The Diorama of Life, or the Macrocosm and Microcosm Displayed

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Excerpt from The Diorama of Life, or the Macrocosm and Microcosm Displayed: Characteristic Sketches and Anecdotes of Men and Things Persons of talent observe every thing that occurs, which has the least relation to their particular pro fession. Guido was once present when the Domini can monks of Bologna Opened a grave in which they found a human body, that had been long buried there, quite entire. When it was touched it crumbled into| dust, as well the cloth which covered it, the veil of silk, however, ' which was-laid. Upon the face, red mained entire. Guido took the hint, and afterwards upon a kind of tadhta, which he had pre pared in a certain way. Guido received no fixed price for his pictures, the payment he received for them he always regarded as honorarium guiddmn, an expression applied by the Roman law to what its lawyers received for their ties. 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.