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LETTER XXII.
TO HORACE SMITH, ESQ,
-, _ FlSA, February 12th, 1S20.
MY DEAR PEIEND,
I am glad you Hke the Cenci,—but
I regret you should have formed so unfavourable
an idea regarding the Italians, whom
you accuse of " living for the sake of living."
Some philosophy there doubtless is in this
view of the subject, but there is another and
more liberal aspect under which this trait
may be considered.
In the firstplace, then,
it is comparatively rare to witness excesses
in Italy.
The enjoyment so visible there has
often about it elements truly benignant and
admirable. The impressible temperament