AND

SOME OF HIS CONTEMPORARIES;

WITH

RECOLLECTIONS OF

THE AUTHOR'S LIFE,

AND OF HIS

VISIT TO ITALY.

BY LEIGH HUNT.

"It is for slaves to lie, and for freemen to speak truth.

"In the examples, which I here bring in, of what have heard, read,
done, or said, I have forbid myself to dare to alter even the most light
and indifferent circumstances. My conscience does not falsify one tittle.
What my ignorance may do, I cannot say."
MONTAIGNE.

SECOND EDITION.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

HENRY COLBURN, NEW BURLINGTON STREET.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY S. AND R. BENTLEY,

Dorset Street, Fleet Street.

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