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FOOTNOTES:
[1] See Mr. Norton's "Travel and Study in Italy," p. 132.
[2] "Giudica e manda, secondo che avvinghia."
_Inf._ v. 5
[3] "Les observateurs eclaires manquaient en 1737 pour suivre la
transformation des phenomenes morbides."--Calmeil, _De la Folie_, Tom.
II. p. 317.
[4] _La Verite des Miracles operes par l'Intercession de M. de Paris et
autres Appellans demontree; avec des Observations sur le Phenomene des
Convulsions_, par Carre de Montgeron, Conseiller au Parlement de Paris.
3 vols. 4to. 2d ed. _Cologne_, 1745.
The first edition, consisting, however, of a single volume only,
appeared in 1737, and was presented to the King in person at Versailles,
by M. de Montgeron, on the twenty-ninth of July of that year. The work
was translated into German and Flemish; and besides several editions
which appeared in France, one was published in Germany and two in
Holland. It is illustrated with costly engraving.
Though the King (Louis XV.) received M. de Montgeron in an apparently
gracious manner, yet, the very night after his reception, as he had
himself foreseen, he was arr
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