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Pagina 4
... engraved in the " Museo Pio - Clementino , " tom . vi . tab . xxix .; that in the British Museum was given to Mr. Gavin Hamilton , in exchange for other antiquities , and passed from him to Mr. Townley . Of this last head , the greater ...
... engraved in the " Museo Pio - Clementino , " tom . vi . tab . xxix .; that in the British Museum was given to Mr. Gavin Hamilton , in exchange for other antiquities , and passed from him to Mr. Townley . Of this last head , the greater ...
Pagina 7
... engraving of it first appeared in 1606 , in a work entitled " Illustrium Imagines " ; " and an- other engraving of it is prefixed to Dr. Mead's dis- sertation " De Nummis quibusdam a Smyrnæis in Medicorum honorem percussis , " published ...
... engraving of it first appeared in 1606 , in a work entitled " Illustrium Imagines " ; " and an- other engraving of it is prefixed to Dr. Mead's dis- sertation " De Nummis quibusdam a Smyrnæis in Medicorum honorem percussis , " published ...
Pagina 8
... engraved in the Musée Napoleon " , one of which was taken from the Villa Albani . Mr. Combe speaks of a fourth , in the possession of Richard Payne Knight , Esq . , which has been since added to the collection in the British Museum ...
... engraved in the Musée Napoleon " , one of which was taken from the Villa Albani . Mr. Combe speaks of a fourth , in the possession of Richard Payne Knight , Esq . , which has been since added to the collection in the British Museum ...
Pagina 13
... engraved in the Museo Pio - Clementino , tab . xxxvii . p . 53 . EPICURUS . Room III . No. 34 . A terminal Head of Epicurus , the founder of the Epicurean sect . His doctrines were warmly at- tacked by the philosophers of other schools ...
... engraved in the Museo Pio - Clementino , tab . xxxvii . p . 53 . EPICURUS . Room III . No. 34 . A terminal Head of Epicurus , the founder of the Epicurean sect . His doctrines were warmly at- tacked by the philosophers of other schools ...
Pagina 14
... engraved on their rings and on their drinking - cups31 . It is remarkable , however , says Mr. Combe , that notwithstanding the great number of portraits which the ancients possessed of Epicurus , it was not until nearly the middle of ...
... engraved on their rings and on their drinking - cups31 . It is remarkable , however , says Mr. Combe , that notwithstanding the great number of portraits which the ancients possessed of Epicurus , it was not until nearly the middle of ...
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altar ancient Antiquities Antoninus Pius Apollo Athens Bacchante Bacchus Bartolomeo Cavaceppi bas-relief bearing Bona Dea British Museum bust Cæsar candelabrum Caracalla coins collection of Sir Combe Deianira Democles Dimensions Dioscuri drapery Echetlus edit eleven inches emperor engraved Faun festoon foot formerly fourteen inches fragment front Gavin Hamilton Greek Hadrian half in height half in width head Hercules Hippocrates Hist Icarius inches high inches in height inches in length inches in width inscription Jupiter Lond lower Lucius Lucius Verus marble mask Messalina muse nine inches ornamented patera pedestal Pericles present quod repre represented right hand Roman Rome Room XI sarcophagus says scription sculpture sepulchral Cippus sepulchral Monument sepulchral Urn Shelf side Sir William Hamilton six inches stands statue tablet temple thirteen inches three feet three inches Townley upper vase Verus Villa votive wife wreath καὶ
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Pagina 277 - Agricolae prisci, fortes, parvoque beati, Condita post frumenta, levantes tempore festo Corpus et ipsum animum spe finis dura ferentem, Cum sociis operum, pueris, et conjuge fida, Tellurem porco, Silvanum lacte piabant, Floribus et vino Genium, memorem brevis aevi. Fescennina per hune inventa licentia morem Versibus alternis opprobria rustica fudit...
Pagina 33 - He is said to have been sensual in his private life, but his good qualities as a ruler were such that even 250 years after his death senators greeted a new emperor with the wish that he might be more fortunate than Augustus and better than Trajan.
Pagina 34 - Gallica differunt consuetudine. Interiores plerique frumenta non serunt, sed lacte et carne vivunt pellibusque sunt vestiti. Omnes vero se Britanni vitro inficiunt, quod caeruleum efficit colorem, atque hoc horridiores sunt in pugna aspectu ; capilloque sunt promisso atque omni parte corporis rasa praeter caput et labrum superius.
Pagina 21 - As oft were spread the' alternate shades of night; So long no sustenance the mourner knew, Unless she drunk her tears or suck'd the dew. She turn'd about, but rose not from the ground, Turn'd to the Sun, still as he roll'd his round: On his bright face hung her desiring eyes, Till fix'd to earth she strove in vain to rise. Her looks their paleness in a flower retain'd, But here and there some purple streaks they gain'd; Still the loved object the fond leaves pursue, Still move their root the moving...
Pagina 285 - in Britain lead is found near the surface of the earth in such abundance, that a law is made to limit the quantity which shall be taken.
Pagina 286 - These pigs were undoubtedly for exportation. Professor Ward, in his " Considerations on a Draught of two large pieces of Lead with Roman Inscriptions upon them, found several years since in Yorkshire," printed in the " Philosophical Transactions,
Pagina 32 - Vitellius consumed in mere eating at least six millions of our money, in about seven months. It is not easy to express his vices with dignity, or even decency.
Pagina 311 - ... which makes a day and a night, divided into twenty - four equal parts, we call hours. Now, the Romans divided the day and the night into twenty - four hours. Twelve of thefe, from the rifing of the fun to its fetting, conftituted their day ; and the other twelve, from the fetting of the fun to its rifing, conftituted their night.
Pagina 36 - Liberator baud dubie Germaniae et qui non primordia populi Romani, sicut alii reges ducesque, sed florentissimum imperium lacessierit, proeliis ambiguus, bello non victus...