The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 07: Venice

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 07: Venice

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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 07: Venice

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 07: Venice

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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 07: Venice

$17.74 $8.87
Author: Casanova, Giacomo,1725-1798
Format: eBook
Language: English

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 07: Venice

Arrived, for the first time, in the capital of Austria, at the age of eight-and-twenty, well provided with clothes, but rather short of moneya circumstance which made it necessary for me to curtail my expenses until the arrival of the proceeds of a letter of exchange which I had drawn upon M. de Bragadin. The only letter of recommendation I had was from the poet Migliavacca, of Dresden, addressed to the illustrious Abbe Metastasio, whom I wished ardently to know. I delivered the letter the day after my arrival, and in one hour of conversation I found him more learned than I should have supposed from his works. Besides, Metastasio was so modest that at first I did not think that modesty natural, but it was not long before I discovered that it was genuine, for when he recited something of his own composition, he was the first to call the attention of his hearers to the important parts or to the fine passages with as much simplicity as he would remark the weak ones. I spoke to him of his tutor Gravina, and as we were on that subject he recited to me five or six stanzas which he had written on his death, and which had not been printed. Moved by the remembrance of his friend, and by the sad beauty of his own poetry, his eyes were filled with tears, and when he had done reciting the stanzas he said, in a tone of touching simplicity,'Ditemi il vero, si puo air meglio'? ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 2957
Author: Casanova, Giacomo
Release Date: Dec 10, 2004
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Translator: Machen, Arthur, 1863-1947

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