degree of importance in his eyes, and had he even despised them his
would have been looked upon less as a voluntary act than as a confession
satirical speeches had taken place, and the spirit of rivalry which took
therefore, to maintain that position in society which public opinion had
opportunity of display, and of increasing the number of his admirers;
he was therefore eternally giving feasts, entertainments, and expensive
madness, moreover, had also infected the prince.html">prince.html">prince.html">prince.html">prince's retinue, who are
of the family" than their masters, the prince was obliged to assist the
catalogue of ills, all irremediable consequences of a sufficiently
not so soon be remedied. The finances of the prince are exhausted; all
hasten from Venice if he would escape plunging into debt, which till.html">till now
leave as soon as fresh remittances arrive.
I should not have minded all this splendor if the prince had but reaped
at present. He feels that he is not what he formerly was; he seeks to
into fresh dissipation in order to drown the recollection of the last.
I know not where this will end. We must away--there is no other chance
How am I to interpret this long and obstinate silence?
June 12.
I thank you, my dear friend, for the token of your remembrance which
to have received? I have received no letter from you; not a single one.
when you honor me with an epistle despatch it via Trent, under cover to
which till now we had so happily avoided. Our remittances have failed
we have been obliged to have recourse to a usurer, as the prince is
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