The Idler in Italy, Volume 3H. Colburn, 1840 |
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... decorate an idol . Innumerable were the jewels , and objects in gold , silver , and other precious materials , that ... decorated by many a gem of great value . This image is less dingy than that of the Madonna , yet reflects no credit ...
... decorate an idol . Innumerable were the jewels , and objects in gold , silver , and other precious materials , that ... decorated by many a gem of great value . This image is less dingy than that of the Madonna , yet reflects no credit ...
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... sunk in the ground . The pavement is very curious ; and the mosaics that decorate the choir , as also some bassi rilievi offer very interesting studies to the antiquarian . The church of St. John has been so modernized that 54 RAVENNA .
... sunk in the ground . The pavement is very curious ; and the mosaics that decorate the choir , as also some bassi rilievi offer very interesting studies to the antiquarian . The church of St. John has been so modernized that 54 RAVENNA .
Page 115
... decorate the fronts of these villas , and are placed on the walls and gate - posts that enclose them . Every species of bodily defor- mity to which flesh is heir has been represented in these misshapen creations of a depraved ...
... decorate the fronts of these villas , and are placed on the walls and gate - posts that enclose them . Every species of bodily defor- mity to which flesh is heir has been represented in these misshapen creations of a depraved ...
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... decorated with flowers ; gay music resounded , and joyous faces were seen on every side . I was delighted , danced as if dancing was an enjoyment of which one could never tire ; and , in short , felt all the elasticity of spirits ...
... decorated with flowers ; gay music resounded , and joyous faces were seen on every side . I was delighted , danced as if dancing was an enjoyment of which one could never tire ; and , in short , felt all the elasticity of spirits ...
Page 169
... it ; and the glittering spoils won from con- quered foes were employed to decorate the youthful beauties , who shone , on this occasion , with diamonds , rubies , and other jewels of inestimable price . Nor VENICE . 169.
... it ; and the glittering spoils won from con- quered foes were employed to decorate the youthful beauties , who shone , on this occasion , with diamonds , rubies , and other jewels of inestimable price . Nor VENICE . 169.
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Page 10 - To the broad column which rolls on, and shows More like the fountain of an infant sea Torn from the womb of mountains by the throes Of a new world, than only thus to be Parent of rivers, which flow gushingly, With many windings, through the vale!
Page 9 - The roar of waters ! — from the headlong height Velino cleaves the wave-worn precipice; The fall of waters ! rapid as the light The flashing mass foams shaking the abyss ; The hell of waters ! where they howl and hiss, And boil in endless torture ; while the sweat Of their great agony, wrung out from this Their Phlegethon, curls round the rocks of jet That gird the gulf around, in pitiless horror set, LXX.
Page 199 - No, no, no life! Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, And thou no breath at all? Thou'lt come no more, Never, never, never, never, never!
Page 63 - Dante is asserted to have been written by the poet himself, during his last illness, and is as follows : — Jura monarchic, superos, Phlegetonta, lacusque Lustrando cecini voluerunt fata quousque : Sed quia pars cessit melioribus hospita castris, Auctoremque suum petiit felicior astris, Hie claudor Dantes patriis extorris ab oris, Quem genuit parvi Florentia mater amoris.
Page 142 - STOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs; A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from out the wave her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand : A thousand years their cloudy wings expand Around me. and a dying Glory smiles O'er the far times when many a subject land Looked to the winged Lion's marble piles, Where Venice sate in state, throned on her hundred isles ! II.
Page 142 - In Venice Tasso's echoes are no more, And silent rows the songless gondolier ; Her palaces are crumbling to the shore, And music meets not always now the ear : Those days are gone — but Beauty still is here. States fall, arts fade — but Nature doth not die, Nor yet forget how Venice once was dear, The pleasant place of all festivity, The revel of the earth, the masque of Italy ! IV.
Page 244 - In veder che ora innonorato resti ! Prezioso diaspro, agata, ed oro Foran debito fregio e appena degno Di rivestir si nobile tesoro. Ma no ; tomba fregiar d' uom eh' ebbe regno Vuoisi, e por gemme ove disdice alloro : Qui basta il nome di quel Divo Ingegno.
Page 94 - 1 sen, ma nel suo verde ancora Verginella s'asconde e vergognosa; O più tosto parei, che mortai cosa Non s'assomiglia a te, celeste aurora Che le campagne imperla ei monti indora Lucida in ciel sereno e rugiadosa.
Page 10 - Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death.bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant hues with all their beams unshorn : Resembling, 'mid the torture of the scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable mien.
Page 9 - And mounts in spray the skies, and thence again Returns in an unceasing shower, which round, With its unemptied cloud of gentle rain, Is an eternal April to the ground, Making it all one emerald : — how profound The gulf ! and how the giant element From rock to rock leaps with delirious bound, Crushing the cliffs, which downward worn and rent With his fierce footsteps, yield in chasms a fearful vent " To the broad, column which rolls on...