Travels Through Portugal and Spain, During the Peninsular WarSir Richard Phillips and Company, 1820 - 88 strán (strany) |
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Strana 19 - His life was gentle, and the elements So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, 'This was a man!
Strana 43 - And they, who to be sure of Paradise, Dying, put on the weeds of Dominick, Or in Franciscan think to pass disguis'd...
Strana 38 - Their soil was barren, and their hearts were hard. Umbro the priest the proud Marrubians led, By King Archippus sent to Turnus' aid, And peaceful olives crown'd his hoary head.
Strana 50 - COTDCDOU fate of all that the * hand of man hath raised, and be destroyed. The city presents every where the appearance of ruin. As there are many more houses than inhabitants, they are never repaired ; when they get out of order the occupiers move to others. Neither doors, stairs, nor roofs, are ever replaced ; they tumble to pieces, and are left to remain where they fall. Multitudes of convents have thus acquired the appearance of ruins ; and a great number of palaces no longer habitable, are left...
Strana 50 - Nec vero quod in quoque optimum fuit, studio consecutus est tantum, sed plurimas, vel potius omnes ex se ipso virtutes extulit immortalis ingenii beatissima ubertate. Non enim pluvias (ut ait Pindarus) aquas colligit, sed vivo gurgite exundat, dono quodam providentiae genitus, in quo totas vires suas eloquentia experiretur.
Strana 34 - It is not in the greater theatres of Italy that the stranger can hope to form a good idea of Italian acting. I was more pleased with the poor unsophisticated style of representation exhibited by this company at Arpino, than at the greater theatres of Milan, Turin, Florence, and Naples. A comedy of Goldoni, seen in the afternoon in the venerable amphitheatre at Verona, will afford a higher satisfaction than representations at Venice, or the greater capitals. This must be attributed to the too great...
Strana 18 - ... of the palace of his friend, Quintilius Varus, hard by, and to that of his patron, Maecenas, opposite, the immense substructions of which prove that that dexterous minister loved even in the country, ' molem propinquam nubibus arduis.' Crossing the lower Anio, by the old Roman bridge, we reached the picturesque remains of the villa of this celebrated minister, now turned into an iron manufactory. It consisted of a vast range of porticos surrounding a theatre and two courts, supported by Roman...
Strana 25 - Not desirous of entering our palfries at the Anticoli races, we journeyed to Alatri , (Alatrium), a town that figures in the comedy of the Captives of Plautus. We arrived there at dusk, after having passed through a country wooded by nature , like the noblest parks of England. Alatri is one of the five Saturnian cities ; there are four others which claim their origin from that unknown hero styled Saturnus. They all begin with the first letter of the alphabet, and are as follows : Alatri, Anagni,...
Strana 39 - A splendid banquet was prepared for the emperor and his suite, close to the emissary ; but it appears that the imperial guests fled precipitately, as soon as the sluices were opened, panic-struck by the rombo dell...
Strana 18 - Tiburtinum luculum.' Here we found an apartment inlaid with tesselated pavement, and two arched chambers, one of which probably contained a bath, for it terminates in a semicircular recess at the end. The walls were covered with a nitrous efflorescence. It is probable that the simplicity of the poet's retreat formed a striking contrast to the splendour of the palace of his friend, Quintilius Varus, hard by, and to that of his patron, Maecenas, opposite, the immense substructions of which prove that...