Italy and the Italians in the Nineteenth Century: Or, Letters on the Civil, Political & Moral State of That Country, Written in 1818 and 1819. With an Appendix Containing Extracts from Modern Italian Literature
Italy and the Italians in the Nineteenth Century: Or, Letters on the Civil, Political & Moral State of That Country, Written in 1818 and 1819. With an Appendix Containing Extracts from Modern Italian Literature
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1821 edition. Excerpt: ...and French, equally well; the latter is the common language at her court, but the king has a marked He has died at Rome since the date of this letter. predilection for the Piedmontese dialect. The Duchess of Genevois is highly commended for her goodness and charitable disposition. The Prince of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1821 edition. Excerpt: ...and French, equally well; the latter is the common language at her court, but the king has a marked He has died at Rome since the date of this letter. predilection for the Piedmontese dialect. The Duchess of Genevois is highly commended for her goodness and charitable disposition. The Prince of Carignan is a young man who has received a liberal education, and promises well. There is certainly a great difference between the morality and decorum of such a court, and the profligate conduct of the French governors who were sent to rule over this fine part of Italy. One of them had turned Mussulman in Egypt, another was famous only for his debaucheries; their example could only tend to corrupt the people. It has been remarked by a late French writer that the persons to whom Bonaparte delegated his civil power iu conquered countries, were generally men who had little to recommend them to the people they were sent to govern, and that they appeared like des pales satellites autour d' un astre malfaisant. The history of the French courts iu Spain, Germany, and Italy, sufficiently illustrates this assertion; it remains to be decided whether this was on his part a measure of policy, to be sure of his substitutes by their insignificance, or whether he thought so meanly of the conquered as not to mind conciliating their spirit, sure as he was of overpowering their dislike with his bayonets. The government of Piedmont is an absolute monarchy, and the ancient laws and system of administration have been re-established perhaps with too great exactitude on the same basis on which they stood before the French invasion. On this point therefore the people have lost by the change, as the French civil and criminal codes, with all their imperfections, were...
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