A Classical Tour Through Italy, An. MDCCCII.M. Carey, 1816 - Italy |
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... ; he who , like Titus Quintius devoting the first days of leisure after his glorious achievements , to the celebrated monuments of Greece , embraces the earliest opportunity of visiting 3 the classic regions of Italy ; such a traveller ...
... ; he who , like Titus Quintius devoting the first days of leisure after his glorious achievements , to the celebrated monuments of Greece , embraces the earliest opportunity of visiting 3 the classic regions of Italy ; such a traveller ...
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... celebrated piece , and give them , if not the eruditos oculos , the discriminating eye of the professed artist , at least the liberal satisfaction of the judicious admirer . MUSIC . VIII . As Italy is acknowledged to be the first coun ...
... celebrated piece , and give them , if not the eruditos oculos , the discriminating eye of the professed artist , at least the liberal satisfaction of the judicious admirer . MUSIC . VIII . As Italy is acknowledged to be the first coun ...
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... celebrated and high- ly romantic solitudes . The winter may be divided very agreeably between Florence and the other Tuscan ci- ties . In the beginning of February the traveller may pass the Apennines to Modena , Parma , Placentia ...
... celebrated and high- ly romantic solitudes . The winter may be divided very agreeably between Florence and the other Tuscan ci- ties . In the beginning of February the traveller may pass the Apennines to Modena , Parma , Placentia ...
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... celebrated . The entrance is near the summit of a mountain , and the ascent , though over a good road , long and ... celebrating a jubilee , on the fiftieth anniversary of the marriage of an old couple , and , at the same time , the ...
... celebrated . The entrance is near the summit of a mountain , and the ascent , though over a good road , long and ... celebrating a jubilee , on the fiftieth anniversary of the marriage of an old couple , and , at the same time , the ...
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... celebrated by Horace , and forms the subject of one of his most spirited productions . Ever since this event , this road has been frequented , and always considered as the best and safest passage from the Transalpine regions to Italy ...
... celebrated by Horace , and forms the subject of one of his most spirited productions . Ever since this event , this road has been frequented , and always considered as the best and safest passage from the Transalpine regions to Italy ...
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Page 493 - Mantua me genuit : Calabri rapuere : tenet nunc Parthenope : cecini pascua, rura, duces.
Page 291 - Classic dress, and the work is rather to be attributed to the end of the fifth, or the beginning of the sixth, century.
Page 298 - He spake and they were made: he commanded and they were created.
Page 192 - Ev'n the rough rocks with tender myrtle bloom, And trodden weeds send out a rich perfume. Bear me, some god, to Baia's gentle seats, Or cover me in Umbria's green retreats ; Where western gales eternally reside, And all the seasons lavish all their pride : Blossoms, and fruits, and flowers together rise, And the whole year in gay confusion lies.
Page 288 - ... at the expense of the church and country. The palaces of these fortunate nephews are the most costly monuments of elegance and servitude ; the perfect arts of architecture, painting, and sculpture, have been prostituted in their service, and their galleries and gardens are decorated with the most precious works of antiquity, which taste or vanity has prompted them to collect.
Page 226 - Capitolinus on a hundred steps, supported by a hundred pillars, adonied with all the refinements of art, and blazing with the plunder of the world. In the centre of the temple, with Juno on his left, and Minerva on his right side, the thunderer sat on a throne of gold, grasping the lightning in one hand, and in the other wielding the sceptre of the universe.
Page 219 - ... alumna eadem et parens, numine deum electa, quae caelum ipsum clarius faceret, sparsa congregaret imperia ritusque molliret et tot populorum discordes ferasque linguas sermonis commercio contraheret ad conloquia et humanitatem homini daret breviterque una cunctarum gentium in toto orbe patria fieret.
Page 236 - I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The fire had resounded in the halls; and the voice of the people is heard no more. The stream of Clutha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook there its lonely head: the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows, the rank grass of the wall waved round its head. Desolate is the dwelling of Moina; silence is in the house of her fathers.
Page 22 - The medal, faithful to its charge of fame, Through climes and ages bears each form and name: In one short view subjected to our eye, Gods, emperors, heroes, sages, beauties, lie. With sharpen'd sight pale antiquaries pore, Th' inscription value, but the rust adore.
Page 205 - The entrance to this enclosure is by a path, winding along the foot of the mountain ; and nothing remarkable strikes the eye till one passes the gate, where the attention is at once powerfully arrested. Not only is the space within the wall filled with images of Gaudama of every size, but the whole face of the mountain, to the height of eighty or ninety feet, is covered with them. On every...