faction;--he was just, generous, affectionate, and gentle. All
his sonnets together do not shed a lustre on him equal to the
sincere, single-hearted, mild, yet uncompromising spirit that
breathes throughout the letters of advice and remonstrance,
which, not idly or obstrusively, but under the sanction and
authority of his great name, and the affectionate regard
professed for him, he addressed to all whom he believed
influential either for good or ill; from Popes and Emperors,
to the well meaning insane tribune of Rome.

We went after this to see his tomb, which is honourable
without being ostentatious: a plain stone sarcophagus, resting
on four pillars, and surmounted by a bust; suited to the quiet
of his life, his home, and his resting-place. I passed
altogether a day that will shine a bright star in memory; and
we wandered about there, unwilling to leave it, until long
after the ave-maria bell had tolled, and were obliged in
consequence to get a guide, and return by another road through
the marshes, where I first saw those fairy insects the
fire-flies, and thousands of them. For this we are detained
the night at Monselice, and must rise the earlier, for we have
written to ----, fixing the day of our arrival at Florence.

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THE SILENT ACADEMY, OR THE EMBLEMS.

FROM THE FRENCH.