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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... rendered it , though more splen- did , less universally useful . The Author , therefore , has given only such , as were indispensably necessary for illustrating to the eye , what he could not do so clearly by words . They are all of ...
... rendered it , though more splen- did , less universally useful . The Author , therefore , has given only such , as were indispensably necessary for illustrating to the eye , what he could not do so clearly by words . They are all of ...
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... render it healthful , strong , and com- modious . After the Gauls had retreated from Rome , the people , be- holding the ruins of their city , desired to retire to Veii , and there fix the seat of empire . A situation , excellent as it ...
... render it healthful , strong , and com- modious . After the Gauls had retreated from Rome , the people , be- holding the ruins of their city , desired to retire to Veii , and there fix the seat of empire . A situation , excellent as it ...
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... render himself conspicuous in the state . It is , however , probable that the Romans , long prior to this period , had picked up a little of the Pythagorean philosophy , from the school of Crotona , in that part of Italy called Magna ...
... render himself conspicuous in the state . It is , however , probable that the Romans , long prior to this period , had picked up a little of the Pythagorean philosophy , from the school of Crotona , in that part of Italy called Magna ...
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... rendered them unfit for Christian worship , is no doubt the reason that so few of them were con- verted into churches : hence they either perished for want of repairs , or were taken down for their precious materials , with Gallorum ...
... rendered them unfit for Christian worship , is no doubt the reason that so few of them were con- verted into churches : hence they either perished for want of repairs , or were taken down for their precious materials , with Gallorum ...
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... rendered them in- secure , and sometimes occasioned disagreeable accidents , by their falling down . To remedy which , that emperor , by a law , + ordered that no building should exceed seventy feet . When Nero rebuilt Rome , we find he ...
... rendered them in- secure , and sometimes occasioned disagreeable accidents , by their falling down . To remedy which , that emperor , by a law , + ordered that no building should exceed seventy feet . When Nero rebuilt Rome , we find he ...
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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.