 moated and flanked with towers, in the heart of the subjugated town, like a tyrant intrenched among slaves, and recalls to a stranger that gloomy period described by Dante : — " Che le terre d'Italia tutte piene Son di tiranni ; ed un Marcel diventa...  Italy - Page 214by Josiah Conder - 1831Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Forsyth - Italy - 1820 - 700 pages
...will hardly approve this manner of translating poets. The old Ducal palace stands, moated and fiapked with towers, in the heart of the subjugated town , like a tyrant intrenched among slaves, and recals to a stranger that gloomy period described by Dante , Che le citta... | |
 | Thomas Roscoe - Italy - 1830 - 594 pages
...contains an autograph copy of the Pastor Fido. " The old ducal palace stands," says Mr. Forsyth, " moated and flanked with towers, in the heart of the subjugated town like a tyrant intrenched among slaves, and recals to a stranger that gloomy period described by Dante :— Che le... | |
 | William Brockedon - 1833 - 356 pages
...reverted to the Pope ; and from that period we may date its rapid decline. A cardinal FERRARA. legate now resides in the ducal palace, which stands moated...streets in the new parts of the town want houses, while every where there are traces of decay." " During the greater part of the sixteenth century there were... | |
 | William Brockedon - Greece - 1833 - 332 pages
...reverted to the Pope ; and from that period we may date its rapid decline. A cardinal FERRARA. legate now resides in the ducal palace, which stands moated...streets in the new parts of the town want houses, while every where there are traces of decay." " During the greater part of the sixteenth century there were... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - Italy - 1843 - 616 pages
...the imagination back to the fortunes of Ferrara during the middle ages. It stands, says Forsyth, " moated and flanked with towers, in the heart of the subjugated town, like a tyrant intrenched among slaves, and recalls to a stranger 1 hat gloomy period described by Dante: — " Che... | |
 | Thomas Roscoe - 1849 - 560 pages
...growing in her silent streets, amidst the crumbling of her marble halls and temples. The old ducal palace stands moated and flanked with towers in the heart...subjugated town, like a tyrant entrenched among slaves, recalling the dark period so fearfully described by Dante. Yet during the sixteenth century, there... | |
 | Robert Turnbull - Italian literature - 1849 - 346 pages
...where the Duke Alphonso and his noble sisters listened to the strains of Ariosto, standing all alone, " moated and flanked with towers, in the heart of the subjugated town, like a tyrant intrenched among slaves." Here also you may visit the house of Ariosto, where he cultivated his garden,... | |
 | John Murray (Firm), Octavian Blewitt - Italy - 1853 - 362 pages
...the imagination back to the fortunes of Ferrara during the middle ages. " It stands," says Forsyth, " moated and flanked with towers, in the heart of the subjugated town, like a tyrant intrenched among slaves, and recalls to a stranger that gloomy period described by Dante : — ' Che... | |
 | Italy - 1857 - 376 pages
...the imagination back to the fortunes of Ferrara during the middle ages. " It stands," says Forsyth, " moated and flanked with towers, in the heart of the subjugated town, like a tyrant intrenched among slaves, and recalls to a stranger that gloomy period described by Dante : — " Che... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - Italy - 1860 - 674 pages
...the imagination back to the fortunes of Ferrara during the middle ages. " It stands," says Forsyth, " moated and flanked with towers, in the heart of the subjugated town, like a tyrant intrenched among slaves, and recalls to a stranger that gloomy period described by Dante : — " Che... | |
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