 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1803 - 328 pagine
...structure, called II torre del Filosofo, supposed to have been built by the philosopher Empedocles, who took up his habitation here, the better to study...immense vault of heaven appeared in awful majesty and splendour. They found themselves more struck with veneration than below, and at first were at a loss... | |
 | John Adams - 1816 - 346 pagine
...structure called II Torre del Filosofo, supposed to have been built by the philosopher Empedoeles, •who took up his habitation here, the better to study the nature of Mount /Etiui. By others it is supposed to be the ruins of a temple of Vulcan, whose shop, all the world knows,... | |
 | 1820 - 494 pagine
...structure called " II torre del Filosofo," supposed to have been built by the philosopher Empedocles, who took up his habitation here, the better to study the nature of Mount Etna. At this period the mercury had fallen to 20° 6', and they found that the immense vault of heaven shone... | |
 | 1820 - 482 pagine
...structure called " II torre del Filosofo," supposed to have been built by the philosopher Empedocles, who took up his habitation here, the better to study the nature of Mount Etna. At this period the mercury had fallen to 20° 6', and they found that the immense vault of heaven shone... | |
 | H. Nolte - 1823 - 646 pagine
...structure, called II Torre del Filosofo, supposed to have been built by the philosopher Empodecles , who took up his habitation here the better to, study the nature of mount Л21па. By others it is supposed to b« the ruins of a temple to Vulcan, whose shop, all the world... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 pagine
...structure, called II Torre del Filosofo, supposed to have been built by the philosopher Empedocles, who took up his habitation here, the better to study the nature of Mount JKlun. By others it is supposed to be the ruins of a temple of Vulcan, whose shop all the world knows... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 410 pagine
...structure, called II Torre del Filosofo, supposed to have been built by the philosopher Empedocles, who took up his habitation here, the better to study the nature of Mount JEtna. By others it is supposed to be the ruins of a temple of Vulcan, whose shop all the world knows... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 pagine
...structure, called II Torre del Filosofo, supposed to have been built by the philosopher Empedocles, who took up his habitation here, the better to study the nature of Mount - ; Ktn;i. By others it is supposed to be the ruins of a temple of Vulcan, whose shop all the world... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pagine
...at the ruins of an ancient str'ucture, supposed to have been built by the philo'sopher/ Emp'edoeles, who took up his habitation her'e, the be'tter to study the n'ature of Mou'nt-jEtna. We had now time/ to pay our ador'ations/ in»a silent contemplation of the sublime o'bjects... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 562 pagine
...structure, called the Philosopher's Tower, supposed to have been built by the philosopher Emped'ocles,» who took up his habitation here the better to study the nature of Mount jEtna. We had now time to pay our adorations in a silent contemplation of the sublime objects of nature.... | |
| |
After incredible labour and fatigue, but at the same time mixed with a great deal of pleasure, we arrived before dawn at the ruins of an ancient structure, called II Torre del Filosofo... 