Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c: In the Years 1701, 1702, 1703J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 - 303 pages |
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... Go- vernments , that are fo different in their Conftitutions , and fo refined in their Poli- tics . There is fcarce any Part of the Nation that is not Famous in Hiftory , nor nor fo much as a Mountain or River , that PREFACE. ...
... Go- vernments , that are fo different in their Conftitutions , and fo refined in their Poli- tics . There is fcarce any Part of the Nation that is not Famous in Hiftory , nor nor fo much as a Mountain or River , that PREFACE. ...
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... River , that has not been the Scene of fome extraor- dinary Action . As there are few Men that have Talents or Opportunities for examining fo copious a Subject , one may obferve , among those who have written on Italy , that different ...
... River , that has not been the Scene of fome extraor- dinary Action . As there are few Men that have Talents or Opportunities for examining fo copious a Subject , one may obferve , among those who have written on Italy , that different ...
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... River Ticinus , which runs by it , and is now called the Tefin . This River falls into the Po , and is exceffively rapid . The Bifhop of Salisbury fays , that he ran down with the Stream thirty Miles in an Hour , by the help of but one ...
... River Ticinus , which runs by it , and is now called the Tefin . This River falls into the Po , and is exceffively rapid . The Bifhop of Salisbury fays , that he ran down with the Stream thirty Miles in an Hour , by the help of but one ...
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... River that is extremely bright and limpid , moft of them falling down from the Mountains , that make their Waters very troubled and muddy ; whereas the Tefin is only an Outlet of that vaft Lake , which the Italians now call the Lago ...
... River that is extremely bright and limpid , moft of them falling down from the Mountains , that make their Waters very troubled and muddy ; whereas the Tefin is only an Outlet of that vaft Lake , which the Italians now call the Lago ...
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... River : And , to perpetuate the Me- mory of this Tranfaction , the House , in which the Villany was contrived , was order'd to be pull'd down to the Ground , and never to be rebuilt ; and \ and a Column to be raised on the Spot Pavia ...
... River : And , to perpetuate the Me- mory of this Tranfaction , the House , in which the Villany was contrived , was order'd to be pull'd down to the Ground , and never to be rebuilt ; and \ and a Column to be raised on the Spot Pavia ...
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Page 240 - Four steeds the chariot of Latinus bear; Twelve golden beams around his temples play, To mark his lineage from the God of Day. Two snowy coursers Turnus...
Page 167 - And cedar brands supply her father's light. From hence were heard, rebellowing to the main, The roars of lions that refuse the chain, The grunts of bristled boars, and groans of bears, And herds of howling wolves that stun the sailors
Page 171 - The Trojan, from the main, beheld a wood, Which thick with shades, and a brown horror, stood : Betwixt the trees the Tiber took his course, With whirlpools dimpled ; and, with downward force, That drove the sand along, he took his way, And roll'd his yellow billows to the sea. About him, and above, and round the wood, The birds that haunt the borders of his flood, That bath'd within, or bask'd upon his side, To tuneful songs their narrow throats apply'd. The captain gives command : the joyful train...
Page 10 - Monsieur Misson has wrote a more correct account of Italy in general than any before him, as he particularly excels in the plan of the country, which he has given us in true and lively colours.
Page 175 - ... a man who is in Rome can scarce see an object that does not call to mind a piece of a Latin poet or historian.
Page 50 - When the heretics would not regard his preaching, he betook himself to the sea-shore, where the river Marecchia disembogues itself into the Adriatic. He here called the fish together in the name of God, that they might hear his holy word. The fish came swimming towards him in such vast shoals, both from the sea and from the river, that the surface of the water was quite covered with their multitudes. They quickly ranged themselves, according to their several species, into a very beautiful congregation,...
Page 168 - And herds of howling wolves that stun the sailors' ears. These, from their caverns, at the close of night, Fill the sad isle with horror and affright. Darkling they mourn their fate, whom Circe's pow'r, (That watch'd the moon, and planetary hour) With words and wicked herbs, from human kind Had alter'd, and in brutal shapes confin'd. Which monsters lest the Trojans' pious host Should bear, or touch upon th' enchanted coast, Propitious Neptune steer' d their course by night, With rising gales, that...
Page 222 - When a man sees the prodigious pains and expense that our fore-fathers have been at in these barbarous buildings, one cannot but fancy to himself what miracles of architecture they would have left us, had they only been instructed in .the right way...
Page 223 - ... and the front covered with such a variety of figures, and overrun with so many little mazes and labyrinths of sculpture, that nothing in the world can make a prettier show to those who prefer false beauties, and affected ornaments, to a noble and majestic simplicity.
Page 101 - Which, breaking from beneath with bellowing sound, Whirls the black waves and rattling stones around. Here Pluto pants for breath from out his cell, And opens wide the grinning jaws of hell.