Walks in Rome, Volume 1W. Isbister, 1874 - Rome (Italy) |
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Page 16
... magnificently . Close under us in front , was the Ciminian lake , the crater of an extinct volcano , surrounded as they all are , with their basin of wooded hills , and lying like a beautiful mirror stretched out before us . Then there ...
... magnificently . Close under us in front , was the Ciminian lake , the crater of an extinct volcano , surrounded as they all are , with their basin of wooded hills , and lying like a beautiful mirror stretched out before us . Then there ...
Page 35
... magnificent ; it is enhanced by the tints of the decaying vegetation , and the shadows are strong and clear . January is generally cold for sitting out , and February wet ; and before the end of March the vegeta- tion is often so far ...
... magnificent ; it is enhanced by the tints of the decaying vegetation , and the shadows are strong and clear . January is generally cold for sitting out , and February wet ; and before the end of March the vegeta- tion is often so far ...
Page 37
... magnificent tomb of Sylla , who died at Puteoli B.C. 82 , but was honoured at Rome with a public funeral , at which the patrician ladies burnt masses of incense and perfumes on his funeral pyre . The Obelisk of the Piazza del Popolo was ...
... magnificent tomb of Sylla , who died at Puteoli B.C. 82 , but was honoured at Rome with a public funeral , at which the patrician ladies burnt masses of incense and perfumes on his funeral pyre . The Obelisk of the Piazza del Popolo was ...
Page 47
... magnificently , and then opened his veins , and let himself bleed to death . Before dying he inspected the pyre prepared for him in his own gardens , and ordered it to be removed to another spot , that an umbrageous plantation which ...
... magnificently , and then opened his veins , and let himself bleed to death . Before dying he inspected the pyre prepared for him in his own gardens , and ordered it to be removed to another spot , that an umbrageous plantation which ...
Page 53
... magnificent lines . The Virgin lies on one side , and is like a grand creature struck down by a sudden death- blow . She has fallen , like Ananias in Raphael's cartoon , with her head bent backwards , and her arm under her . The crown ...
... magnificent lines . The Virgin lies on one side , and is like a grand creature struck down by a sudden death- blow . She has fallen , like Ananias in Raphael's cartoon , with her head bent backwards , and her arm under her . The crown ...
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