The Christmas Holydays in RomeD. Appleton & Company, 1846 - 334 pages |
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... remains of a temple and theatre almost concealed by brambles , and a picturesque old fortress erected during the middle ages , with two solitary pine trees standing in front of it . And yet , this place was once a suburb of imperial ...
... remains of a temple and theatre almost concealed by brambles , and a picturesque old fortress erected during the middle ages , with two solitary pine trees standing in front of it . And yet , this place was once a suburb of imperial ...
Page 26
... remains of tombs , which , though now in ruins , are so beautifully picturesque , that they are the admiration of the painter , and form always the finest feature in his landscape . At a distance , too , may be seen the long line of ...
... remains of tombs , which , though now in ruins , are so beautifully picturesque , that they are the admiration of the painter , and form always the finest feature in his landscape . At a distance , too , may be seen the long line of ...
Page 75
... remains . The limbs seem to be gently yielding from languor , as weakness creeps over him , and he is gradually falling to the ground . He is evidently insensible to all that is passing around , and absorbed with his own situation . The ...
... remains . The limbs seem to be gently yielding from languor , as weakness creeps over him , and he is gradually falling to the ground . He is evidently insensible to all that is passing around , and absorbed with his own situation . The ...
Page 78
... remains of the temple of Saturn . How strange they look as they are seen in contrast with the deep blue of the Italian sky , so tall and solitary , supported by no wall and with no roof above , nothing near but the ivy which wreaths ...
... remains of the temple of Saturn . How strange they look as they are seen in contrast with the deep blue of the Italian sky , so tall and solitary , supported by no wall and with no roof above , nothing near but the ivy which wreaths ...
Page 80
... remains . Here , all around are the monu- ments of the past . Behind us is the Forum and the scene we have described - before us , the Arch of Constantine , and the Coliseum , the noblest relic of old Rome - on the one side are the ...
... remains . Here , all around are the monu- ments of the past . Behind us is the Forum and the scene we have described - before us , the Arch of Constantine , and the Coliseum , the noblest relic of old Rome - on the one side are the ...
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