The Works of the Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Volume 5 |
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I have generally observed at Rome , which is the great magazine of these antiquities , that the same heads which are rare in medals are also rare in marble , and , indeed , one may commonly assign the same reason for both , which was ...
I have generally observed at Rome , which is the great magazine of these antiquities , that the same heads which are rare in medals are also rare in marble , and , indeed , one may commonly assign the same reason for both , which was ...
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Among the antique figures , there is a fine one of Morpheus in touchstone , I have always observed , that this god is represented by the ancient statuaries under the figure of a boy asleep , with a bundle of poppy in his hand .
Among the antique figures , there is a fine one of Morpheus in touchstone , I have always observed , that this god is represented by the ancient statuaries under the figure of a boy asleep , with a bundle of poppy in his hand .
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I observed here likewise a very curious bust of Annius Verus , the young son of Marcus Aurelius , who died at nine years of age . I have seen several other busts of him at Rome , though his medals are exceeding rare .
I observed here likewise a very curious bust of Annius Verus , the young son of Marcus Aurelius , who died at nine years of age . I have seen several other busts of him at Rome , though his medals are exceeding rare .
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I saw nothing that has not been observed by several others in the Argenteria , the tabernacle of St. Laurence's chapel , and the chamber of painters . The chapel of St. Laurence will be perhaps the most costly piece of work on the face ...
I saw nothing that has not been observed by several others in the Argenteria , the tabernacle of St. Laurence's chapel , and the chamber of painters . The chapel of St. Laurence will be perhaps the most costly piece of work on the face ...
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We may observe in them all the remarkable qualities of this prodigious length of mountains , that run from one extremity of Italy to the other , and give rise to an incredible variety of rivers that water this delightful country .
We may observe in them all the remarkable qualities of this prodigious length of mountains , that run from one extremity of Italy to the other , and give rise to an incredible variety of rivers that water this delightful country .
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Volume 5 British classics The Works of the Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Joseph Addison Volume 5 of The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison,: With the Exception of His Numbers of the Spectator, Joseph Addison |
| Author | Joseph Addison |
| Editor | Thomas Tickell |
| Publisher | William Durell & Company, 1811 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 14 Mar 2008 |
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