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LIFE OF OOBDEN, [:

1847. dinian Minister about Turkey, where ho had been ambassado®
ars. for eight years. The Marquis Dragonetti, an able ma®
Was introduced to several others of note, » .
“ February 14¢h.—They who argue that the workiog
people are elevated in intellect and prompted to habif® of
cleanliness and self-respect by having free access to publi©
buildings devoted to the arts, must not quote the ragged
dirty crowds who frequent St. Peter's to kiss the toe of the
statue of the saint |” .
“ Feb. 16th.—The statue of Moses by Michael Angelo 1
the Church of San Pietro in Vincoli, did not impress me 07
looking at it as I expected. The execution may be all that
the sculptor desires, but to my eye the face wants both
dignity and honesty of expression, and the head fails t
impress me with the idea of wisdom or capacity in the great
law-giver,”
“ Feb. 19th.—To the Barberini Palace to see a very small
collection of paintings, one of them the far-famed Beatrice
Cenci by Guido. The touching pensiveness of the face pr o
duces such an impression that it will be present in one?
recollection when perhaps every other picture in Rome 1¥
forgotten,
“In the evening took tea with Mrs. J ameson, anthores?
of works on early painters, an agreeable woman, whose goodnature
 and sense prevent her from displaying the unpleasan®
qualities of too many literary ladies. © Met Mr. Gibson the
sculptor, who talked about robbers and assagsing, with 2
graphic description of them and their victims, which was
uite professional.”
““ Feb. 22nd.—Went with Mrs. Jameson to the Vaticals
walked through the sculpture galleries. The Braccio Nuovo
contains a statue of Demosthenes in an attitude mosh
earnest; there is no appearance of effort or ark in the
figure, and yet it is endowed with the earnest and sincere