Letters from Europe: Comprising the Journal of a Tour Through Ireland, England, Scotland, France, Italy, and Switzerland in the Years 1825, '26, and '27G. & C. Carvill, 1829 - Europe |
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... Churches - Cathedral -- St . Maria - Annunziata -- Ceremonies of Holy Week - Public Amusements - Manufactures - Albaro - Birth- Place of Columbus . LETTER L. - Route from Genoa to Pisa - Italian Coaches- Chiavari - Sestri - Mountain ...
... Churches - Cathedral -- St . Maria - Annunziata -- Ceremonies of Holy Week - Public Amusements - Manufactures - Albaro - Birth- Place of Columbus . LETTER L. - Route from Genoa to Pisa - Italian Coaches- Chiavari - Sestri - Mountain ...
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... Church of Aracoli - Statue of Aurelius - Senator's House - Museum . 133 148 158 169 178 LETTER LX . - Rome continued ... Churches - Cathedral- Miracle of St. Januarius - Religious Festivals - St . Sincero - Mu- n - King's Palace . seum ...
... Church of Aracoli - Statue of Aurelius - Senator's House - Museum . 133 148 158 169 178 LETTER LX . - Rome continued ... Churches - Cathedral- Miracle of St. Januarius - Religious Festivals - St . Sincero - Mu- n - King's Palace . seum ...
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... Church . LETTER LXXII . - Rome continued - Vatican - Sala Regia- Sistine Chapel - Last Judgment of Michael Angelo -- Paoline Chapel -- Galleries and Chambers of Raphael - Collection of Pic- tures . LETTER LXXIII .-- Rome continued ...
... Church . LETTER LXXII . - Rome continued - Vatican - Sala Regia- Sistine Chapel - Last Judgment of Michael Angelo -- Paoline Chapel -- Galleries and Chambers of Raphael - Collection of Pic- tures . LETTER LXXIII .-- Rome continued ...
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... Church of St. Stephen -- Studio of Landi and Cavaliere . 345 LETTER LXXVIII .-- Rome concluded - Festival of St. Peter-- Illumination of his Church - Fireworks of St. Angelo - Monte Ca- vallo - Temple of the Sun - A Summer Day in Rome ...
... Church of St. Stephen -- Studio of Landi and Cavaliere . 345 LETTER LXXVIII .-- Rome concluded - Festival of St. Peter-- Illumination of his Church - Fireworks of St. Angelo - Monte Ca- vallo - Temple of the Sun - A Summer Day in Rome ...
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... Church of St. Anthony -Santa Justizia -- Hospital for Invalids --- Observatory --- Birth- Place and Tomb of Livy - University - Tomb of Antenor - Ride down the Brenta - Arrival at Venice - First view of the City . LETTER LXXXV.Venice ...
... Church of St. Anthony -Santa Justizia -- Hospital for Invalids --- Observatory --- Birth- Place and Tomb of Livy - University - Tomb of Antenor - Ride down the Brenta - Arrival at Venice - First view of the City . LETTER LXXXV.Venice ...
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Page 376 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Page 2 - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Page 308 - Blessed art thou, Simon Bar Jona, because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. And I say to thee, that thou art Peter; and upon this rock will I build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Page 127 - He scarce had ceased, when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore: his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Page 185 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won.
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Page 169 - While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand; 'When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall; 'And when Rome falls — the World.
Page 151 - Byron has in three lines presented an exact image of this hill, which — " from out the plain Heaves, like a long swept wave about to break, And on the curl hangs pausing.
Page 435 - Aonio rediens deducam vertice Musas; primus Idumaeas referam tibi, Mantua, palmas et viridi in campo templum de marmore ponam propter aquam, tardis ingens ubi flexibus errat Mincius et tenera praetexit harundine ripas.
Page 422 - By turning the latter round to the right or to the left, as the case may be...