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200, 201; visits Rome, 202; her visits to the studios and galleries of Rome, 206; her study of and remarks upon the old masters, 206, 207; her interest in the political condition of Italy, 207; impressions and reminiscences of her visits to Perugia, Bologna, Florence, Ravenna, Venice, Milan, and other cities of Northern Italy, 208-212; her mention of a state ball on the Grand Canal at Venice, 210; her estimation of Manzoni, 211; visits the Italian lakes and Switzerland, 212; her grief and indignation at the unhappy political condition in Italy, 213, 214; visits Pavia, Parma, and Modena, 214; revisits Florence on her way to Rome, 214; her zeal for Italian freedom, 217; her return to Rome, 218; reminiscences of her delightful experiences during her second visit to Rome, 218-220; her many discomforts during the rainy season, 221-223; leaves Rome for Aquila, 231; her marriage with Marchese Ossoli, 232; her first meeting and subsequent intimacy with him, 233, 234; leaves Aquila for Rieti, 235; birth of her son, Angelo Eugene Ossoli, 236; leaves her child at Rieti and returns to Rome, 238; extract from a letter to her mother, 238; her anxiety about her child, 241, 242; her intercourse with Mazzini, 243; her care of the hospitals, 244-246; her anxiety about her husband and child during the siege of Rome, 246; her mention of the bombardment and final surrender of Rome, 247, 248; has a severe sickness and confides the story of her marriage to Mrs. Story and Lewis Cass, 249, 250; joins her husband at his post, 250; the sickness of her child, 251; comment in both Italy and America attendant upon the acknowledgment of her marriage, 251, 252; extracts from her correspondence regarding her marriage, 252, 253; revisits Perugia with her husband and child, 253; passes the winter in Florence, 253; applies herself to writing a history of the Revolution in Italy, 255; the character of her husband and their devotion to each other, 256, 257; her literary occupation during her stay at Florence, 258; reminiscences of her visit to the Duomo at Florence, 258, 259; her home life and surroundings, 259, 260; her intimacy with Horace Sumner and estimate of him, 260, 261; anecdotes showing her love for and influence upon the people of Italy, 262-264; her preparations for and anticipations of her return to America, 265, 266; extract from he
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