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... Beautiful situation of that city . Its bay . Of Baiæ , and several other antiquities . Some account of the first discovery of an ancient town , now known to be Hercu- laneum 23. To his FATHER . Departure from Rome and return to Florence ...
... Beautiful situation of that city . Its bay . Of Baiæ , and several other antiquities . Some account of the first discovery of an ancient town , now known to be Hercu- laneum 23. To his FATHER . Departure from Rome and return to Florence ...
Page 23
... beautiful . There is a peculiar blemish in the second line , arising from the synonimes mala and poma . + Here he quits Tibullus ; the ten following verses have but a remote reference to Mr. Pope's letter . * * ' Tis like the stream ...
... beautiful . There is a peculiar blemish in the second line , arising from the synonimes mala and poma . + Here he quits Tibullus ; the ten following verses have but a remote reference to Mr. Pope's letter . * * ' Tis like the stream ...
Page 45
... beautiful painted windows , and a vast number of chapels dressed out in all their finery of altar- pieces , embroidery , gilding , and marble . Over the high altar are preserved , in a very large wrought shrine of massy gold , the ...
... beautiful painted windows , and a vast number of chapels dressed out in all their finery of altar- pieces , embroidery , gilding , and marble . Over the high altar are preserved , in a very large wrought shrine of massy gold , the ...
Page 47
... beautiful monuments of the kings of France , and the vast treasures of the abbey , rubies and emeralds as big as small eggs , crucifixes and vows , crowns and reliquaries , of inestimable value ; but of all their curiosities the thing ...
... beautiful monuments of the kings of France , and the vast treasures of the abbey , rubies and emeralds as big as small eggs , crucifixes and vows , crowns and reliquaries , of inestimable value ; but of all their curiosities the thing ...
Page 48
... beautiful piece of ma- chinery of three scenes . The first represents the chaos , and by degrees the separation of the ele- ments . The second , the temple of Jupiter , and the giving of the box to Pandora . The third , the open- ing of ...
... beautiful piece of ma- chinery of three scenes . The first represents the chaos , and by degrees the separation of the ele- ments . The second , the temple of Jupiter , and the giving of the box to Pandora . The third , the open- ing of ...
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