Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c: In the Years 1701, 1702, 1703J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 - 303 من الصفحات |
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... reprefented it as fo very gentle and ftill a River , in the beautiful Defcription he has given us of it . Caruleas Ticinus aquas et Stagna vadöfa Perfpicuus fervat , turbari nefcia , fundo , Ac nitidum viridi lentè trabit amne liquorem ...
... reprefented it as fo very gentle and ftill a River , in the beautiful Defcription he has given us of it . Caruleas Ticinus aquas et Stagna vadöfa Perfpicuus fervat , turbari nefcia , fundo , Ac nitidum viridi lentè trabit amne liquorem ...
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... reprefented as the refined Parts of the Venetian Wisdom . Among all the Inftances of their Politics , there is none more admirable than the great Secrecy that reigns in their public Councils . The Senate is generally as numerous as our ...
... reprefented as the refined Parts of the Venetian Wisdom . Among all the Inftances of their Politics , there is none more admirable than the great Secrecy that reigns in their public Councils . The Senate is generally as numerous as our ...
الصفحة 69
... reprefented never fo naturally the gene- ral Humour of a Character , it can never fuit with the Variety of Paffions that are incident to every fingle Perfon in the whole courfe of a Play . The Grimace may be proper on fome Occafions ...
... reprefented never fo naturally the gene- ral Humour of a Character , it can never fuit with the Variety of Paffions that are incident to every fingle Perfon in the whole courfe of a Play . The Grimace may be proper on fome Occafions ...
الصفحة 123
... reprefented , in Bas Relief , Nep tune among the Satyrs , to fhow that this Poet was the Inventor of Pifcatory Eclogues . I remember Hugo Grotius defcribes himself , in one of his Poems , as the first that brought the Mufes to the Sea ...
... reprefented , in Bas Relief , Nep tune among the Satyrs , to fhow that this Poet was the Inventor of Pifcatory Eclogues . I remember Hugo Grotius defcribes himself , in one of his Poems , as the first that brought the Mufes to the Sea ...
الصفحة 143
... reprefented , fo many Streams of running Matter ; for how could a Liquid , that lay hardening by degrees , fettle in fuch a fur- row'd uncompact Surface ? Were the River a Confu- fion of never fo many different Bodies , if they had been ...
... reprefented , fo many Streams of running Matter ; for how could a Liquid , that lay hardening by degrees , fettle in fuch a fur- row'd uncompact Surface ? Were the River a Confu- fion of never fo many different Bodies , if they had been ...
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Æneid againſt almoft ancient Antiquities Antium Antoninus Pius Apennines beautiful becauſe befides Bern beſt call'd Campania Church Civita Vecchia Claudian confiderable Country cover'd defcrib'd Defign Deſcription diftance Dominions Dryden Duke Emperor faid fame famous feem feen feveral fhall fhould fhow fide Figure fince firft fmall fome fomething fometimes formerly ftands ftill ftood fuch fuppofe fupported Gaul Geneva Genoa greateſt Grotto himſelf Houſe ibid Ifland Infcription Inhabitants Italy itſelf laft Lake Lucius Verus Marble Marcus Aurelius Medals Mevania Milan moft moſt Mountains muft muſt Naples notwithſtanding Number obferved Occafion old Roman Ovid Paffage paffed Palace Perfons Pillars Place Pleaſure Poets Pope Port prefent Prince Profpect Proteftant raiſe Ravenna reafon reft reprefented Republic Reverſe rifing River Rocks Rome Ruins ſeen ſeveral Silius Italicus ſtands Statues Switzerland Teverone thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand thro Town uſe vaft Virgil Water
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الصفحة 240 - 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 167 - 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 171 - The Trojan, from the main, beheld a wood, Which thick with shades, and a brown horror, stood : Betwixt the trees the Tiber took his course, With whirlpools dimpled ; and, with downward force, That drove the sand along, he took his way, And roll'd his yellow billows to the sea. About him, and above, and round the wood, The birds that haunt the borders of his flood, That bath'd within, or bask'd upon his side, To tuneful songs their narrow throats apply'd. The captain gives command : the joyful train...
الصفحة 10 - Monsieur Misson has wrote a more correct account of Italy in general than any before him, as he particularly excels in the plan of the country, which he has given us in true and lively colours.
الصفحة 175 - ... a man who is in Rome can scarce see an object that does not call to mind a piece of a Latin poet or historian.
الصفحة 50 - When the heretics would not regard his preaching, he betook himself to the sea-shore, where the river Marecchia disembogues itself into the Adriatic. He here called the fish together in the name of God, that they might hear his holy word. The fish came swimming towards him in such vast shoals, both from the sea and from the river, that the surface of the water was quite covered with their multitudes. They quickly ranged themselves, according to their several species, into a very beautiful congregation,...
الصفحة 168 - 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 watch'd the moon, and planetary hour) With words and wicked herbs, from human kind Had alter'd, and in brutal shapes confin'd. Which monsters lest the Trojans' pious host Should bear, or touch upon th' enchanted coast, Propitious Neptune steer' d their course by night, With rising gales, that...
الصفحة 222 - When a man sees the prodigious pains and expense that our fore-fathers have been at in these barbarous buildings, one cannot but fancy to himself what miracles of architecture they would have left us, had they only been instructed in .the right way...
الصفحة 223 - ... and the front covered with such a variety of figures, and overrun with so many little mazes and labyrinths of sculpture, that nothing in the world can make a prettier show to those who prefer false beauties, and affected ornaments, to a noble and majestic simplicity.
الصفحة 101 - 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.