The Diary of an Invalid: Being the Journal of a Tour in Pursuit of Health, in Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, and France, in the Years 1817, 1818, and 1819, Volume 1 |
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... objects is not felt . A lovely night . The moon , in this lati- tude , has a silvery brightness which we never see in England . It was a night for romance ; —such as Shakspeare describes , when Troilus sighed his soul to absent Cressid ...
... objects is not felt . A lovely night . The moon , in this lati- tude , has a silvery brightness which we never see in England . It was a night for romance ; —such as Shakspeare describes , when Troilus sighed his soul to absent Cressid ...
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... object of mysterious dread . And , truly , the sight of its gloomy prison -triplici circumdata muro - is sufficient to suggest the idea of that Infernal Tribunal of which Tisi- phone kept the gate , and Rhadamanthus admi- nistered the ...
... object of mysterious dread . And , truly , the sight of its gloomy prison -triplici circumdata muro - is sufficient to suggest the idea of that Infernal Tribunal of which Tisi- phone kept the gate , and Rhadamanthus admi- nistered the ...
Page 75
... objects that are worthy of further examina- tion , and these may be afterwards studied at leisure . Of the great majority of sights , it must be confessed that all we obtain for our labour is the knowledge that they are not worth seeing ...
... objects that are worthy of further examina- tion , and these may be afterwards studied at leisure . Of the great majority of sights , it must be confessed that all we obtain for our labour is the knowledge that they are not worth seeing ...
Page 84
... object to it as inade- quate . At the Pons Milvius however , now the Ponte Molle , the breadth increases ; and two miles above Rome , the river is nearly twice as broad as it is within the walls . This contraction of the stream within ...
... object to it as inade- quate . At the Pons Milvius however , now the Ponte Molle , the breadth increases ; and two miles above Rome , the river is nearly twice as broad as it is within the walls . This contraction of the stream within ...
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... . The fact is , that nothing is great or little but by comparison ; and where no familiar object exists to assist 92 [ DEC . St Peter's ROME (continued Christmas Christmas Ceremonies Baths of Dioclesian Funeral Ceremonies Palaces.
... . The fact is , that nothing is great or little but by comparison ; and where no familiar object exists to assist 92 [ DEC . St Peter's ROME (continued Christmas Christmas Ceremonies Baths of Dioclesian Funeral Ceremonies Palaces.
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