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    fProtesttafci vfebb ^ i ; > 45 wen > Mt- mn Wto be ventlirM oh Its thfe ^ bffleitfe e ^ rvice of ttnJamte »» to ^ and # r iljar m eating fc $ U& tfreffe is rib shteftrg , indtfiefti » eral& are ahmys « in ^ du < k &f tf& evening . Tite ^ Vvicfe ils in 1 ? R ^ h > Bi ^ S « i * aaai ii stosats S ^ days . l % te tkylt wa * ! a foe forftgf iam ^^^ , at ^ d condwm ? d by a jaring-jiiaA ftofe CM * ev& - ^^' Miib ^^ eMdfii ^^ ed * tett tt- ttlii «* t 6 Pdmpeif * but the matfter vm sotvetthat we wereobli ^ d t » put off ^ if estnrsiort . 1 t ^ efoM ^ tttpid ^ i

    a couple of hours in ' tafifftg that $ &fl Sf tfefc : flf « &fc # o * &tt 0 &d , ft * * hftfc I had not had time when I visited it before . There is here a library of printed books , of 180 , 000 vti ^ SrMs , attfl a ttftetifrin of papyri , which have been brought from Herculaneum . Many of the latter have been unrolled , and afe placed in |* lass c ^ ses against . the walls : they have a black arid seorcftfed appearance , being reduced to tincier ; but t could make out the Greek characters in ' several of them . Next are seven rooms containing antiquities ^ found m Herculaneum and other neighbouring towns , consisting of pots and

    j ) ahs , keys and lamps , altars and penaies , musical instruments and opera tickets , and an jmrnense Variety oSf other articles , which seem to introduce i& at Oft £ e to 0 the domestic economy of the ancient inhabitants ^ of this part Or * the world . To these succeeds a similar suite of apartments , filled with vases * all taken from ancient Greek tombs , tt struck me that the forms 6 fttes " e vase ' s are more elegant Ithan the figures which are painted on them ; the \ jfeekMeera to . have had very little idea of shading , and their colours are Ytot SuriScieTniily varied . And , lastly , there is a suite of rooms filled with

    paintings ; ( tie majority not of first-rate excellence ^ but some very 'diofoe , p ^ rttcuMly ttese By Raphael . 1 to be pieased with the productions of this Sr ^ st requires not a practised eye ; tbe ^ e is in the m a grace of form * and a trtfth o ?^ pfe ^ sion , which proclaim the hand of a master , and which recom « - ^ hd them td the notice and admiration of every ohserver .

    iStK As we wetfe |* ili pr ^ vente ^ by the wetness of the weather from ^ tpi&'&ifcph our prdm ^ sedjxcursion , t took a cabriolet ^ and went up to the trliYiten 6 i San jMartino de-Certoisini , which is situated high above the town , fait jbefew / the fca ? tte of Saht Elmo . It is considered to be the most Bpknuid ill PJa ] ples . No cost appears to have been scared in the paintings the ntaribfes , the . agate , and the lapis lazuli , with which it is decorated . Yet I fcaitffot ^ ayjW the TbeSt use has been mad e of these precious materials . ' Stich licJDes as these are certainly out of place in a church ; and even if jft ^ y Were not , tii ' cfre . Is a sad want of / grandeur and simplicity of design in ftl ^ jmarlher in which they aire disposed . But the paintings redeem the bad

    taste of the puilaing in which they are placed ^ and form of themselves a HdWe ddljte ^ tion , Vr ^ ch is well worth seeing . The ceiling and higher parts 61 ifee w ^ jls ^ rfe painted in fresco , chiefly by Lanfranco ; and there are many fine btbaUctiOh ? . of S ' pagnqletto , particularly one , which is deemed his mas ^ W-pfece , V ^ esenting the iRiadohria ^ Jlary Magdalene , and St . John , mourn-6

    ing , otfer tp ^ pdy of oqr ; Saviour * 1 he expression of grief in the face and atmrtde bf The mother of Jesus , is extremely fine . Nor are the paintings the 0 j [ ^ mjceme ' nt : to climb the hill on which this church stands ; for I ^| 6 y ^ aTOtn an adjoinuig terrace a finer view of the town and the bay of Tfepfes , thah arty which 1 had yet had . All the parts and accompaniments

    ofth « latter werefoere plated favourably before the eye , and its great defect , the , want of a good back-ground betwefen the town and Vesuvius , was much le ^ ^ pparem tliail it is from the sea . \ j loth */ this was . one of ihe ; most intereetiug days th ^ t 1 spent in Italy . My friend and I set out before seven in the morning , in a carriage which we

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1828, page 834, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2567/page/34/