Volltext: The life, studies and works of Benjamin West, Esq. president of The Royal Academy of London

CHAP. 
State of the stationary Society Qf Rome. 
Causes which 
rendered the City a delightfful temporary residence. 
Ill. 
fects of the Academical methods Qf study. 
His introduc- 
tion 
Robinson. 
Anecdote 
of 
Cardinal 
Allumi. 
The Cardinal's method of fnding Resemblances, 
and cu- 
rious mistake qf the Italians. 
VII. 
The Artist's first visit to 
the Works of Art. 
DURING 
the 
pontificate 
of 
Pope Rezzo- 
nico, 
the society of Rome had attained 
a pitch of 
elegance 
and 
a liberality of 
sentiment superior to 
that 
of 
any 
other 
citY 
of 
Christendom. 
The 
theocratic 
nature 
of 
the 
government 
induced 
an 
exterior decorum 
in the public form of politeness, 
which, 
to 
who 
strangers 
took 
HU 
interest 
in 
the 
abuses of the state, 
was so highly agreeable, 
that 
it 
tended 
BVGH 
to 
aPP9-Hse 
their 
indignation 
against 
the 
private morals. 
laxity of 
If 
the tra- 
veller would 
forget that the name of 
Christianity 
WHS 
employed 
in 
3 
baneful 
adminis-
	        
Waiting...

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