Miscellaneous Works, 4. köideD.A. Talboys, 1830 |
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Page 30
... arms of wax , with a thousand idle offerings of the same nature . They sell at Padua the life of St. Anthony , which is read with great devotion ; the most remarkable part of it is his discourse to an assembly of fish . As the audience ...
... arms of wax , with a thousand idle offerings of the same nature . They sell at Padua the life of St. Anthony , which is read with great devotion ; the most remarkable part of it is his discourse to an assembly of fish . As the audience ...
Page 38
... arms , and there renew'd their names ; And there in quiet lies .-- From Padua I went down to the river Brent in the ordinary ferry , which brought me in a day's time to Venice . VENICE . HAVING often heard Venice represented as one of ...
... arms , and there renew'd their names ; And there in quiet lies .-- From Padua I went down to the river Brent in the ordinary ferry , which brought me in a day's time to Venice . VENICE . HAVING often heard Venice represented as one of ...
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... arms are laid makes a great show , and was indeed very extraordinary about a hundred years ago , but at present a great part of its furniture is grown useless . There seem to be almost as many suits of armour as there are guns . swords ...
... arms are laid makes a great show , and was indeed very extraordinary about a hundred years ago , but at present a great part of its furniture is grown useless . There seem to be almost as many suits of armour as there are guns . swords ...
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... arms of one that catches him at the bottom . In the same manner the whole build- ing falls to pieces . I have been the more particular on this , because it explains the following verses of Claudian , which show that the Venetians are ...
... arms of one that catches him at the bottom . In the same manner the whole build- ing falls to pieces . I have been the more particular on this , because it explains the following verses of Claudian , which show that the Venetians are ...
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... arm extended , and blessing the people . In another square on a high pillar is set the statue of the blessed virgin , arrayed like a queen , with a sceptre in her hand , and a crown upon her head ; for having delivered the town from a ...
... arm extended , and blessing the people . In another square on a high pillar is set the statue of the blessed virgin , arrayed like a queen , with a sceptre in her hand , and a crown upon her head ; for having delivered the town from a ...
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