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Memoirs of Goldoni (1); Written by Himself: Forming a Complete History of His Life and Writings
Memoirs of Goldoni Written by Himself Forming a Complete History of His Life and Writings - 1 Author:Carlo Goldoni Volume: 1 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1814 Original Publisher: Printed for Henry Colburn Subjects: Drama / Continental European Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book... more » you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAP. III. My Departure for Venice -- View of that City -- My Installation in the House of an Attorney -- My Departure for Pavia -- My Arrival at Milan -- First Interview with the Marquis Goldoni -- Difficulties surmounted -- My Installation into the College -- My Dissipation. Recovered from the blindness into which the effervescence of youth had plunged me, I looked with horror on the danger from which I had escaped. I was naturally gay, but subject from my infancy to hypochondriacal or melancholy vapours, which threw a dark shade over my mind. Attacked with a violent fit of this lethargic disease, I sought for relief, but could find none. The players were gone ; Chiozza had no longer any amusement to my taste; I was discontented with medicine, I became gloomy and thoughtful, and fell away more and more every day. My parents soon perceived my state ; and my mother was the first to question me. I confided my uneasiness to her. One day, when we were partaking of a family dinner without strangers, or the presence of servants, my mother turned the conversation to me. There was a debate of two hours. My father wasabsolutely resolved that I should apply to medicine. It was in vain for me to agitate myself, make wry faces, and look gloomy, he would not yield. My mother at length proved to my father that be was wrong, and she did it in this way -- " The Marquis of Goldoni," said she, " wishes to take our child under his care. If Charles be a good physician, his protector may favour him, itr is true; but ca...« less