A classical and historical tour through France [&c.].1826 |
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... supposed places of sepulture ex- cepted . Yet the Lady Chapel contains two monu- ments of elaborate beauty . That of the Duke de Brezé , Seneschal of Normandy , whose sculptured corpse at the bottom shows all the rigid and stern ...
... supposed places of sepulture ex- cepted . Yet the Lady Chapel contains two monu- ments of elaborate beauty . That of the Duke de Brezé , Seneschal of Normandy , whose sculptured corpse at the bottom shows all the rigid and stern ...
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... supposed to be Diana of Poictiers , who erected the monument : -above , the warrior appears on horse- back , himself , and steed , in complete armour ; with emblematical and allusive figures . The second monument represents two ...
... supposed to be Diana of Poictiers , who erected the monument : -above , the warrior appears on horse- back , himself , and steed , in complete armour ; with emblematical and allusive figures . The second monument represents two ...
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... supposed , or even known . Happy as the French are with this understood liberty from the smallest to the greatest licence ; never , I think , will such a system prevail in Eng- land . There , marriage is still revered as the hope of ...
... supposed , or even known . Happy as the French are with this understood liberty from the smallest to the greatest licence ; never , I think , will such a system prevail in Eng- land . There , marriage is still revered as the hope of ...
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... supposed to have travelled more than fifty miles in between six and seven hours . However , perseverance and charity are aiding to repair past devastations ; and Martigny is now rising from its ruins . This place was anciently known as ...
... supposed to have travelled more than fifty miles in between six and seven hours . However , perseverance and charity are aiding to repair past devastations ; and Martigny is now rising from its ruins . This place was anciently known as ...
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... supposed inaccessible passes of Mont St. Bernard , that Bonaparte , meditating the conquest of Italy , in 1800 , ventured the astonish- ing effort of leading an army of 60,000 men , with all their artillery and baggage ; and by the most ...
... supposed inaccessible passes of Mont St. Bernard , that Bonaparte , meditating the conquest of Italy , in 1800 , ventured the astonish- ing effort of leading an army of 60,000 men , with all their artillery and baggage ; and by the most ...
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admirable adorned altar amid ancient Andrew Doria Angelo antique arches artist bassi-rilievi beauty Belisarius Bonaparte bronze Cæsar cafés Canova Cardinal carriage cathedral Chamois chapel chef d'œuvre Church of St colours columns crowned death dome Doria dress Duke Emperor English erected exhibited famed Florence formed four France French fresco gallery gardens Genoa Genoese Glace gold golden grand grandeur granite head heaven height Holy honour hour illustrious Italy Julius Cæsar La Scala Lake of Geneva Lausanne Leghorn Lorenzo luxuriant marble Martigny Medici Mer de Glace Milan miles modern Mont Blanc morning mountains mule night noble painted palace Palais Royal Palazzo Paris Pavia Peter picture Pisa Pope precipice present relics remains rocks Roman Rome royal sacred Saint scenery sculptured seen silver Simplon snows statues stone style temple theatre tion tomb torrent Totila Tuscany Vaud venerable villas Virgin walk walls waters
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Página 246 - What are these, So wither'd, and so wild in their attire ; That look not like the inhabitants o
Página 263 - So on he fares, and to the border comes Of Eden, where delicious Paradise, Now nearer, crowns with her enclosure green, As with a rural mound, the champaign head Of a steep wilderness, whose hairy sides With thicket overgrown, grotesque and wild, Access denied...
Página 333 - Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Sou, and of the Holy Ghost...
Página 10 - How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will we sit and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears; soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica. Look how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold.
Página 317 - This was the most unkindest cut of all ; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab. Ingratitude, more strong than traitors...
Página 78 - A double dungeon wall and wave Have made — and like a living grave, Below the surface of the lake The dark vault lies wherein we lay; We heard it ripple night and day; Sounding o'er our heads it knocked.
Página 224 - La Notte che tu vedi in si dolci atti Dormir, fu da un Angelo scolpita In questo sasso, e perche dorme, ha vita : Destala, se nol credi, e parleratti.' To which Michelangelo replied : — ' Grato m' e 'I sonno, e piu 1' esser di sasso, Mentre che il danno e la vergogna dura ; Non veder, non sentir, m...
Página 264 - Insuperable height of loftiest shade, Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene; and as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view.
Página 300 - Deeming it midnight : — Temples, baths, or halls ? Pronounce who can ; for all that Learning reap'd From her research hath been, that these are walls — Behold the Imperial Mount ! 'tis thus the mighty falls.
Página 332 - Lo! the heavens are open ; if you enter not now, when will you enter? For twelve pence you may redeem the soul of your father out of purgatory; and are you so ungrateful, that you will not rescue your parent from torment ? If you had but one coat, you ought to strip yourself instantly, and sell it, in order to purchase such benefits, &c.