Historical Illustrations of the Fourth Canto of Childe Harold: Containing Dissertations on the Ruins of Rome; and an Essay on Italian LiteratureJohn Murray, 1818 - 576 pages |
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... century . The sculpture of the columns , sin- gular as it is , can scarcely be made a valid objection . Palladio calls it most delicate and beautifully various ' , and if what appears in his drawings vine leaves , be in reality , as ...
... century . The sculpture of the columns , sin- gular as it is , can scarcely be made a valid objection . Palladio calls it most delicate and beautifully various ' , and if what appears in his drawings vine leaves , be in reality , as ...
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... century . It may assist his " Distruttore di questa fabbrica è stato un certo Eremita Chiamato Fra Paolo , che le ha vendute ( 4 colonne ) per soli diecidotto scudi ai Fontanini di Spoleto , che se ne sono ser viti per fare una loro ...
... century . It may assist his " Distruttore di questa fabbrica è stato un certo Eremita Chiamato Fra Paolo , che le ha vendute ( 4 colonne ) per soli diecidotto scudi ai Fontanini di Spoleto , che se ne sono ser viti per fare una loro ...
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... century ( XVth ) , Pom- ponius Lætus made a collection of antiques on the Quirinal , and distinguished himself in explor- ing the ruins ; but the forgery of the inscription to Claudian renders the authority of the re- storer of the ...
... century ( XVth ) , Pom- ponius Lætus made a collection of antiques on the Quirinal , and distinguished himself in explor- ing the ruins ; but the forgery of the inscription to Claudian renders the authority of the re- storer of the ...
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... , ( that is , all the early topographers ) si hos binos posteriores exceperis , nemo est , qui in turpes errores non impegerit , quamquam nec isti quidem immunes sint . " Jul . of the XVIIth century , found them and many others 54.
... , ( that is , all the early topographers ) si hos binos posteriores exceperis , nemo est , qui in turpes errores non impegerit , quamquam nec isti quidem immunes sint . " Jul . of the XVIIth century , found them and many others 54.
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... century , found them and many others who had passed nearly their whole lives in attempting a description of the city , far from satisfactory1 ; and neither he nor his cotem- poraries supplied the deficiency . A hundred years have not ...
... century , found them and many others who had passed nearly their whole lives in attempting a description of the city , far from satisfactory1 ; and neither he nor his cotem- poraries supplied the deficiency . A hundred years have not ...
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Page 264 - Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," as a proof that the Coliseum was entire, when seen by the Anglo-Saxon pilgrims at the end of the seventh, or the beginning of the eighth century. A notice on the Coliseum may be seen in the " Historical Illustrations,
Page 368 - Dicorvi adesso ; ch'io possa morire, Se ora trovomi avere al mio comando Un par di soldi sol, non che due lire! Limosina di messe Dio sa quando Io ne potrò toccare , e non e' è un cane Che mi tolga al mio stato miserando.
Page 472 - Ghibellin fuggiasco, e tu i cari parenti e l'idioma desti a quel dolce di Calliope labbro che Amore in Grecia nudo e nudo in Roma d'un velo candidissimo adornando, rendea nel grembo a Venere Celeste...
Page 327 - In vain ! they gaze, turn giddy, rave and die. Religion, blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires. Nor public flame, nor private, dares to shine; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse Divine; Lo! thy dread empire, Chaos! is restor'd; Light dies before thy uncreating word: Thy hand, great Anarch ! lets the curtain fall ; And universal Darkness buries All.
Page 408 - Sublime specchio di veraci detti, Mostrami in corpo e in anima qual sono : Capelli, or radi in fronte, e rossi pretti ; Lunga statura, e capo a terra prono ; Sottil persona in su due stinchi schietti ; Bianca pelle, occhi azzurri, aspetto buono ; Giusto naso, bel labro, e denti eletti...
Page 129 - Hic superum formas superi mirantur et ipsi, Et cupiunt fictis vultibus esse pares. Non potuit natura deos hoc ore creare, Quo miranda deum signa creavit homo. 3 5 Vultus adest his numinibus, potiusque coluntur Artificum studio quam deitate sua.
Page 416 - Sol nella man del giardinier solerte mandò lampi colà l'acuto ferro, che rase il prato ed agguagliollo; ei rami che tra lo sguardo, e le lontane scene si ardivano frappor, dotto corresse. Prospetti vaghi, inaspettati incontri, bei sentieri, antri freschi, opachi seggi, lente acque e mute...
Page 51 - Rome! My country! City of the soul! The orphans of the heart must turn to thee, Lone mother of dead empires! and control In their shut breasts their petty misery. What are our woes and sufferance? Come and see The cypress, hear the owl, and plod your way O'er steps of broken thrones and temples, Ye!
Page 202 - The Savelli family were in possession of the fortress in 1312, and the German army of Henry VII. marched from Rome,§ attacked, took, and burnt it, but were unable to make themselves by force masters of the citadel, that is, of the tomb, which must give us a high notion of its strength or of their weakness. The soldiers of the tomb surrendered their post upon terms, and Henry transferred the whole property to a brother of John Savelli who had married one of the Colonna, and who...
Page 152 - Oblectat me, Roma, tuas spectare ruinas: Ex cujus lapsu gloria prisca patet. Sed tuus hie populus muris defossa vetustis Calcis in obsequium marmora dura coquit. Impia tercentum si sic gens egerit annos Nullum hinc indicium nobilitatis erit...