Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book to Italy, Volumen121865 |
Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 41 - Seaside, and others, exposed to the scorching rays of the Sun, and heated particles of Dust, will find ROWLANDS...
Página 212 - Thence to the gates cast round thine eye, and see What conflux issuing forth, or entering in, Praetors, proconsuls to their provinces Hasting, or on return, in robes of state ; Lictors and rods, the ensigns of their power, Legions and cohorts, turms of horse and wings ; Or embassies from regions far remote...
Página 159 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October, 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
Página 23 - ... long. The nave is separated from the aisles by a range of Corinthian columns of white marble, the fluting being inlaid with marbles of a warmer colour. The walls throughout, from the entrance to the apse, are covered with precious marbles, arranged in patterns of great beauty. The roof of the nave is divided longitudinally into three compartments, which prevents the awkwardne-s that is usually observed where windows of a semicircular form cut into a semicircular vault.
Página 7 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our Fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget not: in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piedmontese, that rolled Mother with infant down the rocks.
Página 214 - Imprimis, a house, being in circumference a quarter of a mile, two feet and an inch ; the said house containing the following particulars, to wit, a great room. Item, another great room ; item, a bigger room ; item, another room ; item, a vast room ; item, a sixth of the same ; a seventh ditto ; an eighth as before ; a ninth as above-said ; a tenth (see No.
Página 53 - We must now proceed to the two great poems which were produced at the end of the eleventh or beginning of the twelfth century.
Página 291 - DE FLANDRE.— The established reputation of this old Hotel is the best guarantee to the travelling public, and the proprietors beg to inform their friends and the public in general, that they have spared no trouble nor expense in refitting and refurnish'ng the house.
Página 208 - The imperial palace, compass huge and high The structure, skill of noblest architects, With gilded battlements, conspicuous far, Turrets, and terraces, and glittering spires.