"See Naples and Then Die" (1770)

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I left out "then."
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[The following is actually THE CHILDRENS FAIRY GEOGRAPHY by Forbes E.  
WInslow (1880). Thanks a lot, Google Books!]
_Pomponii Melæ de situ orbis libri tres, recogn. opera J.  Reinoldii - Page 
225_ 
(http://books.google.com/books?id=mGYDAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA225&dq="see+naples,+and+then+die"+date:1500-1850&num=100&ie=ISO-8859-1) 
by Pomponius Mela, John Reynolds - 1761
Look,  children, there is the beautiful city, so famous that the Italians 
have a  
proverb, "See Naples, and then die!" We shall see Naples, but we hope  to be 
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_A Journey from London to Genoa,: Through England, Portugal,  Spain, and 
France. - Page 306_ 
(http://books.google.com/books?id=eMEBAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA3-PA306&dq="see+naples,+and+then+die"&num=100&ie=ISO-8859-1) 
by Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti -  1770
... See Naples and then die  ...
 



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