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... Duke della Galliera . Brigandage still prevails in some quarters , but is yielding to the vigorous efforts of the authorities to put it down . A great drawback is the want of roads . In 1861 , out of 1,850 communes in the kingdom of ...
... Duke della Galliera . Brigandage still prevails in some quarters , but is yielding to the vigorous efforts of the authorities to put it down . A great drawback is the want of roads . In 1861 , out of 1,850 communes in the kingdom of ...
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... Duke of Italy under the Emperor Justinian 555 Pelagius I . , * Bishop of Rome 558 Clotaire , King of France 560 St. John III . , * Bishop of Rome 565 ( East ) Emperor Justin II 568 Alboin , King of the Lombards 569 Longinus , Exarch of ...
... Duke of Italy under the Emperor Justinian 555 Pelagius I . , * Bishop of Rome 558 Clotaire , King of France 560 St. John III . , * Bishop of Rome 565 ( East ) Emperor Justin II 568 Alboin , King of the Lombards 569 Longinus , Exarch of ...
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... Duke of the Lombards 584 Smaragdus , Exarch of Ravenna 590 St. Gregory I. * ( the Great ) , Bishop of Rome 590 Romanus , Exarch of Ravenna 591 Agiluph , Duke of the Lombards 597 Callinicus , Exarch of Ravenna 602 ( East ) Emperor Phocas ...
... Duke of the Lombards 584 Smaragdus , Exarch of Ravenna 590 St. Gregory I. * ( the Great ) , Bishop of Rome 590 Romanus , Exarch of Ravenna 591 Agiluph , Duke of the Lombards 597 Callinicus , Exarch of Ravenna 602 ( East ) Emperor Phocas ...
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... Duke of Friuli 889 Guy , Duke of Spolete , King of Italy ; Emperor of Germany , 892 890 Arnulf , Emperor of Germany 890 Adalbert II . , Duke of Tuscany 891 Formosus , * Pope 891 Sergius III . , Antipope 894 Lambert , King of Italy , and ...
... Duke of Friuli 889 Guy , Duke of Spolete , King of Italy ; Emperor of Germany , 892 890 Arnulf , Emperor of Germany 890 Adalbert II . , Duke of Tuscany 891 Formosus , * Pope 891 Sergius III . , Antipope 894 Lambert , King of Italy , and ...
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... Duke of Tuscany 1123 Ninth Council of Lateran 1124 Honorius II . , Pope Celestine II . , Antipope 1125 Lothaire II . , Emperor of Germany 1126 Rinaldo , M. of Montferrat 1130 Innocent II . * ( Papareschi ) , Pope 1130 Silk brought into ...
... Duke of Tuscany 1123 Ninth Council of Lateran 1124 Honorius II . , Pope Celestine II . , Antipope 1125 Lothaire II . , Emperor of Germany 1126 Rinaldo , M. of Montferrat 1130 Innocent II . * ( Papareschi ) , Pope 1130 Silk brought into ...
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Page 275 - Proprietor. — A new establishment, -*~^ in an open and airy situation, close to the Railway Station. Large and small apartments, scrupulously clean. Table d'Hote at 11 and 6 o'clock. Moderate charges. Chanibery is the route to India by "Mont Cenis," now recommended to families and tourists.
Page 216 - West's perusal. 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 abovesaid; a tenth (See No.
Page 168 - Musical ever ; while from yon blue hills Dim in the clouds, the radiant aqueducts Turn their innumerable arches o'er The spacious desert, brightening in the sun, Proud and more proud in their august approach High o'er irriguous vales and woods and towns, Glide the soft whispering waters in the wind, And here united pour their silver streams Among the figured rocks, in murmuring falls, Musical ever.
Page 55 - We must now proceed to the two great poems which were produced at the end of the eleventh or beginning of the twelfth century.
Page 150 - Horribly beautiful! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant hues with all their beams unshorn; Resembling, 'mid the torture of the scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable mien.
Page 135 - There it was that I found and visited the famous Galileo grown old, a prisoner to the Inquisition for thinking in astronomy otherwise than the Franciscan and Dominican licensers thought.
Page 173 - I never can realize the idea that it is the work of man. You strive to distinguish the ceiling as little as the canopy of heaven. You lose your way in St. Peter's, you take a walk in it, and ramble till you are quite tired; when divine service is performed and chanted there, you are not aware of it till you come quite close.
Page 278 - HOTEL PENSION VICTORIA Finest situation, near the English Garden. Splendid view on the Lake and the Alps. Very moderate prices. No charge for light and attendance. Omnibus at the Station.
Page 70 - Gondolier," It glides along the water looking blackly, Just like a coffin clapt in a canoe, Where none can make out what you say or do.
Page 150 - Lo ! where it comes like an eternity, As if to sweep down all things in its track, Charming the eye with dread — a matchless cataract...