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were such as only exquisite taste could give When he had concluded,

he gave the lute with a sigh to Emily, who, to avoid any appearance of

affectation, i a s of her native province, with a si But its well-known ht

so forcibly to her fancy the scenes and the persons, a which she had

often heard it, that her spirits were overcos of the lute were struck with a disordered hand;

till, ashamed of the e so gay and airy, that the steps of the dance seemed almost

to echo to the notes

BRAVISSIMO! burst instantly frohted auditors, and she was co

the compliments that followed, those of the Count were not the least

audible, and they had not concluded, when Enora Livona, whose voice accompanied it with true Italian taste

Afterwards, the Count, E

canzonettes, accompanied by a couple of lutes and a few other

instruments Sometimes the instruments suddenly ceased, and the voices

dropped from the full swell of harmony into a low chant; then, after a

deep pause, they rose by degrees, the instru

up, till the loud and full chorus soared again to heaven!

Meanwhile, Montoni, eary of this hare himself fro to play, to a Casino In a pause of theto shore, a proposal which Orsino eagerly seconded,

but which the Count and the other gentlemen as warmly opposed