The Poems and Letters of Thomas GrayR. Priestley, 1820 - 537 pages |
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... Naples . Sight of the King and Queen . Mildness of the air at Florence • · · 88 92 97 • • 99 · 102 · 24. From Mr. WEST . On his quitting the Temple , and reason for it 25. To Mr. WEST . Answer to the foregoing letter . Some account of ...
... Naples . Sight of the King and Queen . Mildness of the air at Florence • · · 88 92 97 • • 99 · 102 · 24. From Mr. WEST . On his quitting the Temple , and reason for it 25. To Mr. WEST . Answer to the foregoing letter . Some account of ...
Page 75
... Naples has carried it all thither , and the city had not merit enough to detain us any longer , so we proceeded through Reggio to Mode- na ; this , though the residence of its Duke , is an ill - built melancholy place , all of brick ...
... Naples has carried it all thither , and the city had not merit enough to detain us any longer , so we proceeded through Reggio to Mode- na ; this , though the residence of its Duke , is an ill - built melancholy place , all of brick ...
Page 84
... Naples to Sienna , the place of his birth and residence . On the highest part of the mountain is an old fortress , and near it a house built by one of the Grand Dukes for a hunting seat , but now converted into an inn : it is the shell ...
... Naples to Sienna , the place of his birth and residence . On the highest part of the mountain is an old fortress , and near it a house built by one of the Grand Dukes for a hunting seat , but now converted into an inn : it is the shell ...
Page 97
... Naples . The minute one leaves his Holiness's dominions , the face of things begins to change from wide uncultivated plains to olive groves and well - tilled fields of corn , intermixed with ranks of elms , every one of which has its ...
... Naples . The minute one leaves his Holiness's dominions , the face of things begins to change from wide uncultivated plains to olive groves and well - tilled fields of corn , intermixed with ranks of elms , every one of which has its ...
Page 98
... Naples ; it is on the most lovely bay in the world , and one of the calmest seas : it has many other beauties besides those of nature . We have spent two days in visiting the remarkable places in the country round it , such as the bay ...
... Naples ; it is on the most lovely bay in the world , and one of the calmest seas : it has many other beauties besides those of nature . We have spent two days in visiting the remarkable places in the country round it , such as the bay ...
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