Walks in Rome, Volume 1W. Isbister, 1874 - Rome (Italy) |
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Page 12
... beneath the unattainable sky , -left her , worn out with shivering at the cheerless and smoky fireside by day , and feasting with our own substance the ravenous population of a Roman bed at night , left her sick at heart of Italian ...
... beneath the unattainable sky , -left her , worn out with shivering at the cheerless and smoky fireside by day , and feasting with our own substance the ravenous population of a Roman bed at night , left her sick at heart of Italian ...
Page 15
... beneath the wheels like a carpet , and follows like a cloud . The grass is yellow , the weeds are parched ; and where there have been wayside pools , the ground is cracked and dry . Now we pass a crumbling fragment of something that may ...
... beneath the wheels like a carpet , and follows like a cloud . The grass is yellow , the weeds are parched ; and where there have been wayside pools , the ground is cracked and dry . Now we pass a crumbling fragment of something that may ...
Page 16
... beneath us , on the left , Soracte , an outlier of the Apen- nines , which has got to the right bank of the Tiber , and stands out by itself most magnificently . Close under us in front , was the Ciminian lake , the crater of an extinct ...
... beneath us , on the left , Soracte , an outlier of the Apen- nines , which has got to the right bank of the Tiber , and stands out by itself most magnificently . Close under us in front , was the Ciminian lake , the crater of an extinct ...
Page 40
... Beneath are the tombs of Cardinal Ascanio Sforza , and Cardinal Girolamo Basso , nephews of Sixtus IV . ( Francesco della Rovere ) , beautiful works of Andrea di Sansovino . These tombs were erected at the expense of Julius II ...
... Beneath are the tombs of Cardinal Ascanio Sforza , and Cardinal Girolamo Basso , nephews of Sixtus IV . ( Francesco della Rovere ) , beautiful works of Andrea di Sansovino . These tombs were erected at the expense of Julius II ...
Page 49
... ( beneath which are the long - closed catacombs of St. Felix ) leads to the Villa Medici , built for Cardinal Ricci da Montepulciano by Annibale Lippi in 1540. Shortly afterwards it passed into the hands of the Medici family , and was ...
... ( beneath which are the long - closed catacombs of St. Felix ) leads to the Villa Medici , built for Cardinal Ricci da Montepulciano by Annibale Lippi in 1540. Shortly afterwards it passed into the hands of the Medici family , and was ...
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