The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-03-15
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Among the many wants which are
telt through Italy, one of the great
est Is the want of modern works. the
very existence of which one would
hardly know, if the public prints did
not take care 10 announce them. The
Italian princes are like eunuchs /:
" We do not know ourselves what
To do with books we therefore will
not suffer any one 10 read them -
Such IS their way of reasoning. and
You must submit 10 It. because their
argument IN supported, priori, by
a hundred thousand Austrian bayo-
nets. with which one does not like 10
pick quarrel. Meantime. every
day some wretch or other pcrishcs on
the gaIlows, who. by eultlvating his
mind through the help OF books.
might have learnt how 10 shun
crime, that legitimate sun of idle
ness and Ignorance, pity You.
said, one of these days. foreign Ii.
terator to the Prince c., for not
having ii IN your power 10 enrich
yonr handsome library with modern
productions, which might make some
figure BY the side OF the ancient. II
Is really pi y that one cannot en-
JOY the innocent aud pleasing diver
sion oil reading AS Tor me, would
rather reHounce Your fine climate,
than sacrifice the right we ENJOY in
our loggy country, to read all the
books and productions we like, with
out amy other exception but what
our own Judgment may dictate. The
Prince replied, in rather "A confused
manner, that hc was sorry for him ;
but al last, Wearied with his observa-
tons, he took the first opportunity
of Withdrawing. Poor gentleman
exclaimed the stranger /; my remark
it seems, has offended him. | am
sorry now that made him feel our
superiority, with regard TO the en-
Ijoyments OF tic mind. lie must en-
W our lot. To put Tire traveller
conscience nj rest, l asked him
whether he had known for a long
time the parsonage he had Just been
Conyersing with No | only know
him as being the proprietor OF one Of
the larger libraries in town and
fancy he must be one Of the most
gcalouspr0teCt0rs oil the litcrati. Too
mach 50, by far ; aud you may
Judge of it by tic following fact,
which l protest 10 be true One OF
our professors lately went to offer
hiIn Il copy OF most scientific work
which he had composed, on the anti
qulties of Rome and the new exCa-
,ations oil the Campo Naocina.-
The Prince cast his eye over the
lrouuspieCe, shut the book, and gave
itback II the author, saying,'. am |
made to peruse such stunp Aud
What did the professor say Your
| ExCeiIency, replied he, give me leave
to deposit this book in your anti
chamber there may come, perhaps,
some one, who viii be glad To read
some curious details about his own
country.
Pecuiiarities of Doctor Buruey.-A.
mong the peeuIiaritics Of Doctor
Burney, were two OF very innocent
Kind the first was the possession oil
wine OF the best vintage the next,
the dread OF Curreni OF air. " Shut
the door, was the first salutati0n
uttered 10 any one who entered his
apartment and but few of his AS.
sociatcs ever neglected the rule
This custom did not abandon him ON
the most trying occasions ; for hav-
ing been robbed while returning
home one evening in his carriage, "a
long the Greenwich road. by cou-
pie of iootpads who were more eager
III obtaining his money than contri.
butIng to his comfort, he called them
back III a pcremptory tone and
while they were wondering at what
he wanted with them, he exclaimed,
in his usual manner, and with his
own peculiar emphasis, Z" Shut the
doer - A voice accustomed to com
mand produced the desired effect, II
he was Instantly obeyed.
Il long Stery..--An Italian noble
man, who was grieyoujIy afflicted
with old age aud the govt, entertain
ell a contenr, or fable narrator, whose
business it was to talk him to sleep.
The contour was a man to have talk
ed the world to sleep in twenty min