Miscellaneous Works, 4. köideD.A. Talboys, 1830 |
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Page vii
... vast collections of all kinds of antiquities . No other country in the world has such a variety of governments , that are so different in their constitutions , and so refined in their politics . There is scarce any part of the nation ...
... vast collections of all kinds of antiquities . No other country in the world has such a variety of governments , that are so different in their constitutions , and so refined in their politics . There is scarce any part of the nation ...
Page 12
... make their waters very troubled and muddy , whereas the Tesin is only an outlet of that vast lake which the Italians now call the Lago Maggiore . I saw between Pavia and Milan the convent of Carthusians 12 REMARKS ON ITALY .
... make their waters very troubled and muddy , whereas the Tesin is only an outlet of that vast lake which the Italians now call the Lago Maggiore . I saw between Pavia and Milan the convent of Carthusians 12 REMARKS ON ITALY .
Page 13
... vast Gothic pile of building is all of marble , except the roof , which would have been of the same matter with the rest , had not its weight rendered it improper for that part of the building . But for the reason I have just now ...
... vast Gothic pile of building is all of marble , except the roof , which would have been of the same matter with the rest , had not its weight rendered it improper for that part of the building . But for the reason I have just now ...
Page 21
... vast garden , surrounded by a noble mound - work of rocks and mountains : in- deed , if a man considers the face of Italy in general , one would think that nature had laid it out into such a variety of states and governments as one ...
... vast garden , surrounded by a noble mound - work of rocks and mountains : in- deed , if a man considers the face of Italy in general , one would think that nature had laid it out into such a variety of states and governments as one ...
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... vast hissing multitude admires . There are some other antiquities in Verona , of which the principal is the ruin of a triumphal arch erected to Flaminius , where one sees old Doric pillars without any pedestal or basis , as Vitruvius ...
... vast hissing multitude admires . There are some other antiquities in Verona , of which the principal is the ruin of a triumphal arch erected to Flaminius , where one sees old Doric pillars without any pedestal or basis , as Vitruvius ...
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