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8 PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE.
glow with native fire and in numbers not
unworthy the fathers of Roman verse, pure,
majestic, or pathetic, celebrate the gran-
deur, describe the beauties, or lament the
misfortunes of their country.
ITALIAN LANGUAGE.
II. It is evident that he who wishes to
become accpiainted with the manners, or to
enjoy the society of the inhabitants of any
country, must previously learn their lan-
guage ; it is not therefore my intention, at
present, merely to recommend, what indeed
no traveller entirely neglects, the study of
Italian, but to enforce the necessity of com-
mencing it at a much earlier period, and of
continuing it for a much longer space of
time than is now customary. He who enters
Italy with an intention of applying to its
language particularly, must make a longer
residence there than our countrymen usually
do, or he will find too many external calls
glow with native fire and in numbers not
unworthy the fathers of Roman verse, pure,
majestic, or pathetic, celebrate the gran-
deur, describe the beauties, or lament the
misfortunes of their country.
ITALIAN LANGUAGE.
II. It is evident that he who wishes to
become accpiainted with the manners, or to
enjoy the society of the inhabitants of any
country, must previously learn their lan-
guage ; it is not therefore my intention, at
present, merely to recommend, what indeed
no traveller entirely neglects, the study of
Italian, but to enforce the necessity of com-
mencing it at a much earlier period, and of
continuing it for a much longer space of
time than is now customary. He who enters
Italy with an intention of applying to its
language particularly, must make a longer
residence there than our countrymen usually
do, or he will find too many external calls