A classical and historical tour through France [&c.].1826 |
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Pagina 9
... height to height , till bounded by St. Catherine , and the yet more distant mountains of Normandy . Islands of considerable extent arise in the middle of the waters , their beauties multiplied by the re- flection in the pellucid stream ...
... height to height , till bounded by St. Catherine , and the yet more distant mountains of Normandy . Islands of considerable extent arise in the middle of the waters , their beauties multiplied by the re- flection in the pellucid stream ...
Pagina 10
... height of 390 French feet . The whole principal front , and portal , are most richly and cu- riously carved with bishops , saints , martyrs , lions , griffins , and devices of every sort , rising each above the other in endless ...
... height of 390 French feet . The whole principal front , and portal , are most richly and cu- riously carved with bishops , saints , martyrs , lions , griffins , and devices of every sort , rising each above the other in endless ...
Pagina 19
... height of 140 feet ; cased , from the base upwards , with bassi relievi in bronze , representing , in chronological order , the achievements of the Emperor , and his armies . This triumphal pillar , so memorable to Bona- parte , so ...
... height of 140 feet ; cased , from the base upwards , with bassi relievi in bronze , representing , in chronological order , the achievements of the Emperor , and his armies . This triumphal pillar , so memorable to Bona- parte , so ...
Pagina 38
... height , and with a proportionate impetus , burst forth upon the asto- nished sight in a moment . Visited the cathedral of Nôtre Dame . Its length is 414 feet ; width , 144 ; height , 102 , in- dependently of the space occupied by 45 ...
... height , and with a proportionate impetus , burst forth upon the asto- nished sight in a moment . Visited the cathedral of Nôtre Dame . Its length is 414 feet ; width , 144 ; height , 102 , in- dependently of the space occupied by 45 ...
Pagina 49
... height of sixty - five feet , and proportionately big , from whose trunk , curved inwardly , and from the two nostrils , the water is to spring in two different directions . By a staircase in one of the legs , a room may be reached in ...
... height of sixty - five feet , and proportionately big , from whose trunk , curved inwardly , and from the two nostrils , the water is to spring in two different directions . By a staircase in one of the legs , a room may be reached in ...
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.