The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Complete


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14inferri\\\ 15abuss\\\ 16in viagg\\\ 17alorz\\\ [Footnote: This  
seems to be the beginning of a letter, but only the first words of  
the lines have been preserved, the leaf being torn down the middle.  
No translation is possible.]  
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362.  
And so may it please our great Author that I may demonstrate the  
nature of man and his customs, in the way I describe his figure.  
[Footnote: A preparatory note for the passage given as No. 798, 11.  
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1--42.]  
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363.  
This writing distinctly about the kite seems to be my destiny,  
because among the first recollections of my infancy, it seemed to me  
that, as I was in my cradle, a kite came to me and opened my mouth  
with its tail, and struck me several times with its tail inside my  
lips.  
[Footnote: This note probably refers to the text No. 1221.]  
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364.  
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When I did well, as a boy you used to put me in prison. Now if I do  
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