"See Naples and Die" (1741, 1788 in Italian)

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In a message dated 6/17/2007 8:38:56 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
Berson at ATT.NET writes:

>Can  anyone make sense of these Google Books cites?

If you mean identifying  the dates from the
titles, why don't you try an on-line university library  catalog?
Joel


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It's a bit more than that.
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The 1741 cite is in Italian, not English, so a good translation would be  
nice..
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Also, Google Books doesn't let you see more than a line of the 1741  
citation. It's only been 266 years; the copyright holder is surely going to sue.  
Thanks a lot, Google Books. Doesn't anyone realize that the copyright has  expired 
here??
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There's also another interpretation of the saying:
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_Reminiscences of Michael Kelly, of the King's Theatre, and  Theatre Royal 
Drury Lane, Including a ... - Page 34_ 
(http://books.google.com/books?id=s8AxAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA34&dq="vedi+napoli"+date:1500-1830&num=100&ie=ISO-8859-1) 
by Michael Kelly, Theodore  Edward Hook - 1826
This Neapolitan saying has two meanings  attached to it: " Vedi Napoli e poi 
mori," 
... Again; "  Vedi Napoli e .poi Mori," • " See Naples, and then Mnri.  ...
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(FULL TEXT)
...but I had no wish to accomplish the Neapolitan proverb,--Vedi  Napoli e 
poi mori*; _i. e._ see Naples, and then die.
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*This Neapolitan saying has two meanings attached to  it:
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"Vedi Napoli e poi mori,"
"See Naples, and then die."
Again;
"Vedi Napoli e poi Mori,"
"See _Naples_, and then _Mori_."
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Mori is the name of a little island near Naples; which island the  
Neapolitans think so beautiful that no place after it is worth  viewing.

 



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