A Classical Tour Through Italy, An. MDCCCII.M. Carey, 1816 |
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Pagina 24
... called into action , tends so much to the embel- lishment or contributes more to the reputation of a country . It ought , therefore , at all events to occupy some portion of time in a liberal education . Had such a method of instruction ...
... called into action , tends so much to the embel- lishment or contributes more to the reputation of a country . It ought , therefore , at all events to occupy some portion of time in a liberal education . Had such a method of instruction ...
Pagina 38
... called conversazzioni ; or at the casino , a sort of fashionable club established in most towns in Italy . A letter of introduction to any person of rank will open all such assemblies to a stran- ger . But the traveller , who really ...
... called conversazzioni ; or at the casino , a sort of fashionable club established in most towns in Italy . A letter of introduction to any person of rank will open all such assemblies to a stran- ger . But the traveller , who really ...
Pagina 54
... called Unkin , about one mile from Reichenhall . The road first sweeps along the base of a noble eminence covered with firs ; a church spire rises on the side of a hill ; and on the summit of the same hill stands a castle in ruins . Pro ...
... called Unkin , about one mile from Reichenhall . The road first sweeps along the base of a noble eminence covered with firs ; a church spire rises on the side of a hill ; and on the summit of the same hill stands a castle in ruins . Pro ...
Pagina 61
... and the Atagis , now called the Adige , tumbling from steep to steep on our right . Night soon enveloped us , and we pursued our way * Liv . XXI . with great rapidity down the declivity through Marck and Middle THROUGH ITALY . 61.
... and the Atagis , now called the Adige , tumbling from steep to steep on our right . Night soon enveloped us , and we pursued our way * Liv . XXI . with great rapidity down the declivity through Marck and Middle THROUGH ITALY . 61.
Pagina 65
... called the Adige , sometimes the Adese . The for- mer name may be derived from either of the ancient titles ; the latter can come from the Athesis only . This river takes its rise near a little town called Burg , not far from Cluras and ...
... called the Adige , sometimes the Adese . The for- mer name may be derived from either of the ancient titles ; the latter can come from the Athesis only . This river takes its rise near a little town called Burg , not far from Cluras and ...
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Pagina 493 - Mantua me genuit : Calabri rapuere : tenet nunc Parthenope : cecini pascua, rura, duces.
Pagina 291 - Classic dress, and the work is rather to be attributed to the end of the fifth, or the beginning of the sixth, century.
Pagina 298 - He spake and they were made: he commanded and they were created.
Pagina 192 - Ev'n the rough rocks with tender myrtle bloom, And trodden weeds send out a rich perfume. Bear me, some god, to Baia's gentle seats, Or cover me in Umbria's green retreats ; Where western gales eternally reside, And all the seasons lavish all their pride : Blossoms, and fruits, and flowers together rise, And the whole year in gay confusion lies.
Pagina 288 - ... at the expense of the church and country. The palaces of these fortunate nephews are the most costly monuments of elegance and servitude ; the perfect arts of architecture, painting, and sculpture, have been prostituted in their service, and their galleries and gardens are decorated with the most precious works of antiquity, which taste or vanity has prompted them to collect.
Pagina 226 - Capitolinus on a hundred steps, supported by a hundred pillars, adonied with all the refinements of art, and blazing with the plunder of the world. In the centre of the temple, with Juno on his left, and Minerva on his right side, the thunderer sat on a throne of gold, grasping the lightning in one hand, and in the other wielding the sceptre of the universe.
Pagina 219 - ... alumna eadem et parens, numine deum electa, quae caelum ipsum clarius faceret, sparsa congregaret imperia ritusque molliret et tot populorum discordes ferasque linguas sermonis commercio contraheret ad conloquia et humanitatem homini daret breviterque una cunctarum gentium in toto orbe patria fieret.
Pagina 236 - I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The fire had resounded in the halls; and the voice of the people is heard no more. The stream of Clutha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook there its lonely head: the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows, the rank grass of the wall waved round its head. Desolate is the dwelling of Moina; silence is in the house of her fathers.
Pagina 22 - The medal, faithful to its charge of fame, Through climes and ages bears each form and name: In one short view subjected to our eye, Gods, emperors, heroes, sages, beauties, lie. With sharpen'd sight pale antiquaries pore, Th' inscription value, but the rust adore.
Pagina 205 - The entrance to this enclosure is by a path, winding along the foot of the mountain ; and nothing remarkable strikes the eye till one passes the gate, where the attention is at once powerfully arrested. Not only is the space within the wall filled with images of Gaudama of every size, but the whole face of the mountain, to the height of eighty or ninety feet, is covered with them. On every...