[109] “Well, my dear sir, I am sorry you do not think as I do, but in these days we cannot all of us start with the same principles.”
[111] “It may be for a hundred, or for five hundred years, or for a thousand, or even ten thousand, but it will not be eternal; for God is a strong man—great, generous, and of large heart.”
[124] “If a person has not got an appetite . . . ”
[125a] The waiter’s nickname no doubt was Cristo, which was softened into Cricco for the reason put forward below.—R. A. S.
[125b] “Cricco is a rustic appellation, and thus religion is not offended.”
[126] “Religion and the magnificent panorama attract numerous and merry visitors.”
[131] “And the milk [in your coffee] does for you instead of soup.”
[147] Butler said of this drawing that it was “the hieroglyph of a lost soul.”—R. A. S.
[178] “Dalle meraviglie finalmente che sono inerenti al simulacro stesso.”—Cenni storico-artistici intorno al santuario di Oropa. (Prof. Maurizio Marocco. Turin, Milan, 1866, p. 329.)
[180] Marocco, p. 331.