 ... the four immense pillars on which it rests are each one hundred and thirty-seven feet in circumference ! It seems as if human art had outdone itself in producing this temple — the grandest which the world ever erected for the worship of the Living,...  Views A-foot: Or, Europe Seen with Knapsack and Staff - Էջ 322Bayard Taylor - 1854 - 404 էջԱմբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | Bayard Taylor - 1856 - 526 էջ
...world ever erected for the worship of the Living, God ! The awe I felt in looking up at the colossal arch of marble and gold, did not humble me ; on the...Vatican is only open twice a week, on days which are notfestas; most fortunately, to-day happened to be one of these, and we took a run through its endless... | |
 | Bayard Taylor - 1862 - 532 էջ
...the Living God ! The awe I felt in looking up at the colossal arch of marble and gold, did not bumble me ; on the contrary, I felt exalted, ennobled —...they were indeed but a little lower than the angels. 1 felt that", if fallen, my race was still mighty and immortal. The Vatican is only open twice a week,... | |
 | Bayard Taylor - 1862 - 536 էջ
...world ever erected for the worship of the Living God ! The awe I felt in looking up at the colossal 'arch of marble and gold, did not humble me; on the contrary, I felt exalted, ennobled—beings in the form I wore planned the glorious edifice, and it seemed that in godlike power... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1874 - 454 էջ
...world ever erected for the worship of the Living God ! The awe I felt in looking up at the colossal arch of marble and gold did not humble me ; on the...the form I wore planned the glorious edifice, and it scemed that, in godlike power and perseverance, they were indeed but a little lower than the angels.... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1876 - 452 էջ
...world ever erected for the worship of the Living God ! The awe I felt in looking up at the colossal arch of marble and gold did not humble me ; on the...if fallen, my race was still mighty and immortal. festas ; most fortunately, to-day happened to be- one of these, and we took a run through its endless... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1877 - 454 էջ
...world ever erected for the worship of the Living God ! The awe I felt in looking up at the colossal arch of marble and gold did not humble me ; on the...if fallen, my race was still mighty and immortal. festaK ; most fortunately, to-day happened to be one of these, and we took a run through its endless... | |
 | William L. Vance - 1989 - 538 էջ
...seems as if human art had outdone itself in producing this temple. . . . The awe felt in looking up ... did not humble me; on the contrary, I felt exalted,...were indeed but 'a little lower than the angels.'" So much for feeling like a pygmy. Tuckerman, too, thought that the church increased man's "sense of... | |
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