Miscellaneous Works, 4. köideD.A. Talboys, 1830 |
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Page 19
... stood , and in the midst of it a pillar , superscribed Colonne Infame . The story is told in handsome Latin , which I shall set down , as having never seen it transcribed . Hic , ubi hæc Area patens est , Surgebat olim Tonstrina Jo ...
... stood , and in the midst of it a pillar , superscribed Colonne Infame . The story is told in handsome Latin , which I shall set down , as having never seen it transcribed . Hic , ubi hæc Area patens est , Surgebat olim Tonstrina Jo ...
Page 58
... stood on the outside of this little cupola a great tomb of porphyry , and the statues of the twelve apostles ; but in the war that Lewis the twelfth made on Italy , the tomb was broken in pieces by a cannon - ball . It was perhaps the ...
... stood on the outside of this little cupola a great tomb of porphyry , and the statues of the twelve apostles ; but in the war that Lewis the twelfth made on Italy , the tomb was broken in pieces by a cannon - ball . It was perhaps the ...
Page 66
... 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
... stood entire with all its inscriptions , is neatly cut upon the wall of a neighbouring building . In each of these towns is a beautiful marble fountain , where the water runs continually through several little spouts , which looks very ...
... stood entire with all its inscriptions , is neatly cut upon the wall of a neighbouring building . In each of these towns is a beautiful marble fountain , where the water runs continually through several little spouts , which looks very ...
Page 70
... stood on mount Capitol , and was repaired from time to time as it fell to decay . Virgil has given a pretty image of this little thatched palace , that represents it standing in Man- lius's time , three hundred and twenty years after ...
... stood on mount Capitol , and was repaired from time to time as it fell to decay . Virgil has given a pretty image of this little thatched palace , that represents it standing in Man- lius's time , three hundred and twenty years after ...
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