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of Venice, where only the natural voices
of females can be heard; so that the
greatest crime of which the Italians seem
guilty is the having dared to apply to
their softer language a species of music
more delicate and refined, than is to be
found in the rest of Europe.
It is now time to close my account of
the present state of music in Italy, in doing
which I cannot dissemble my fears that
the reader will think it prolix; as, upon
revising my journal, I am sorry to find
that the further I advanced into that
country, the more loose is the texture of
my narrative, for in proportion as I had
more to hear and to see, I had less time
to spare for reflection and for writing:
indeed, the mere matters of fact concern-
ing musical exhibitions, will, I doubt, af-
ford but small entertainment to the reader;
for they are so much the same, that an
account of one of them is, in many par-
ticulars, an account of all; so that a
circumstantial narrative of things, perhaps
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