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150 CLASSICAL TOUR Ch. Ill
Il Salone, or the town-hall remarkable for its
vast magnitude,* contains a monument in honor
of Titus Livius, with an ancient bust. This
author, as is well known, was a native of Padua,
and is supposed to have retained in his style
some of the provincial peculiarities of his country f
perceptible indeed only to the refined critics of
the Augustan aera. The Italian towns in gene-
ral, are not apt to forget such of their natives
as have distinguished themselves in ancient or
modern story ; and Padua, amongst others, is
not wanting in the honors which she pays to the
memory of her illustrious citizens. The inscrip-
tion under the bust of the historian is not re-
markable for its beauty. The last line expresses
at least the generosity of the Paduans, who, if
their means were adequate to their zeal, would
have converted the marble statue into one of
gold.
Hoc totus stares aureus ipse loco!
They shew a house which, as they pretend, be-
longed to him, and, whether it was built upon
* It is three hundred and twelve feet in length, one hun-
dred and eight in breadth, and one hundred and eight in
height, and consequently the largest hall in Europe.
+ Poll io, says Quintilian, reprehendit in Livio pativini
tatem. L. i.
Il Salone, or the town-hall remarkable for its
vast magnitude,* contains a monument in honor
of Titus Livius, with an ancient bust. This
author, as is well known, was a native of Padua,
and is supposed to have retained in his style
some of the provincial peculiarities of his country f
perceptible indeed only to the refined critics of
the Augustan aera. The Italian towns in gene-
ral, are not apt to forget such of their natives
as have distinguished themselves in ancient or
modern story ; and Padua, amongst others, is
not wanting in the honors which she pays to the
memory of her illustrious citizens. The inscrip-
tion under the bust of the historian is not re-
markable for its beauty. The last line expresses
at least the generosity of the Paduans, who, if
their means were adequate to their zeal, would
have converted the marble statue into one of
gold.
Hoc totus stares aureus ipse loco!
They shew a house which, as they pretend, be-
longed to him, and, whether it was built upon
* It is three hundred and twelve feet in length, one hun-
dred and eight in breadth, and one hundred and eight in
height, and consequently the largest hall in Europe.
+ Poll io, says Quintilian, reprehendit in Livio pativini
tatem. L. i.