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" ... abroad, he had to encounter. If thoughts like these could bring a cloud over the brow of Lorenzo, unfit for the object he sought in that retreat, he might restore its serenity by other scenes which his garden commanded. Mountains, bright with various... "
Florence, the New Capital of Italy - Page 160
by Charles Richard Weld - 1867 - 431 pages
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Dean Ireland Scholarship

University of Oxford - Classical languages - 1833 - 146 pages
...restore its serenity by other scenes which his garden commanded. Mountains bright with various hue, and clothed with wood, bounded the horizon, and, on...villas and domains of his own : while the level country bore witness to his agricultural improvements, the classic diversion of a statesman's cares. Herds...
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The British and Foreign Review: Or, European Quarterly Journal, Volume 6

English periodicals - 1838 - 752 pages
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Introduction to the Literature of Europe: In the Fifteenth ..., Volume 1

Henry Hallam - Europe - 1837 - 714 pages
...sought in ' that retreat, he might restore its serenity by other scenes which his garden commanded. Mountains bright with various hues, and clothed with...villas and domains of his own ; while the level country bore witness to his agricultural improvements, the classic diversion of a statesman's cares. The same...
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The Poets and Poetry of Europe: With Introductions and Biographical Notices

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - English poetry - 1845 - 886 pages
...clothed wi wood, bounded the horizon, and, on most sidf at no great distance ; but embosomed in the« were other villas and domains of his own while the level country bore witness to h agricultural improvements, the classic divereio of a statesman's cares. The same...
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Hand-book for travellers in northern Italy [by sir F. Palgrave].

sir Francis Palgrave - 1847 - 690 pages
...sought in that " retreat, lie might restore its serenity "by other scenes which his garden " commanded. Mountains bright " with various hues, and clothed..."and domains of his own : while the " level country bore witness to his " agricultural improvements, the clas" sic diversion of a statesman's cares. "...
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Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the 15th, 16th, and ..., Volume 1

Henry Hallam - Literature, Modern - 1854 - 630 pages
...retreat, he might restore its serenity by other scenes which his garden commanded. Mountains br'ght with various hues, and clothed with wood, bounded...villas and domains of his own ; while the level country bore witness to his agricultural improvements, the classic diversion of a statesman's cares. The same...
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The Poets and Poetry of Europe

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - English poetry - 1855 - 822 pages
...he sought in that retreat, he might restore its serenity by other scenes which his garden commanded. Mountains, bright with various hues, and clothed with...villas and domains of his own ; while the level country bore witness to his agricultural improvements, the classic diversion of a statesman's cares. The same...
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A New Guide of Florence and Its Vicinity with Excursions to Fiesole ...

H. C. Wilson - Florence (Italy) - 1857 - 326 pages
...that » retreat, he might restore its serenity by other scenes which » his garden commanded.Mountains bright with various hues. » and clothed with wood,...other villas and domains of his own: while the level coun» try bore witness to his agricultural improvements, the clas» sic diversion of a statesman's...
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The Story of Italy

Anne Manning - Italy - 1859 - 396 pages
...he sought in that retreat, he might restore its serenity by other scenes which his garden commanded. Mountains, bright with various hues, and clothed with...great distance ; but embosomed in these were other domains of his own; while the level country bore witness to his agricultural improvements, the classic...
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The Story of Italy

Anne Manning - Italy - 1859 - 404 pages
...he sought in that retreat, he might restore its serenity by other scenes which his garden commanded. Mountains, bright with various hues, and clothed with...great distance; but embosomed in these were other domains of his own; while the level country bore witness to his agricultural improvements, the classic...
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