Isabella teotochi marini biography

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This lady, of much celebrity for her talents, was born on the Island of Corfu, about 1760, of one of the most illustrious families of that island.

Her father, count Spindosi Teotochi, was for many years president of the senate of the Ionian islands. At a very early age, Isabella was married to Carlo Marino, a Venetian nobleman, whom she accompanied to Italy, which country she never left again during her life.

Marino was a man of letters, and the author of a history of Venetian commerce; it was his society and guidance which determined the literary bent of her mind, and gave the first impetus to her studious habits; but his existence was prematurely terminated, and her subsequent union with the count Albrizzi placed her in a situation where her talents and tastes obtained complete development.

Her house at Venice became the resort of all the noted characters resident in Italy, or