Remarks on the Antiquities of Rome and Its Environs: Being a Classical and Topographical Survey of the Ruins of that Celebrated City |
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... appears that Rome had a concealed name , which superstitious and political reasons made unlawful to be re- vealed . Angerona is supposed to have been this name , and the secret divinity who presided over the fate of Rome . She was ...
... appears that Rome had a concealed name , which superstitious and political reasons made unlawful to be re- vealed . Angerona is supposed to have been this name , and the secret divinity who presided over the fate of Rome . She was ...
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... appear , to some readers , an affectation of learning ; but in works of this kind they are indispensably necessary . If examining the very ruins of Rome gives us such pleasure , what must have been our admiration to have seen it in all ...
... appear , to some readers , an affectation of learning ; but in works of this kind they are indispensably necessary . If examining the very ruins of Rome gives us such pleasure , what must have been our admiration to have seen it in all ...
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... appears to have been very inconvenient : it was after their eastern conquests , that the Romans adopted this indolent , but which they thought luxurious custom . The second was the great eating hall . The third was a more private eating ...
... appears to have been very inconvenient : it was after their eastern conquests , that the Romans adopted this indolent , but which they thought luxurious custom . The second was the great eating hall . The third was a more private eating ...
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... appear from passages in ancient authors . - Philocleon , in the comedy of the Wasps of Aristophanes , act 1. sc . 2 , hid him- self in a chimney . A slave hearing some noise , called out— " what noise is that in the pipe of the chimney ...
... appear from passages in ancient authors . - Philocleon , in the comedy of the Wasps of Aristophanes , act 1. sc . 2 , hid him- self in a chimney . A slave hearing some noise , called out— " what noise is that in the pipe of the chimney ...
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... appear when I come to that subject . The ingenious art of making glass is of great antiquity . Glass win- The quantities found in Herculaneum , and elsewhere , are a dows . proof of it . Indeed it has been doubted if the ancients em ...
... appear when I come to that subject . The ingenious art of making glass is of great antiquity . Glass win- The quantities found in Herculaneum , and elsewhere , are a dows . proof of it . Indeed it has been doubted if the ancients em ...
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afterwards Albano Alexander Severus amphitheatre ancient antiquaries antiquity Antoninus Appia aqueduct arch Augustus Aurelian Aventine hill baths buildings built called Campus Martius Capitol celebrated Celian Celian hill church of St Cicero circus columns dedicated defaced doubt elegant emperor engraved erected Esquiline hill feet formerly Forum gardens gate Hist honour Horace inscription Julius Cæsar Latium Livy magnificent marble mausoleum mentioned miles Mons monument Nero obelisk observed ornamented palace Palatine hill palms Pantheon perhaps Pietro Santi Bartoli Piranesi placed plate Plin Pliny Pompey Pons Ponte Pope Porta di S.Sebastiano portico preserved probably published quæ Quirinal hill reckoned remains remarkable rinal hill river road Roma Romæ Roman Rome Romulus ruins says Scipio seems seen sepulchre served Severus side statues stood Suet supposed temple of Jupiter theatre Tiber tine hill Tivoli trace Trajan triumphal Vespasian via Appia villa Virgil walls
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Page 419 - Mandela bibit, rugosus frigore pagus, 105 quid sentire putas? quid credis, amice, precari? sit mihi quod nunc est, etiam minus, et mihi vivam quod superest aevi, si quid superesse volunt di ; sit bona librorum et provisae frugis in annum copia, neu fluitem dubiae spe pendulus horae.
Page 421 - Aura feret geminusque Pollux. XXX. EXEOI monumentum aere perennius Regalique situ pyramidum altius, Quod non imber edax, non Aquilo impotens Possit diruere aut innumerabilis Annorum series et fuga temporum. Non omnis moriar, multaque pars mei Vitabit Libitinam : usque ego postera Crescam laude recens dum Capitolium Scandet cum tacita virgine pontifex.
Page 233 - Nymph of the grot, these sacred springs I keep : And to the murmur of these waters sleep : Ah spare my slumbers, gently tread the cave, And drink in silence, or in silence lave.
Page 436 - Qui, quid sit pulchrum, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non, Plenius ac melius Chrysippo et Crantore dicit.
Page 7 - Excudent alii spirantia mollius aera, Credo equidem, vivos ducent de marmore vultus, Orabunt causas melius, caelique meatus Describent radio et surgentia sidera dicent; Tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento : Hae tibi erunt artes, pacisque imponere morem, Parcere subiectis, et debellare superbos.
Page 390 - Nee ripas datur horrendas et rauca fluenta transportare prius quam sedibus ossa quierunt. Centum errant annos volitantque haec litora circum ; turn demum admissi stagna exoptata revisunt.
Page 305 - ... hoc, ubi nunc fora sunt, udae tenuere paludes ; amne redundatis fossa madebat aquis. Curtius ille lacus, siccas qui sustinet aras, nunc solida est tellus, sed lacus ante fuit.
Page 103 - ... nonne vides, cum praecipiti certamine campum corripuere, ruuntque effusi carcere currus, cum spes adrectae iuvenum, exsultantiaque haurit 105 corda pavor pulsans? illi instant verbere torto et proni dant lora...
Page 37 - Coepi egomet mecum sic cogitare: 'Hem! nos homunculi indignamur, si quis nostrum interiit aut occisus est, quorum vita brevior esse debet, cum uno loco tot oppidum cadavera proiecta iacent? Visne tu te, Servi, cohibere et meminisse hominem te esse natum?
Page 295 - This was the most unkindest cut of all; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab, Ingratitude, more strong than traitors' arms, Quite vanquished him. Then burst his mighty heart; And in his mantle muffling up his face, Even at the base of Pompey's statue (Which all the while ran blood) great Caesar fell.