Rambles in Italy: In the Years 1816; . . 17 (Classic Reprint)

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In treading a beaten track, an author's solicitude to screen himself from the charge of plagiarism, and to avoid the footsteps of those by whom he has been preceded, is apt to betray him into pue rility or bombast; he must exaggerate or confine himself to the relation of bar ren and insignificant anecdotes -some novelty the author has endeavoured to' give the following Work, by blending' with description, occasional remarks'on the late political changes in Italy. He originally contemplated a plan which would have included a general view of the literature of Italy-the present state of its learned institutions, and some account of their most eminent pro fessors; and the work in its present form would have been given much earlier to the publick, if it had not been delayed by the continued hope of obtaining the' necessary materials for that purpose.

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