The Genius of Italy: Being Sketches of Italian Life, Literature, and ReligionG. P. Putnam, 1849 - 332 էջ |
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... splendor ; the scene of boundless ambition and incredible exploits ; the home of the Scipios and the Cæsars , of Cato and the Gracchi ; the land of Horace and Virgil , of Cicero and the Antonines ; the country where Christianity found ...
... splendor ; the scene of boundless ambition and incredible exploits ; the home of the Scipios and the Cæsars , of Cato and the Gracchi ; the land of Horace and Virgil , of Cicero and the Antonines ; the country where Christianity found ...
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... splendor of the landscape . The very common people speak it with a grace which is irresistible . It seems to warble from the lips of children like the song of early birds . It is ever gliding into poetry and song . Hence the wonderful ...
... splendor of the landscape . The very common people speak it with a grace which is irresistible . It seems to warble from the lips of children like the song of early birds . It is ever gliding into poetry and song . Hence the wonderful ...
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... splendor , worthy only of the dark ages , often takes the place of a true and simple beauty . Nay more , both in form and arrangement , their churches , and especially their altars , are more allied to the genius of heathenism than of ...
... splendor , worthy only of the dark ages , often takes the place of a true and simple beauty . Nay more , both in form and arrangement , their churches , and especially their altars , are more allied to the genius of heathenism than of ...
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... splendor and artistic beauty in churches , and in the commu- nity generally , is the age also of decline in spiritual worship . Possibly this may be the case , especially when these are accom- panied with a worldly spirit , and a mere ...
... splendor and artistic beauty in churches , and in the commu- nity generally , is the age also of decline in spiritual worship . Possibly this may be the case , especially when these are accom- panied with a worldly spirit , and a mere ...
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... splendor of a semi - barbarous but powerful rule . In the middle of the eighth century it received its first shock from Pepin of France , and was soon after overturned by the power of Charlemagne . But the iron crown of Lombardy fell ...
... splendor of a semi - barbarous but powerful rule . In the middle of the eighth century it received its first shock from Pepin of France , and was soon after overturned by the power of Charlemagne . But the iron crown of Lombardy fell ...
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The Genius of Italy: Being Sketches of Italian Life, Literature, and Religion Robert Turnbull Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1849 |
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The Genius of Italy: Or, Fact and Poetry from Italian Life, Literature, and ... Robert Turnbull Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1855 |
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