AND

SOME OF HIS CONTEMPORARIES;

WITH

RECOLLECTIONS OF

THE AUTHOR'S LIFE,

AND OF HIS

VISIT TO ITALY.

BY LEIGH HUNT.

“ It is for slaves to lie, and for freemen to speak truth.

“ In the examples, which I here bring in, of what ? 'lave heard, read,
done, or said, I have forbid myself to dare to alter even the most light
and indifferent circumstances. My conscience does not falsify one tittle.
Whåt my ignorance may do, I cannot say.”

MONTAIGNE.

SECOND EDITION.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

HENRY COLBURN, NEW BURLINGTON STREET.

LONDON: PRINTED BY S. AND R. BENTLEY,

Dorset Street, Fleet Street,