THE

WORKS

OF

THOMAS MOORE.

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THE

WORKS

OF

THOMAS MOORE,

COMPREHENDING

ALL HIS MELODIES, BALLADS, ETC.

NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED WITHOUT THE ACCOMPANYING MUSIC.

VOL. VIII.

PARIS:

PUBLISHED BY A. AND W. GALIGNANI,

AT THE FRENCH, ENGLISH, ITALIAN, GERMAN, AND SPANISH LIBRARY,

No. 18, rue VIVIENNE.

1823.

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CONTENTS OF VOL. VIII.

RHYMES ON THE ROAD.

Dedication

Preface

Introductory Rhymes. Different attitudes in which authors

compose.-Bayes, Henry Stephens, Herodotus, etc.-Writ-

ing in bed-in the fields.-Plato and Sir Richard Black-

more.-Fiddling with gloves and twigs.-Madame de Staël.

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-Rhyming on the road in an old calèche

EXTRACT I. View of the Lake of Geneva from the Jura.-

Anxious to reach it before the sun went down.- Obliged

to proceed on foot.-Alps.-Mont Blanc.-Effect of the

scene

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EXTRACT II. The Fall of Venice not to be lamented.-For-

mer glory.-Expedition against Constantinople.-Guisti-

nianis.-Republic.-Characteristics of the old Government.

Golden book.-Brazen mouths.-Spies-dungeons.-Pre-
sent desolation

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EXTRACT III. Lord B- 's Memoirs, written by himself.-

Reflections when about to read them

EXTRACT IV. The English to be met with every where.-

Alps and Threadneedle-street. The Simplon and the

Stocks.-Rage for travelling.-Blue-stockings among the

Wahabees.-Parasols and Pyramids.-Mrs. Hopkins and

the Wall of China

EXTRACT V.

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EXTRACT VI. Reflexions on reading De Cerceau's account of

the Conspiracy of Rienzi, in 1347.-The meeting of the

Conspirators on the night of the 19th of May.-Their pro-

cession in the morning to the Capitol.-Rienzi's speech, 32