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James Byres [ Travel ]
… with Byres in 1775-76, described him as being ‘a gentleman of probity, knowledge and real taste’. 8 6 . Thomas Jones, ‘Memoirs of Thomas Jones: Penkerrig Radnorshire 1803’, The Volume of the Walpole Society (vol. 32, 1946-1948), p. 1-143, here p. 94. 7 . Edward Gibbon, The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq. with Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Composed by Himself, vol. 1 (London: John Murray, 1814), p. 196. 8 . John Moore, A View … secolo , 2 vols. (Florence: Olschki editore, 2010). Gibbon, Edward, The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq. with Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Composed by Himself , vol. 1 (London: John Murray, 1814). Peters Bowron, Edgar, and …
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William and Emma Hamilton [ Aristocracy / Travel ]
… his observations of Vesuvius, where they were read aloud, together with drawings and rock samples. In letters and memoirs, visitors recalled their own reactions and those of the people who accompanied them in Sir William’s volcanic … Le Brun 175). Sir William organized other spectacles during the daytime. Vigé Le Brun and Goethe both relate in their memoirs that Sir William hired young boys to splash in the shallow waters by his seaside Casino in Posillipo (Vigée Le …
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