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قراءة كتاب The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, Vol. III (of VI), "The Eternal Quest" The First Complete and Unabridged English Translation, Illustrated with Old Engravings

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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, Vol. III (of VI), "The Eternal Quest"
The First Complete and Unabridged English Translation, Illustrated with Old Engravings

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, Vol. III (of VI), "The Eternal Quest" The First Complete and Unabridged English Translation, Illustrated with Old Engravings

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THE MEMOIRS


OF


JACQUES CASANOVA de SEINGALT

1725-1798




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THE RARE UNABRIDGED LONDON EDITION OF 1894 TRANSLATED BY ARTHUR MACHEN TO WHICH HAS BEEN ADDED THE CHAPTERS DISCOVERED BY ARTHUR SYMONS.




[Transcriber's Note: These memoires were not written for children, they may outrage readers also offended by Chaucer, La Fontaine, Rabelais and The Old Testament. D.W.]






CONTENTS



ENLARGE TO FULL SIZE

EPISODE 11 — PARIS AND HOLLAND

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV


EPISODE 12 — RETURN TO PARIS

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VIII

CHAPTER IX


EPISODE 13 — HOLLAND AND GERMANY

CHAPTER X

CHAPTER XI

CHAPTER XII


EPISODE 14 — SWITZERLAND

CHAPTER XIII

CHAPTER XIV

CHAPTER XV

CHAPTER XVI

CHAPTER XVII

CHAPTER XVIII


EPISODE 15 — WITH VOLTAIRE

CHAPTER XIX

CHAPTER XX

CHAPTER XXI







VOLUME 3 — THE ETERNAL QUEST






EPISODE 11 — PARIS AND HOLLAND





CHAPTER I

     Count Tiretta of Trevisa Abbe Coste—Lambertini, the Pope's
     Niece—Her Nick-Name for Tiretta—The Aunt and Niece—
     Our Talk by the Fireside—Punishment of Damien—Tiretta's
     Mistake Anger of Madame***—Their Reconciliation—
     My Happiness with Mdlle. de la Meure Silvia's Daughter—Mdlle.
     de la Meure Marries—My Despair and Jealousy—A Change for
     the Better

In the beginning of March, 1757, I received a letter from my friend Madame Manzoni, which she sent to me by a young man of good appearance, with a frank and high-born air, whom I recognized as a Venetian by his accent. He was young Count Tiretta de Trevisa, recommended to my care by Madame Manzoni, who said that he would tell me his story, which I might be sure would be a true one. The kind woman sent to me by him a small box in which she told me I should find all my manuscripts, as she did not think she would ever see me again.

I gave Tiretta the heartiest of welcomes, telling him that he could not have found a better way to my favour than through a woman to whom I was under the greatest obligations.

"And now, that you may be at your ease with me, I should like to know in what manner I can be of service to you?"

"I have need of your friendship, perhaps of your purse, but at any rate of your protection."

"You have my friendship and my protection already, and my purse is at your service."

After expressing his gratitude to me, Tiretta said,

"A year ago the Supreme Council of my country entrusted me with an employment dangerous to one of my years. I was made, with some other young gentlemen

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