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bestow, that it was quite what their
hearts felt, and their souls loved. C'est
superbe! was echoed from one to the other
through the whole house. But the last
chorus was a finisher with a vengeance! it
surpassed, all clamour, all the noises I had
ever heard in my life. I have frequent-
ly thought the chorusses of our oratorios
rather too loud and violent; but, com-
pared with these, they are soft music, such
as might sooth and lull to sleep the he-
roine of a tragedy.
Friday, June 15. In visiting the king
of France's library this morning, I found
that if I could have contented myself
with the dead letter of information, such
as is to be obtained from books only, I
need not have crossed the Alps; as the
number to be found here, relative to my
subject, is almost infinite. The MSS.
were what I first enquired after of the
librarian, and I found that the mere ca-
talogue of these alone amounted to four
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