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... marble , but internally being a mass of flints , lime , and sand , called Pozzolana . It has within it a chamber nearly thirty feet long , by twenty feet high , which certainly contained the urn en- closing the ashes of CAIUS CESTIUS ...
... marble , but internally being a mass of flints , lime , and sand , called Pozzolana . It has within it a chamber nearly thirty feet long , by twenty feet high , which certainly contained the urn en- closing the ashes of CAIUS CESTIUS ...
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... marbles , tapestry , velvet couches , and sumptuous beds , with porcelaine of native manu- facture , and of unparalleled price , are dispersed throughout . This palace was a favourite residence of Bonaparte ; and its natural beauties ...
... marbles , tapestry , velvet couches , and sumptuous beds , with porcelaine of native manu- facture , and of unparalleled price , are dispersed throughout . This palace was a favourite residence of Bonaparte ; and its natural beauties ...
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... marbles , and preserved fish , together with further agricultural , literary , zoological , geological , chemical , volcanic , and anatomical collections , with the rarest and most valued antediluvian relics , render this collection a ...
... marbles , and preserved fish , together with further agricultural , literary , zoological , geological , chemical , volcanic , and anatomical collections , with the rarest and most valued antediluvian relics , render this collection a ...
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... occupied by 45 chapels . Though its ancient Gothic exterior ; its curious wooden carvings of scriptural histories ; its sanctuary , and altar of marble , and porphyry , with its elegant Crown of Thorns . 39 modern candelabras , the gift.
... occupied by 45 chapels . Though its ancient Gothic exterior ; its curious wooden carvings of scriptural histories ; its sanctuary , and altar of marble , and porphyry , with its elegant Crown of Thorns . 39 modern candelabras , the gift.
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... Marble tables - profusion of plate - superb chande- liers - glass on every side - producing a most pleas- ing effect when placed , as in some cafés , fronting the street , by which means one may see in any part of the room all the ...
... Marble tables - profusion of plate - superb chande- liers - glass on every side - producing a most pleas- ing effect when placed , as in some cafés , fronting the street , by which means one may see in any part of the room all the ...
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Page 246 - What are these, So wither'd, and so wild in their attire ; That look not like the inhabitants o
Page 263 - So on he fares, and to the border comes Of Eden, where delicious Paradise, Now nearer, crowns with her enclosure green, As with a rural mound, the champaign head Of a steep wilderness, whose hairy sides With thicket overgrown, grotesque and wild, Access denied...
Page 333 - Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Sou, and of the Holy Ghost...
Page 10 - How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will we sit and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears; soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica. Look how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold.
Page 317 - This was the most unkindest cut of all ; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab. Ingratitude, more strong than traitors...
Page 78 - A double dungeon wall and wave Have made — and like a living grave, Below the surface of the lake The dark vault lies wherein we lay; We heard it ripple night and day; Sounding o'er our heads it knocked.
Page 224 - La Notte che tu vedi in si dolci atti Dormir, fu da un Angelo scolpita In questo sasso, e perche dorme, ha vita : Destala, se nol credi, e parleratti.' To which Michelangelo replied : — ' Grato m' e 'I sonno, e piu 1' esser di sasso, Mentre che il danno e la vergogna dura ; Non veder, non sentir, m...
Page 264 - Insuperable height of loftiest shade, Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene; and as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view.
Page 300 - Deeming it midnight : — Temples, baths, or halls ? Pronounce who can ; for all that Learning reap'd From her research hath been, that these are walls — Behold the Imperial Mount ! 'tis thus the mighty falls.
Page 332 - Lo! the heavens are open ; if you enter not now, when will you enter? For twelve pence you may redeem the soul of your father out of purgatory; and are you so ungrateful, that you will not rescue your parent from torment ? If you had but one coat, you ought to strip yourself instantly, and sell it, in order to purchase such benefits, &c.