Rome, and Its Surrounding SceneryC. Tilt, 1840 - 216 էջ |
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... carried to perfection by Bramante - Elizabethan or British semi - gothic style - Architectural detail of various palaces - The Vatican stands at the head of European Palaces : consists of twenty - two courts with their colonnades ...
... carried to perfection by Bramante - Elizabethan or British semi - gothic style - Architectural detail of various palaces - The Vatican stands at the head of European Palaces : consists of twenty - two courts with their colonnades ...
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... carried into effect , before the short twilight of the south closed in upon me . Proceeding in an easterly direction from the Porta del Popolo , along the road that follows the line of the walls , the first striking object is the muro ...
... carried into effect , before the short twilight of the south closed in upon me . Proceeding in an easterly direction from the Porta del Popolo , along the road that follows the line of the walls , the first striking object is the muro ...
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... carry the eye along the Via Condotti , which opens on the opposite side of the square , nearly to the Bridge and Castle of St. Angelo , almost to the door of St. Peter's , and over nearly the entire mass of buildings composing the ...
... carry the eye along the Via Condotti , which opens on the opposite side of the square , nearly to the Bridge and Castle of St. Angelo , almost to the door of St. Peter's , and over nearly the entire mass of buildings composing the ...
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... carry him back to a period when the very name of America was unknown , and are to him pictures in the book of history which have the greatest charm , half - shrouded as they seem by the beautiful , though dim , halo of antiquity . Such ...
... carry him back to a period when the very name of America was unknown , and are to him pictures in the book of history which have the greatest charm , half - shrouded as they seem by the beautiful , though dim , halo of antiquity . Such ...
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... carrying it as high as eight millions , in the reign of Claudius ; but modern research has again rendered the application of the pruning - knife necessary to these luxuriant shoots of imagination , and it appears much more likely that ...
... carrying it as high as eight millions , in the reign of Claudius ; but modern research has again rendered the application of the pruning - knife necessary to these luxuriant shoots of imagination , and it appears much more likely that ...
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ancient art antique Apollo appears arch architect architecture artists Aurelian Basilica baths of Caracalla beautiful beneath Bernini Bramante building Cæsar campagna Capitol carnival celebrated century chapel christian church Coliseum colour columns Constantine Corso crowd decorated dome Domenichino effect Emperor English Engraved erected Europe execution fancy finest fountain French frescoes gallery gate glittering gothic Guercino Hadrian Horace Vernet imagination interesting interior Italian Italy light magnificent marble mass Michael Angelo modern monuments mosaic Naples nearly noble occupied opera original painting palaces Palatine hill Palazzo Pantheon perfect perhaps period Peter's Piazza Piazza Navona picture picturesque Pincian hill Pope Popolo Porta Porta del Popolo portion possess present principal produced profusion Raphael relics remains rich Roman Rome ruins Santa Maria scarcely scene sculpture seen splendid splendour spot statue style taste Temple Temple of Vesta theatre Tiber Tivoli tomb Trajan vast Vatican Villa walls whilst wonderful
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Էջ 16 - He scarce had ceased when the superior Fiend Was moving toward the shore, his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast. The broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 290 Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe.
Էջ 85 - But when the rising moon begins to climb Its topmost arch, and gently pauses there; When the stars twinkle through the loops of time, And the low night-breeze waves along the air The...
Էջ 27 - Lucrine lake to their elegant villas on the sea-coast of Puteoli and Caieta, they compare their own expeditions to the marches of Caesar and Alexander. Yet should a fly presume to settle on the silken folds of their gilded umbrellas, should a sunbeam penetrate through some unguarded and imperceptible chink, they deplore their intolerable hardships, and lament in affected language that they were not born in the land of the Cimmerians, the regions of eternal darkness.
Էջ 63 - Simple, erect, severe, austere, sublime — Shrine of all saints and temple of all gods, From Jove to Jesus — spared and blest by time; Looking tranquillity, while falls or nods Arch, empire, each thing round thee, and man plods His way through thorns to ashes — glorious dome ! Shalt thou not last? Time's scythe and tyrants...
Էջ 81 - Scipios* tomb contains no ashes now ; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers : dost thou flow, Old Tiber ! through a marble wilderness ? Rise, with thy yellow waves, and mantle her distress!
Էջ 15 - As long as the Coliseum stands, Rome shall stand ; when the Coliseum falls, Rome will fall; when Rome falls, the world will fall.
Էջ 30 - At the hour of midnight the Salarian gate was silently opened, and the inhabitants were awakened by the tremendous sound of the Gothic trumpet. Eleven hundred and sixty-three years after the foundation of Rome, the imperial city, which had subdued and civilized so considerable a part of mankind, was delivered to the licentious fury of the tribes of Germany and Scythia.
Էջ 69 - Has any seen The mighty chain of beings, lessening down From Infinite Perfection to the brink Of dreary nothing, desolate abyss ! From which astonish'd thought, recoiling, turns?
Էջ 56 - ... pity and respect my age, which has hitherto flowed in an uninterrupted course of piety. Since I do not repent, permit me to continue in the practice of my ancient rites. Since I am born free, allow me to enjoy my domestic institutions. This religion has reduced the world under my laws. These rites have repelled Hannibal from the city, and the Gauls from the Capitol. Were my grey hairs reserved for such intolerable disgrace?
Էջ 27 - Sometimes indeed these heroes undertake more arduous achievements : they visit their estates in Italy, and procure themselves, by the toil of servile hands, the amusements of the chase. If at any time, but more especially on a hot day, they have courage to sail in their painted galleys from the Lucrine lake...