A View of Society and Manners in Italy: With Anecdotes Relating to Some Eminent Characters, Volume 3Price, 1781 |
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Page 129
... representing the Four Seafons . The quays , the buildings on each fide , and the bridges , render that part of Florence through which the river runs , by far the finest . The fame is the cafe at Paris ; and it happens fortunately for ...
... representing the Four Seafons . The quays , the buildings on each fide , and the bridges , render that part of Florence through which the river runs , by far the finest . The fame is the cafe at Paris ; and it happens fortunately for ...
Page 134
... representing the fame . The beautiful head of Alexander is univer- fally admired by all the virtuofi ; though they differ in opinion with regard to the circum- stance in which the fculptor has intended to represent that hero . Some ...
... representing the fame . The beautiful head of Alexander is univer- fally admired by all the virtuofi ; though they differ in opinion with regard to the circum- stance in which the fculptor has intended to represent that hero . Some ...
Page 135
... represent him moaning , or languishing with pain or fickness ; there is nothing heroic in that ; nor do we fym- pathife fo readily with the pains of the body , as with thofe of the mind . As for the ftory of his weeping for new worlds ...
... represent him moaning , or languishing with pain or fickness ; there is nothing heroic in that ; nor do we fym- pathife fo readily with the pains of the body , as with thofe of the mind . As for the ftory of his weeping for new worlds ...
Page 146
... represented as more proud and oppreffive masters than any clafs of men whatever ; an aspersion which may have gained credit the more eafily on this account , that inftances of cruelty and oppreffion in eccle- fiaftics ftrike more , and ...
... represented as more proud and oppreffive masters than any clafs of men whatever ; an aspersion which may have gained credit the more eafily on this account , that inftances of cruelty and oppreffion in eccle- fiaftics ftrike more , and ...
Page 188
... represents that confummate general Alexander Farnefe , Duke of Parma and Placen- tia , who commanded the army of Philip II . in the Netherlands . The infcription on the pedef- tal mentions his having relieved the city of Pa- ris , when ...
... represents that confummate general Alexander Farnefe , Duke of Parma and Placen- tia , who commanded the army of Philip II . in the Netherlands . The infcription on the pedef- tal mentions his having relieved the city of Pa- ris , when ...
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