| CHAPTER I. |
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| Introduction—History of Brescello—Birth—Parentage—Education—Carbonaro—Piedmontese and Neapolitan Revolutions, 1820—“I Processi di Rubiera” | [3 to 38]. |
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| CHAPTER II. |
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| Flight—Lugano—Arrival in London—Santa-Rosa—Sentence of Death—At Liverpool—Roscoe—Shepherd—Haywood—Linati—Pecchio—Letter to the Tax-Gatherer and Inspector of Finances—Miss Martin—Lectures | [39 to 62]. |
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| CHAPTER III. |
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| Foscolo—At Holkham—First Article—Departure from Liverpool—Brougham—Miss Turner—London University—Botta—Lady Dacre—“Orlando Innamorato”—W. S. Rose—Keightley—Moore’s Verses—Correspondence with Mr. Grenville—Appointed to the British Museum | [63 to 101]. |
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| CHAPTER IV. |
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| The British Museum—Appointment Discussed—First Duties—The Royal Society—Promotion—Cary—Hallam’s Letter—Official Residence | [102 to 141]. |
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| CHAPTER V. |
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| Sir Henry Ellis—Parliamentary Committee, 1835-6—Keepership—Removal of the Library from Montague House—“Temporary Assistants”—Superintendence of Catalogue—Rev. R. Garnett—J. Winter Jones—Thomas Watts—J. H. Parry—Additions to Library, 1838, and Deficiencies—Annual Grant | [142 to 175]. |
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| CHAPTER VI. |
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| Bridport Election—Desire to Visit Modena—Mazzini—Post Office Espionage—Biographer’s Personal Reminiscences—Portland Vase—Psalter, 1457—Interview with Francis IV.—Libri | [176 to 198]. |
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| CHAPTER VII. |
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| Thiers—“Spanish Marriages”—Downfall of Lord Melbourne’s Administration—Corn Laws—Coolness between Panizzi and Thiers | [199 to 254]. |
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| CHAPTER VIII. |
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| The Royal Commission, 1847-49 | [255 to 265]. |
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| CHAPTER IX. |
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| Mr. Grenville—Bequest—A Portrait by Manzini—Chartist Demonstration—Copyright Act—Mr. Bohn | [266 to 293]. |
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| CHAPTER X. |
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| Lord Vernon’s Dante—Sir G. Cornewall Lewis on Milton and Dante—“Chi era Francesco da Bologna?”—John Harris | [294 to 312]. |
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| CHAPTER XI. |
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| Minor Incidents—Holland House—Sydney Smith—Ecclesiastical Commission Act (1836)—Joseph Parkes—Count d’Orsay—Lord Melbourne—Mrs. Norton—Dr. Hampden’s Case—Watt’s Portrait of Panizzi—Lord Holland—Sir T. D. Hardy’s Life of Lord Langdale | [313 to 329]. |
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| CHAPTER XII. |
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| Panizzi and Austria—Policy of Lord Palmerston Discussed—Mr. E. Ellice—Scotch Sabbath—Mr. Gladstone on Tasso—Panizzi and Thomas Carlyle | [330 to 337]. |
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| CHAPTER XIII. |
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| The New Reading-Room—Sir C. Barry’s Plans—Completion and Breakfast—Mr. Hosking’s Plans—Controversy—Bust by Baron Marochetti—Austria applies for Plans of Reading-Room | [338 to 390]. |