Miscellaneous Works, 4. köideD.A. Talboys, 1830 |
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... mile distance from Genoa , without anything of this paint upon it , consists of a Doric and Corinthian row of pillars , and is much the handsomest of any I saw there . The duke of Doria's palace has the best out- side of any in Genoa ...
... mile distance from Genoa , without anything of this paint upon it , consists of a Doric and Corinthian row of pillars , and is much the handsomest of any I saw there . The duke of Doria's palace has the best out- side of any in Genoa ...
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... miles in an hour , by the help of but one rower . I do not know therefore why Silius Italicus has represented it as so very gentle and still a river in the beautiful description he has given us of it . Caruleas Ticinus aquas , et stagna ...
... miles in an hour , by the help of but one rower . I do not know therefore why Silius Italicus has represented it as so very gentle and still a river in the beautiful description he has given us of it . Caruleas Ticinus aquas , et stagna ...
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... miles ' distance from Milan there stands a building that would have been a masterpiece in its kind had the architect designed it for an artificial echo . We discharged a pistol , and had the sound returned upon us above fifty - six ...
... miles ' distance from Milan there stands a building that would have been a masterpiece in its kind had the architect designed it for an artificial echo . We discharged a pistol , and had the sound returned upon us above fifty - six ...
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... miles in length , and twelve in breadth . At the lower end of it we crossed the Mincio . -Tardis ingens ubi flexibus errat Mincius , et tenerâ prætexit arundine ripas . VIRG . GEORG . iii . 14 . Where the slow Mincius through the valley ...
... miles in length , and twelve in breadth . At the lower end of it we crossed the Mincio . -Tardis ingens ubi flexibus errat Mincius , et tenerâ prætexit arundine ripas . VIRG . GEORG . iii . 14 . Where the slow Mincius through the valley ...
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... miles from any part of the terra firma , nor are the shallows that lie about it ever frozen hard enough to bring over an army from the land - side ; the constant flux or reflux of the sea , or the natural mildness of the climate ...
... miles from any part of the terra firma , nor are the shallows that lie about it ever frozen hard enough to bring over an army from the land - side ; the constant flux or reflux of the sea , or the natural mildness of the climate ...
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