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Pagina xviii
... four sides of the room ; and in each of the four angles of the ceiling , a Victory holding a clown and diadem . These are now nearly obliterated , as the inundations of the Tiber frequently fill this chamber . On the face of this ...
... four sides of the room ; and in each of the four angles of the ceiling , a Victory holding a clown and diadem . These are now nearly obliterated , as the inundations of the Tiber frequently fill this chamber . On the face of this ...
Pagina 2
... four o'clock in the afternoon - a remark by no means calculated to inspire any high idea of her mental energy . How soon , and sadly , did pity succeed , when short- ly after she explained her being under the care of two eminent ...
... four o'clock in the afternoon - a remark by no means calculated to inspire any high idea of her mental energy . How soon , and sadly , did pity succeed , when short- ly after she explained her being under the care of two eminent ...
Pagina 11
... four vases . That this design may be good in its place , no one will dispute ; but to me , whenever my eyes fell upon it , its style and character immediately , and ungraciously , tended to dispel those solemn impressions which the ...
... four vases . That this design may be good in its place , no one will dispute ; but to me , whenever my eyes fell upon it , its style and character immediately , and ungraciously , tended to dispel those solemn impressions which the ...
Pagina 16
... four o'clock to start precisely at five for Paris , going by the lower road , a distance rather greater than by the upper ; yet for such a length of ride , being ninety miles , strikingly pictu- resque and diversified . The Seine is ...
... four o'clock to start precisely at five for Paris , going by the lower road , a distance rather greater than by the upper ; yet for such a length of ride , being ninety miles , strikingly pictu- resque and diversified . The Seine is ...
Pagina 49
... four more years . I went yesterday to see it the model of an elephant and tower on his back , together of the height of sixty - five feet , and proportionately big , from whose trunk , curved inwardly , and from the two nostrils , the ...
... four more years . I went yesterday to see it the model of an elephant and tower on his back , together of the height of sixty - five feet , and proportionately big , from whose trunk , curved inwardly , and from the two nostrils , the ...
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
admirable adorned altar amid ancient Andrew Doria Angelo antique arches artist bassi-rilievi beauty Belisarius Bonaparte bronze Cæsar cafés Canova Cardinal carriage cathedral Chamois chapel chef d'œuvre Church of St colours columns crowned death dome Doria dress Duke Emperor English erected exhibited famed Florence formed four France French fresco gallery gardens Genoa Genoese Glace gold golden grand grandeur granite head heaven height Holy honour hour illustrious Italy Julius Cæsar La Scala Lake of Geneva Lausanne Leghorn Lorenzo luxuriant marble Martigny Medici Mer de Glace Milan miles modern Mont Blanc morning mountains mule night noble painted palace Palais Royal Palazzo Paris Pavia Peter picture Pisa Pope precipice present relics remains rocks Roman Rome royal sacred Saint scenery sculptured seen silver Simplon snows statues stone style temple theatre tion tomb torrent Totila Tuscany Vaud venerable villas Virgin walk walls waters
Populaire passages
Pagina 246 - What are these, So wither'd, and so wild in their attire ; That look not like the inhabitants o
Pagina 263 - So on he fares, and to the border comes Of Eden, where delicious Paradise, Now nearer, crowns with her enclosure green, As with a rural mound, the champaign head Of a steep wilderness, whose hairy sides With thicket overgrown, grotesque and wild, Access denied...
Pagina 333 - Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Sou, and of the Holy Ghost...
Pagina 10 - How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will we sit and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears; soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica. Look how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold.
Pagina 317 - This was the most unkindest cut of all ; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab. Ingratitude, more strong than traitors...
Pagina 78 - A double dungeon wall and wave Have made — and like a living grave, Below the surface of the lake The dark vault lies wherein we lay; We heard it ripple night and day; Sounding o'er our heads it knocked.
Pagina 224 - La Notte che tu vedi in si dolci atti Dormir, fu da un Angelo scolpita In questo sasso, e perche dorme, ha vita : Destala, se nol credi, e parleratti.' To which Michelangelo replied : — ' Grato m' e 'I sonno, e piu 1' esser di sasso, Mentre che il danno e la vergogna dura ; Non veder, non sentir, m...
Pagina 264 - Insuperable height of loftiest shade, Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene; and as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view.
Pagina 300 - Deeming it midnight : — Temples, baths, or halls ? Pronounce who can ; for all that Learning reap'd From her research hath been, that these are walls — Behold the Imperial Mount ! 'tis thus the mighty falls.
Pagina 332 - Lo! the heavens are open ; if you enter not now, when will you enter? For twelve pence you may redeem the soul of your father out of purgatory; and are you so ungrateful, that you will not rescue your parent from torment ? If you had but one coat, you ought to strip yourself instantly, and sell it, in order to purchase such benefits, &c.