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BC.768.063
18-25 Jul 1768:2893-2912 (1/32)
The Nuns general character and way of living from an account
of the manners and customs of Italy, just published, written
by Mr. Baretti.
. . . [13 lines, Italian parents try to divert their
daughters who think they want to become nuns.] They
ridicule or scold them as soon as they declare any such
intention; and if ridiculing and scolding will not do, they
take time to comply with their desire. They dress them as
genteely as they can, and carry them to opera's, balls,
masquerades, public walks, and other such places where young
men ogle, and bow, and whisper, and talk loud, and perform
all other acts of gallantry. . . [2 columns, anecdote of
unwilling novitiate; life within convent:]
As soon as the morning appears, and in winter long
before, they get up and go to sing their prayers in the
choir. . . [15 lines] They fast likewise on Fridays and
Saturdays throughout the year, and sing and pray in the
choir three or four hours every day at different times. . .
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