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The Lives and Exploits of Banditti and Robbers in All Parts of the World (Volume 1)

The Lives and Exploits of Banditti and Robbers in All Parts of the World (Volume 1)

MacFarlane, Charles

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ISBN10: 1151119911
ISBN13: 9781151119919
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 68
Weight: 0.47
Height: 0.32 Width: 9.01 Depth: 5.98
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1833. Excerpt: ... ROMAN BANDITTI. It has' been my object throughout this work to collect my materials, as far as possible, from eyewitnesses of the deeds of the brigands, or persons who were near their haunts and the scenes of their exploits, and derived their informatiftn at the immediate source. To no one can I be more indebted than to our own gentle countrywoman, Maria Graham, from whom the following account is taken; nor can I preface the scenes and adventures to which she has given such animation and reality, better than by the words of her own introduction. These notices of the banditti might have been more full and more romantic, but the writer scrupulously rejected all accounts of them upon the truth of which she could not rely, thinking it better to give one authentic fact, than twenty doubtful, though more interesting tales. The banditti, or fuorusciti of Italy, are what the forest outlaws of England were in the days of Robin Hood. They are not of the poorest or vilest of the inhabitants. They generally possess a little field and a house, whither they retire at certain seasons, and only take the field when the hopes of plunder allure them, or the fear of a stronger arm drives them to the woods and rocks. They live under various chiefs, who, while their reign lasts, are absolute; but as t they are freely chosen, they are as freely deposed, or sometimes murdered, if they offend their subjects. To be admitted into the ranks of the regular banditti, a severe apprenticeship to all kinds of hardships is required. The address and energy displayed by these men, under a better government might conduce to the happiest effects. But here the fire burns not to warm, but to destroy. The great heat of Rome during the summer of 1819 drove the fair author, her husband, and Mr....

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