Conversazione.—Characters. Letter 1 [1/2]
Francis Lansdowne
Genre: | Letter |
Subjects: | Naturalists, Zoology |
Describes how, after dinner, the intellect is only 'to be set going by the assistance of copious libations'. Likens diners at a party to sea creatures, observing: 'as naturalists tell us, certain sea-monsters that have been basking on the shore, are unable to extricate themselves from the mire in which they have been wallowing, till the tide comes up and floats them again'. (245) | |
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