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FOOTNOTES:
[1] "Babbo" is the familiar word for father in Tuscany.
[2] "The rotten knotted trunk on which fraud leans."
[3] The throne on which the monstrance is placed when exposition of the sacrament takes place.
[4] "Schioppi, sciabola; fuoco—puhm!"
[5] Weaver's beam.
[6] The distinguished Signor Carlo Ara of Palermo informs me that this new punctuation did not originate with Giusti, but with Muzzi. And, in truth, Giusti did not tell me that it was his, but simply recommended me to try to say it and understand it in that sense; and I, supposing the correction to be his, recited and wrote it so. The distinguished Carlo Ara pointed out to me the way in which I could verify his assertion; and I am glad to be able to correct an error (involuntary on my part), and to take this occasion to thank the distinguished Signor Carlo Ara.
The distinguished Signor Angelo Cavalieri of Trieste writes to me that this new punctuation of this Dantesque simile does not convince him, and he gives his reasons; but upon this I am not competent to enter into a discussion.
I fear that I may lose my life with those
Who will hereafter call this time the olden."
—Dante: Paradiso, Canto xvii.
And changes for new thoughts his purposes."
—Dante: Inferno, Canto ii.
The air of May doth move and breathe out fragrance,
Impregnate all with herbage and with flowers."
—Dante: Purgatorio, Canto xxiv.
[10] Dante, Inferno, canto v.
[11] Dante, Paradiso, canto 5.
[12] Vita Nuova, 39.
[13] Old-fashioned one-horse carriage.
[14] Dante, Paradiso, Canto ii.
[15] Poor Visconti is not buried in the Church of San Bartolommeo all'Isola. My friend Majoli tells me that I have made a mistake. His body was taken there, as it was found near there, and the funeral took place in that church; but the body was taken afterwards to the Campo Verano, and buried in the lower part of that cemetery. A modest little monument called a Pincietto was erected over it by the subscription of several sorrowing and affectionate friends, and amongst these the good Majoli, who most particularly exerted himself in modelling and cutting a portrait of him in marble, and offering his work as a tribute of friendship.
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Multiple versions of the same name appear and have not been changed:
- The Grand Duchess "Marie Antoinetta", "Maria Antoinetta", "Maria Antonietta"
- Lampeggi, Lappegi
- Andrea Pisani, Andrea Pisano
- Schiller Platz, Schillerplatz
- San Niccolo, San Niccolò
- Sienese, Siennese
- Ciseri, Cisere
Both versions of the following words appear in the text:
- buttonhole, button-hole
- nicknamed, nick-named
- storehouse, store-house