Note 10 — THE PLEASURES OF MEMORY PART I
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’Twas ever thus. As now at VIRGIL’S tomb Vows and pilgrimages are not peculiar to the religious enthusiast. Silius Italicus performed annual ceremonies on the mountain of Posilippo; and it was there that Boccaccio, quasi da un divino estro inspirato, re-solved to dedicate his life to the muses.