He thought likewise, that the stupidity so apparent on my countenance was caused by nothing else but the thickness of my blood.
M.Baffo, a man of sublime genius, a most lascivious, yet a great and original poet, was therefore instrumental in bringing about the decision which was then taken to send me to Padua, and to him I am indebted for my life.

He died twenty years after, the last of his ancient patrician family, but his poems, although obscene, will give everlasting fame to his name.

The state-inquisitors of Venice have contributed to his celebrity by their mistaken strictness.

Their persecutions caused his manuscript works to become precious.

They ought to have been aware that despised things are forgotten.
As soon as the verdict given by Professor Macop had been approved of, the Abbe Grimani undertook to find a good boarding-house in Padua for me, through a chemist of his acquaintance who resided in that city.