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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... ; 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 it retains little of its original decoration , and RAVENNA . 47.
... ; 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 it retains little of its original decoration , and RAVENNA . 47.
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... 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 ...
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... decorate the youthful beauties , who shone , on this occasion , with diamonds , rubies , and other jewels of inestimable price . Nor were the humble brides humiliated by wearing the simple garb appertaining to their station in life ...
... decorate the youthful beauties , who shone , on this occasion , with diamonds , rubies , and other jewels of inestimable price . Nor were the humble brides humiliated by wearing the simple garb appertaining to their station in life ...
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Page 8 - ... tis to him ye must Pay orisons for this suspension of disgust. LXIX. 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 124 - She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from ocean, Rising with her tiara of proud towers At airy distance, with majestic motion, A ruler of the waters and their powers.
Page 8 - 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 :— Look back! Lo ! where it comes like an eternity, As if to sweep down all things in its track, Charming the eye with dread, — a matchless cataract...
Page 213 - 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 174 - 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 125 - 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 ! But unto us she hath a spell beyond Her name in story, and her long array Of mighty shadows, whose dim forms despond Above the Dogeless city's vanished sway : Ours is a trophy which will not decay With the Rialto ; Shylock and the Moor, And Pierre, cannot be swept or worn away, — The keystones of the arch ! though all were o'er, For us repeopled were the...
Page 124 - I stood in Venice on the Bridge of Sighs; A palace and a prison on each hand...
Page 124 - 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!
Page 124 - 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 82 - 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.