonio Venler^ Carlo Zeno^ and
young Fofcari,
LETTER XV. p. 171.
l^Joe Council of Ten, and the State In-
quifitors. — Reflexions on thefie infliiu-
tions,
LETTER XVI. p. 187.
League of Cambray. — ^ar ivith Turks. —
Antonio Bragadino. — Battle of Lapanto.
— Dfputcs ivith the Pope.
CONTENTS. It
LETTER XVII. p. 201.
Marquis ofBedamars con/piracy. — Falfe ac-
cufations. — Thejiege of Candia. — The im-»
patience of a Turkijh Emperor. — Conchc'
Jion of the revieiv of the Venetian Govern,"
ment,
LETTER XVIII. p. 21^.
Venetian manners, — Opera. — AffeHation,-^
A Duo. — Dancers,
LETTER XIX. p. 227.
No military efiaUifhnunt at Venice. — What
fupplies its place,
L E T T E R XX. p. 232.
RefeSiions on the nature of Venetian Govern^
ment, — Gondoleers. — Citizens. — T^he Ve^
nttlanfubje^s on the Terra Firma,
X CONTENTS.
LETTER XXr. p. 240.
Gallantry » — CaJJtnos,
LETTER XXn. p. 249.
CharaBer of Venetians, — Ciijloms and iifages,
— Influence ofjaflnon in matters oftafle,—-
Prejudice, — The excellence of Italian
comic a6lors,
LETTER XXIIL p. 262.
Departure from Venice. — Padua, — St, An-
thony^ his tomb and miracles,
LETTER XXIV. p. 270.
Church of St. Juflina — The bodies of St,
Mattheiv and St. Luke, — 'The univerfity,
— Beggars,
LETTER XXV. p. 275.
The aiitiquity of Padua, — The Brenta,^-^
The Po, — The Thames,
G O N T E N t S. xl
LETTER XXVI. p. 285-.
Perrara. — The Family of EJle. — Ariojio^ the
Emperor, and his brothersy lodge at an
inn, ivh'ich overfets the underjlanding of
the landlord. An hifcr'iption,
LETTER XXVIL p. 292.
Bologna. Its government, commerce^ pa-
laces,
LETTER XXVIIL p. 301.
T^he academy of arts and fciences. — Church
of St. Petronius, — Dominican convent. - ^
Palaces. — Raphael. — Guido .
LETTER XXIX. p. 31
fourney from Bologna to Ancona.-^
The Rubicon — Julius Cafar. — Fefaro. —
Fano. — Claudius Nero.-^AfdrubaL — Se^
negalia, j
xii CONTENTS.
LETTER XXX. p. 323.
Ancona. — T^he injluence of commerce on the
chara6iers of ma?2kind. — The Mole. — T^he
triumphal arch of the Emperor Trajan,
LETTER XXXI. p. 333.
Loretto. — Hlflory of the Cafa Santa,
LETTER XXXII. p. 340.
Defcription of the f acred chapel. — The
treafury,
LETTER XXXIII. p. 35 r.
Pilgrimages to Loretto. — Manufaclures. —
Confeffionah . — Bajfo relievos. — Zeal of
pilgritns. — Iron grates before the chapels,
— Reflexions,
LETTER XXXIV. p. 362.-
Tolentino. — The Apennines, — A hermit.-^
TJmbria . — Spoletto,
CONTENTS. xiii
LETTER XXXV. p. 371.
TernL — 'Narni. — Otricolu — Civita CaJleU
lana. — Campania of Rome,
LETTER XXXVr. p. 380.
Rome. — Converfazionis . — Cardinal Bernis,
— The dijlrefs of an Italian lady,
LETTER XXXVII. p. 389.
Remarks on ancient and modern Ro?ne. — The
church of St, Peter's,
LETTER XXXVIIL p. 404.
The ceremony of the Poffejfo,
LETTER XXXIX. p. 413.
Pantheon. — Califeum. — Gladiators,
L E T T E R XL. p. 432.
The Campidoglio, — Forum Romanum, -r
Jews,
mv C O N|T E N T S.
LETTER XLI. p. 442.
Ruins. — Via Sacra, — Tarpeian Rock Cam^
pus Martins .—Various Forums. — Trajan's
Colunin,
LETTER XLII. p. 452.
The he at ifc at ion of a Saint*
LETTER XLIIL p. 459.
Cbar after of modern Italians. — Ohfervations
on human nature in general. — An Engliflj
Officer. — Caife of the frequency of the
crime of murder,
LETTER XLIV. p. 474.
Diff'erent kinds of punifJjment. — Account of
an execution* — Souls in purgatory.
LETTER XLV. p. 487.
^he ufual courfe uuith an antiquarian. — An
expeditious courfe., by a young EnglifJjman^
^-Thc Villa Borghefe.
CONTENTS. Kv
LETTER XLVI. p. 506.
f'he mormng fiudy of an artiji.— Converfa'
tion with him on that fiibjeB.^-An
Italian lady and her ConfeJfor,—The
Ladys religious fcriiples and precau"
tion.
A VIEW
VIEW
o r
SOCIETY AND MANNERS
J N
I T A L y.
LETTER L
D E A R S I R, Venice;
F^^"^ A V I N G left Vienna, we proceed-
^ H ^ . ^
i^ y- ^^ ed through the Duchies of Stiria,
k^aL^ji Caj-inthia, andCarniola, to Venice.
Notwithilanding the mountainous nature
of thofe countries, the roads are remarkably
good. They were formed originally at a
vaft expence of labour to the inhabitants,
but in fuch a durable manner, that it re-
VoL, I. B
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