A Journey to Rome and Naples, Performed in 1817: Giving an Account of the Present State of Society in Italy, and Containing Observations on the Fine Arts |
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... feet in height , and each supported a figure of Victory . A hundred years after the foundation of Ly- ons , when that city , embellished by an in- finite number of buildings , disputed the palm with the most flourishing cities of Gaul ...
... feet in height , and each supported a figure of Victory . A hundred years after the foundation of Ly- ons , when that city , embellished by an in- finite number of buildings , disputed the palm with the most flourishing cities of Gaul ...
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... perpendicular height above one hundred feet . It is suffi- ciently wide for two carriages to pass , and of gradual ascent . We viewed , with asto- nishment , the masses of rock which had THE GROTTO . 49 been cut through . About half.
... perpendicular height above one hundred feet . It is suffi- ciently wide for two carriages to pass , and of gradual ascent . We viewed , with asto- nishment , the masses of rock which had THE GROTTO . 49 been cut through . About half.
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... feet long and thirty - six feet high , cut by the order of Buonaparte for the convenient conveyance of cattle . Workmen were employed night and day for six years in completing it . These rocks spoke praises of Napoleon ; and indeed I ...
... feet long and thirty - six feet high , cut by the order of Buonaparte for the convenient conveyance of cattle . Workmen were employed night and day for six years in completing it . These rocks spoke praises of Napoleon ; and indeed I ...
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... feet . After passing Lanslebourg , we began to ascend Mount Cenis , and en- tered upon the road formed by the late Emperor . The genius of Napoleon seems to have inspired and produced super - human efforts . Wherever his hand is seen ...
... feet . After passing Lanslebourg , we began to ascend Mount Cenis , and en- tered upon the road formed by the late Emperor . The genius of Napoleon seems to have inspired and produced super - human efforts . Wherever his hand is seen ...
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... feet above the level of the sea . The highest point is 9261 feet , and at the Grand Cross on the side of Italy 6022 feet . Naturalists will find much that is worthy of their attention on Mount Cenis ; and in the various pheno- mena ...
... feet above the level of the sea . The highest point is 9261 feet , and at the Grand Cross on the side of Italy 6022 feet . Naturalists will find much that is worthy of their attention on Mount Cenis ; and in the various pheno- mena ...
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Page 42 - I had as lief the town-crier spoke my lines. Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand, thus ; but use all gently : for in the very torrent, tempest, and, as I may say, whirlwind of your passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness. O, it offends me to the soul to hear a robustious periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags...
Page 179 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy.
Page 215 - When lo! we reach'd old Ocean's utmost bounds, Where rocks control his waves with ever-during mounds. "There in a lonely land, and gloomy cells, The dusky nation of Cimmeria dwells; The sun ne'er views the uncomfortable seats, When radiant he advances, or retreats: Unhappy race! whom endless night invades, Clouds the dull air, and wraps them round in shades.
Page 216 - But hov'ring mists around his brows are spread, And night, with sable shades, involves his head.
Page 42 - O, it offends me to the soul, to hear a robustious, periwigpated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears of the groundlings; who, for the most part, are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows, and noise. I would have such a fellow whipped for o'erdoing Termagant; it out-herods Herod. Pray you, avoid it.
Page 216 - Shall dare thee foot to foot with sword and shield, Much less in arms oppose thy matchless force When thy sharp spurs shall urge thy foaming horse.
Page 214 - Now to the shores we bend, a mournful train, Climb the tall bark, and launch into the main : At once the mast we rear, at once unbind The spacious sheet,1 and stretch it to the wind: Then pale and pensive stand, with cares oppressed, And solemn horror saddens every breast.
Page 203 - Mantua me genuit : Calabri rapuere : tenet nunc Parthenope : cecini pascua, rura, duces.