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A remarkable man among these
Italians, was Count Spiridion Lusi; who, properly speaking, was a Greek, being a native of the island of Cephalonia, which at that time belonged to the Venetian republic. He got into the service of the king, in 1777, at the age of forty-two, in a very remarkable manner;
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which equally shows Lusi's eminent qualifications for a diplomatical career, and the king's extraordinary talent for selecting the fittest persons for it.
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Nicola Francesco Cimmino; Ippolito Pindemonte (1968).
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