Note 4 — INTRODUCTION. Part I. CARLO GOZZI AND PIERO ANTONIO GRATAROL.
John Addington Symonds translation
A short while before, he had been appointed Resident at Turin, and had received the usual equipment for that service. Circumstances independent of his own will in the matter prevented him from assuming the office. His political ill-wishers were able to point to the unused grant which he had pocketed.