The Genius of Italy: Being Sketches of Italian Life, Literature, and ReligionG. P. Putnam, 1849 - 332 էջ |
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... lofty but beautiful Apennines , with here and there the bare and blackened summit of an extinct volcano , and crowned , at the bay of Naples , with the smoking cone of Mount Vesuvius , Italy has features of grandeur and majesty ; but ...
... lofty but beautiful Apennines , with here and there the bare and blackened summit of an extinct volcano , and crowned , at the bay of Naples , with the smoking cone of Mount Vesuvius , Italy has features of grandeur and majesty ; but ...
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... lofty na- ture . It is a root , but not a dull and sightless one ; having a vital force , it sends forth a stem with green leaves and golden fruit . It is local , yet fills the universe with its fragrance . Hence it easily enshrines ...
... lofty na- ture . It is a root , but not a dull and sightless one ; having a vital force , it sends forth a stem with green leaves and golden fruit . It is local , yet fills the universe with its fragrance . Hence it easily enshrines ...
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... lofty arches , guarded by Austrian bayonets , and take possession of apartments near the Duomo , the largest and most beautiful cathedral of northern Italy , and only inferior in size and splendor to St. Peter's in Rome . Sauntering ...
... lofty arches , guarded by Austrian bayonets , and take possession of apartments near the Duomo , the largest and most beautiful cathedral of northern Italy , and only inferior in size and splendor to St. Peter's in Rome . Sauntering ...
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... lofty ranges of the Alps , bathed in mel- low light . How gloriously they lift their calm summits into the heavens , as if they formed a pathway to the throne of God , on which the angels , as in Jacob's dream , might be seen ...
... lofty ranges of the Alps , bathed in mel- low light . How gloriously they lift their calm summits into the heavens , as if they formed a pathway to the throne of God , on which the angels , as in Jacob's dream , might be seen ...
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... lofty deeds By great men's monuments , and they make fair And holy to the pilgrim's eye the earth That has received their dust . When I beheld The spot where sleeps enshrined that noble genius , * Who humbling the proud sceptres of ...
... lofty deeds By great men's monuments , and they make fair And holy to the pilgrim's eye the earth That has received their dust . When I beheld The spot where sleeps enshrined that noble genius , * Who humbling the proud sceptres of ...
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The Genius of Italy: Being Sketches of Italian Life, Literature, and Religion Robert Turnbull Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1849 |
The Genius of Italy: Being Sketches of Italian Life, Literature, and Religion Robert Turnbull Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1849 |
The Genius of Italy: Or, Fact and Poetry from Italian Life, Literature, and ... Robert Turnbull Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1855 |
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