p. 231 P. 232 p. 237 p. 243 LETTER 19. To his MOTHER.-Illumination of St. Peter's on Good-Friday, &c. LETTER 20. To Mr. West.-Comic account of the palace of the Duke of Modena at Tivoli.--The Anio.—Its cascade.Situation of the town.-Villas of Horace and Mæcenas, and other remains of antiquity:-Modern aqueducts.-A grand Roman Ball Letter 21. To Mr. West.-An Alcaic Ode.-Ludicrous allu sion to ancient Roman customs.-Albano and its lake.-CastleGondolfo.—Prospect from the palace; an observation of Mr. Walpole's on the views in that part of Italy. - Latin inscriptions, ancient and modern LETTER 22. To his MOTHER.-Road to Naples.--Beautiful si tuation of that city.-Its bay.--Of Baix, and several other antiquities.—Some account of the first discovery of an ancient town, now known to be Herculaneum LETTER 23. To his FATHER.–Departure from Rome and return to Florence.—No likelihood of the Conclave's rising.–Some of the Cardinals dead.—Description of the Pretender, his sons, and court.-Procession at Naples.-Sight of the King and Queen. Mildness of the air at Florence LETTER 24. From Mr. West.--On his quitting the Temple, and reason for it LETTER 23. To Mr. WeSt.-Answer to the foregoing letter. Some account of Naples and its environs, and of Mr. Walpole's P. 247 p. 250 p. 26% and his return to Florence LETTER 26. To his MOTHER.–Excursion to Bologna.-Election of a Pope; description of his person, with an odd speech which he made to the Cardinals in the Conclave LETTER 27. To Mr. West.-Description in Latin Hexameters of the sudden rising of Monte Nuovo near Puzzoli, and of the destruction which attended it . LETTER 28. To his Father._Uncertainty of the route he shall take in his return to England.—Magnificence of the Italians in their reception of strangers, and parsimony when alone. --The p. 252 p. 257 P. 260 great applause which the new Pope meets with.—One of his Bon mots LETTER 29. To his FathER.-Total want of amusement at Flo rence, occasioned by the late Emperor's funeral not being public.-A procession to avert the ill effects of a late inundation.Intention of going to Venice.-An invasion from the Neapolitans apprehended.—The inhabitants of Tuscany dissatisfied with the government LETTER 30. To Mr. West.—The time of his departure from Flo rence determined. Alteration in his temper and spirits.—Difference between an Italian Fair and an English one.—A farewell to Florence and its prospects in Latin Hexameters.--Imitation, in the same language, of an Italian Sonnet P. 267 p. 270 Account of Mr. Gray's return home, and of his second visit to the Grand Chartreuse, where he wrote an Alcaic Ode, which concludes the Section p. 274 SECTION III. Prefatory narrative.-Mr. Gray's father dies, and the year after he returns to Cambridge, and takes a degree in Civil Law; during that interval he corresponds with Mr. West p. 277 LETTER 1. From Mr. West.-His spirits not as yet improved by p. 280 country air.--Has begun to read Tacitus, but does not relish him LETTER 2. To Mr. West.-Earnest hopes for his friend's better health, as the warm weather comes on.—Defence of Tacitus, and his character.—Of the new Dunciad.-Sends him a speech from the first scene of his Agrippina p. 281 The Plan, Dramatis Personx, and all the speeches which Mr. Gray wrote of that Tragedy inserted P. 285 1 p. 298 P. 300 p. 305 LETTER 3. From Mr. West.-Criticism on his friend's tragic style.—Latin Hexameters on his own cough Andrews.-Defence of old words in Tragedy. ject of antiquated expressions culty of translating Tacitus proach of May . P. 309 1 P. 311 classical studies LETTER 9. From Mr. West.-Answer to the foregoing p. 315 p. 313 ODE I. ON THE SPRING. Lo! where the rosy-bosom’d Hours, Where'er the oak's thick branches stretch A broader browner shade; |
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