Excerpt from The Memoirs of Miss. D'arville, or the Italian Female Philosopher, Vol. 2: In a Series of Adventures, Founded on Fact; Translated From the Italian C 3 I of the Princefs, who, as Duli had inf formed me, was brought to bed in his houfe, and comparing with this the con fufed account of Madam Cafardo, I ed it would bet operto procee with' caution, and u ed my belt endeavours to comfort her; after which, pretend-1 ing to be looking over the things in my little box, I pulled out the Duchefs's pie'ture, and laid it upon the table in fuch a manner that the could not, avoid feeing it. This contrivance an'fwered my expeeiations {he firfi lookeddi-edw fafily at the pieiure, then at my face with. Great amazement: I then alked her thc'caufe of her furprize? No1 thing, Sir, anfwered the, but I=was doubting whether that was not you'r pieture, and whether you had not in Joke drefl'cd yourfelf like a woman Why, faid I, does it refemble me? It irefembles you It) mu'ch, replied the, that I would infifi upon it to be yours, if I did not know the original. It is. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.