Miscellaneous Works, 4. köideD.A. Talboys, 1830 |
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... arch erected to Flaminius , where one sees old Doric pillars without any pedestal or basis , as Vitruvius has described them . I have not yet seen any gar- dens in Italy worth taking notice of . The Italians fall as short of the French ...
... arch erected to Flaminius , where one sees old Doric pillars without any pedestal or basis , as Vitruvius has described them . I have not yet seen any gar- dens in Italy worth taking notice of . The Italians fall as short of the French ...
Page 41
... arch , and without any fence on either side , which would be a great inconvenience to a city less sober than Venice . One would , indeed , wonder that drinking is so little in vogue among the Venetians , who are in a moist air and a ...
... arch , and without any fence on either side , which would be a great inconvenience to a city less sober than Venice . One would , indeed , wonder that drinking is so little in vogue among the Venetians , who are in a moist air and a ...
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... arches , built by Augustus and Tiberius , for the inscription is still legible , though not rightly transcribed by Gruter . A triumphal arch raised by Augustus , which makes a noble gate to the town , though part of it is ruined . The ...
... arches , built by Augustus and Tiberius , for the inscription is still legible , though not rightly transcribed by Gruter . A triumphal arch raised by Augustus , which makes a noble gate to the town , though part of it is ruined . The ...
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... re- ceived its name from the Fane , or temple of Fortune , that stood in it . One may still see the triumphal arch erected there to Augustus : it is indeed very much defaced by time ; but the plan of it 66 REMARKS ON ITALY .
... re- ceived its name from the Fane , or temple of Fortune , that stood in it . One may still see the triumphal arch erected there to Augustus : it is indeed very much defaced by time ; but the plan of it 66 REMARKS ON ITALY .
Page 67
... arch erected to him by the seaside . The marble of this arch looks very white and fresh , as being exposed to the winds and salt sea vapours , that by continually fretting it preserves itself from that mouldy colour , which others of ...
... arch erected to him by the seaside . The marble of this arch looks very white and fresh , as being exposed to the winds and salt sea vapours , that by continually fretting it preserves itself from that mouldy colour , which others of ...
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