Remarks on several parts of ItalyJ. and R. Tonson, 1765 |
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الصفحة ix
... ancient and modern . It abounds with cabinets of curiofities , and vaft collections of all kinds of antiquities . No other country in the world has such a variety variety of governments , that are fo different in their [ ix ]
... ancient and modern . It abounds with cabinets of curiofities , and vaft collections of all kinds of antiquities . No other country in the world has such a variety variety of governments , that are fo different in their [ ix ]
الصفحة xi
... ancient poets , which have any relation to the places or curiofities that I met with ; for before I entered on my voyage took care to refresh my memory among Claffic authors , and to make fuch collections out of them as I might ...
... ancient poets , which have any relation to the places or curiofities that I met with ; for before I entered on my voyage took care to refresh my memory among Claffic authors , and to make fuch collections out of them as I might ...
الصفحة 9
... ancient a town of Italy , to find some con- fiderable antiquities ; but all they have to show of this nature is an old Roftrum of a Roman fhip , that ftands over the door of their arfenal . It is not above a foot long , and perhaps ...
... ancient a town of Italy , to find some con- fiderable antiquities ; but all they have to show of this nature is an old Roftrum of a Roman fhip , that ftands over the door of their arfenal . It is not above a foot long , and perhaps ...
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... , of Marcus Antoninus on horfeback , which the people of the place call Charles the fifth , and fome learned men Conftantine the great . 3 Pavia Pavia is the Ticinum of the ancients , which took 16 PAVIA , MILAN , & c .
... , of Marcus Antoninus on horfeback , which the people of the place call Charles the fifth , and fome learned men Conftantine the great . 3 Pavia Pavia is the Ticinum of the ancients , which took 16 PAVIA , MILAN , & c .
الصفحة 17
Joseph Addison. Pavia is the Ticinum of the ancients , which took its name from the river Ticinus , which runs by it , and is now called the Tefin . This river falls into the Po , and is exceffively rapid . The Bishop of Salisbury fays ...
Joseph Addison. Pavia is the Ticinum of the ancients , which took its name from the river Ticinus , which runs by it , and is now called the Tefin . This river falls into the Po , and is exceffively rapid . The Bishop of Salisbury fays ...
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againſt almoſt ancient antiquities Antoninus Pius beautiful becauſe befides beſt Campania canton of Bern cantons church Claudian confiderable courſe defcribed defigned deſcription diſtance Dryden Duke Emperor faid fame fatire feems feen feveral fhall fhould fhow fide figure fince firft firſt fituation fnow fome fomething fometimes formerly ftands ftate ftatues ftill ftones ftood ftreams fubjects fuch fuppofed furniſhed Geneva Genoa greateſt grotto hiftory himſelf houſe infcriptions inhabitants iſland Italy itſelf laft lake laſt leaſt Lucius Verus marble Marcus Aurelius medals Mevania moft moſt mountains muſt Naples notwithſtanding obferved occafion Ovid paffage paffed palace perfons pillars pleaſed pleaſure poets prefent Prince raiſed Ravenna reafon reft repreſented Republic rifing river rocks Rome ſee ſeen ſeveral ſhow Silius Italicus ſome ſtands ſtate ſtatue ſtill ſtone ſuch Switzerland Teverone thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand town uſed vaft vaſt Virgil
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الصفحة 176 - Bajan mole, Rais'd on the seas, the surges to control — At once comes tumbling down the rocky wall; Prone to the deep, the stones disjointed fall Of the vast pile; the...
الصفحة 268 - Four steeds the chariot of Latinus bear; Twelve golden beams around his temples play, To mark his lineage from the God of Day. Two snowy coursers Turnus...
الصفحة 83 - ... austerities of religion. He had not been long here before he wrought a reputed miracle, which, joined with his extraordinary sanctity, gained him so great an esteem, that the princess of the country made him a present of the mountain, to dispose of at his own discretion.
الصفحة 45 - He had no sooner done speaking, but behold a miracle! The fish, as though they had been endued with reason, bowed down their heads with all the marks of a profound humility and devotion, moving their bodies up and down with a kind of fondness, as approving what had been spoken by the blessed father St. Antonio.
الصفحة 102 - Which, breaking from beneath with bellowing sound, Whirls the black waves and rattling stones around. Here Pluto pants for breath from out his cell, And opens wide the grinning jaws of hell.
الصفحة 84 - His reputation quickly peopled it, and gave rise to the republic which calls itself after his name: so that the commonwealth of Marino may boast at least of a nobler original than that of Rome, the one having been at first an asylum for robbers and murderers, and the other a resort of , persons eminent for their piety and devotion.
الصفحة 182 - And cedar brands supply her father's light. From hence were heard, rebellowing to the main, The roars of lions that refuse the chain, The grunts of bristled boars, and groans of bears, And herds of howling wolves that stun the sailors
الصفحة 182 - And herds of howling wolves that stun the sailors' ears. These from their caverns, at the close of night, Fill the sad isle with horror and affright. Darkling they mourn their fate, whom Circe's pow'r, (That...
الصفحة 287 - At one side of the walks you have a near prospect of the Alps, which are broken into so many steps and precipices, that they fill the mind with an agreeable kind of horror, and form one of the most irregular mis-shapen scenes in the world.
الصفحة 95 - Cloelia for their guide. High on a rock heroic Manlius stood, To guard the temple, and the temple's god. Then Rome was poor; and there you might behold The palace thatch'd with straw, now roof'd with gold. The silver goose before the shining gate There flew, and, by her cackle, sav'd the state. She told the Gauls' approach; th' approaching Gauls, Obscure in night, ascend, and seize the walls.