Rome, and Its Surrounding SceneryC. Tilt, 1840 - 216 էջ |
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... period , or at the later and more hurried repairs of Belisarius or Narses , when columns of precious marble and statues of the finest workmanship were broken up as building mate- rials in the exigencies of the moment . Following the ...
... period , or at the later and more hurried repairs of Belisarius or Narses , when columns of precious marble and statues of the finest workmanship were broken up as building mate- rials in the exigencies of the moment . Following the ...
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... period of the ancient fable ; and in spite of the modern buildings and sculpture , which , perhaps , have a tendency to destroy the illusion , you feel that you are in Rome . Above the fountain on the left , rise the sloping terraces ...
... period of the ancient fable ; and in spite of the modern buildings and sculpture , which , perhaps , have a tendency to destroy the illusion , you feel that you are in Rome . Above the fountain on the left , rise the sloping terraces ...
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... periods of the fifth and sixth centuries , to the youthful wanderings of Milton , and from that time even to the visits of the fashionable tourists of our day . The aspect of Rome never failed to awe , even after her power had fallen ...
... periods of the fifth and sixth centuries , to the youthful wanderings of Milton , and from that time even to the visits of the fashionable tourists of our day . The aspect of Rome never failed to awe , even after her power had fallen ...
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... period of Roman history that modern pen has produced . If such is the case , even on the admission of the snarling and satirical Voltaire , when the author wrote entirely from imagination , what might the picture have been , executed ...
... period of Roman history that modern pen has produced . If such is the case , even on the admission of the snarling and satirical Voltaire , when the author wrote entirely from imagination , what might the picture have been , executed ...
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... periods of the fifth and sixth centuries , to the youthfull wanderings of Milton , and from that time even to the visits of the fashionable tourists of our day .. The aspect of Rome never failed to awe , even after her poiver had fallen ...
... periods of the fifth and sixth centuries , to the youthfull wanderings of Milton , and from that time even to the visits of the fashionable tourists of our day .. The aspect of Rome never failed to awe , even after her poiver had fallen ...
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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...