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whose brain was busy with meditations on the eternal destinies of man. The gentle old-world courtesies in 'issimo,' ... nauseated the younger man, whose provincial breeding had not taught him to understand that there was no more real insincerity in his aged host's compliments than in the obeisances of a minuet. ... But it may be affirmed, with the most perfect assurance, that
Cancellieri's intention and object at the interview was to please and gratify his visitor, whereas the morbid, melancholy, discontented mind of the poet was wholly occupied by his own sensations.
73:. In addition to librarian position, Cancellieri was also Superintendent of the Propaganda printing press, and for a time, Prosigillatore for the Vatican, (Deputy Sealer of Briefs). But the income from these positions was paltry, and for years he was close to insolvency, specially after his protector, Antonelli, died. His publications rarely brought in income, and were often sponsored by those to whom they were dedicated.
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Notices of the church of Santa Maria in Julia, of San Giovanni Calibita in Isola Licaoni, and of San Tommaso degli Spagnuoli o della Catena: called later Santi Giovanni e Petronio de'Bolognesi, with description of paintings by Domenichino and an appendix of documents and inscriptions of
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Cancellieri is insufferable from the outrageous laudations with which he overwhelms everybody who goes to see him, ... (and) which renders his conversation utterly uninteresting, since one cannot believe a word of it. ... Cancellieri—an old fool, a river of chatter, the most tiresome and
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Francesco Cancellieri : con un ragionamento su la vita e gli scritti del medesimo, del conte Alessandro Moroni
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Biography by Francesco Cancellieri regarding the life and works of the painter cavaliere Giuseppe Errante of Trapani, who died in Rome on February 16, 1821
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