A classical and historical tour through France [&c.].1826 |
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Pagina 24
... admirable likeness still preserved , though not an immediate copy of the features , it being a head of ideal beauty , and god - like attributes . In the class of Egyptian antiquities is a female figure of about fifteen years of age ...
... admirable likeness still preserved , though not an immediate copy of the features , it being a head of ideal beauty , and god - like attributes . In the class of Egyptian antiquities is a female figure of about fifteen years of age ...
Pagina 56
... admirably painted ; all the compartments are richly gilt and carved , with glasses reflecting on every side ; and the whole style of the three saloons worthy of the prince whose name it bore . Dejeuners à la fourchette are to be had ...
... admirably painted ; all the compartments are richly gilt and carved , with glasses reflecting on every side ; and the whole style of the three saloons worthy of the prince whose name it bore . Dejeuners à la fourchette are to be had ...
Pagina 65
... admirable geographical and astrono- mical labour was the work of a Jesuit , father Co- ronelli . Among the curious manuscripts , are some letters from Voltaire to Madame de Châtelet : some writings of Rousseau ; some amatory epistles ...
... admirable geographical and astrono- mical labour was the work of a Jesuit , father Co- ronelli . Among the curious manuscripts , are some letters from Voltaire to Madame de Châtelet : some writings of Rousseau ; some amatory epistles ...
Pagina 121
... admiration for the talents of others , and their productions of art , without one spark of any inclination to insi- nuate some true or fancied superiority of judg- ment of my own by recording the minute errors of theirs . Mayhap there ...
... admiration for the talents of others , and their productions of art , without one spark of any inclination to insi- nuate some true or fancied superiority of judg- ment of my own by recording the minute errors of theirs . Mayhap there ...
Pagina 122
... admiration for this much vaunted work of art , it must be recollected that invidious comparisons are very unfair on an unfinished production . Wednesday . A gratifying day . Strolled by accident into the Chiesa di Santa Maria Segreta ...
... admiration for this much vaunted work of art , it must be recollected that invidious comparisons are very unfair on an unfinished production . Wednesday . A gratifying day . Strolled by accident into the Chiesa di Santa Maria Segreta ...
Termeni și expresii frecvente
admirable adorned altar amid ancient Andrew Doria Angelo antique arches artist bassi-rilievi beauty Belisarius Bonaparte bronze Cæsar cafés Canova Cardinal carriage cathedral Chamois chapel chef d'œuvre Church of St colours columns crowned death dome Doria dress Duke Emperor English erected exhibited famed Florence formed four France French fresco gallery gardens Genoa Genoese Glace gold golden grand grandeur granite head heaven height Holy honour hour illustrious Italy Julius Cæsar La Scala Lake of Geneva Lausanne Leghorn Lorenzo luxuriant marble Martigny Medici Mer de Glace Milan miles modern Mont Blanc morning mountains mule night noble painted palace Palais Royal Palazzo Paris Pavia Peter picture Pisa Pope precipice present relics remains rocks Roman Rome royal sacred Saint scenery sculptured seen silver Simplon snows statues stone style temple theatre tion tomb torrent Totila Tuscany Vaud venerable villas Virgin walk walls waters
Pasaje populare
Pagina 246 - What are these, So wither'd, and so wild in their attire ; That look not like the inhabitants o
Pagina 263 - So on he fares, and to the border comes Of Eden, where delicious Paradise, Now nearer, crowns with her enclosure green, As with a rural mound, the champaign head Of a steep wilderness, whose hairy sides With thicket overgrown, grotesque and wild, Access denied...
Pagina 333 - Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Sou, and of the Holy Ghost...
Pagina 10 - How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will we sit and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears; soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica. Look how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold.
Pagina 317 - This was the most unkindest cut of all ; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab. Ingratitude, more strong than traitors...
Pagina 78 - A double dungeon wall and wave Have made — and like a living grave, Below the surface of the lake The dark vault lies wherein we lay; We heard it ripple night and day; Sounding o'er our heads it knocked.
Pagina 224 - La Notte che tu vedi in si dolci atti Dormir, fu da un Angelo scolpita In questo sasso, e perche dorme, ha vita : Destala, se nol credi, e parleratti.' To which Michelangelo replied : — ' Grato m' e 'I sonno, e piu 1' esser di sasso, Mentre che il danno e la vergogna dura ; Non veder, non sentir, m...
Pagina 264 - Insuperable height of loftiest shade, Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene; and as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view.
Pagina 300 - Deeming it midnight : — Temples, baths, or halls ? Pronounce who can ; for all that Learning reap'd From her research hath been, that these are walls — Behold the Imperial Mount ! 'tis thus the mighty falls.
Pagina 332 - Lo! the heavens are open ; if you enter not now, when will you enter? For twelve pence you may redeem the soul of your father out of purgatory; and are you so ungrateful, that you will not rescue your parent from torment ? If you had but one coat, you ought to strip yourself instantly, and sell it, in order to purchase such benefits, &c.