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... Italy : it is not certainly known whether this tower was purposely built in this position , or whether it has sunk on one side since : it is quite frightful to look over the hanging side from the top , but it has stood so long without ...
... Italy : it is not certainly known whether this tower was purposely built in this position , or whether it has sunk on one side since : it is quite frightful to look over the hanging side from the top , but it has stood so long without ...
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... wonderful cistern , which we would gladly still further have explored . " THE AMPHITHEATRE OF VERONA . MODERN Italy abounds in relics. 10 c ARCHES UNDER CONSTANTINOPLE . which we found to consist of a wall faced with ...
... wonderful cistern , which we would gladly still further have explored . " THE AMPHITHEATRE OF VERONA . MODERN Italy abounds in relics. 10 c ARCHES UNDER CONSTANTINOPLE . which we found to consist of a wall faced with ...
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Two creations. THE AMPHITHEATRE OF VERONA . MODERN Italy abounds in relics of antiquity - memorials , more or less entire , of a time when she was mistress of the world . Now , oppressed by foreign intruders , and degraded by native ...
Two creations. THE AMPHITHEATRE OF VERONA . MODERN Italy abounds in relics of antiquity - memorials , more or less entire , of a time when she was mistress of the world . Now , oppressed by foreign intruders , and degraded by native ...
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... Italy with all the buildings intended for public concourse , and the beautiful climate of those countries allowed such a practice without material inconvenience . The games and spectacles of ancient Greece and Rome were generally more ...
... Italy with all the buildings intended for public concourse , and the beautiful climate of those countries allowed such a practice without material inconvenience . The games and spectacles of ancient Greece and Rome were generally more ...
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... Italians was the combat of gladiators . These unhappy men were mostly prisoners of war , and were selected for their ... Italy , equally with the rough plebeian and the veteran inured to blood in many a battle , discussed the merits of ...
... Italians was the combat of gladiators . These unhappy men were mostly prisoners of war , and were selected for their ... Italy , equally with the rough plebeian and the veteran inured to blood in many a battle , discussed the merits of ...
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ALNWICK CASTLE AMPHITHEATRE OF VERONA ancient ancient Greece appear arches arena ascend basaltic columns beauty boat bridge buildings built Canada Caroline cataract cistern cliffs climbed clouds coast Constantinople cross dark deep depth descended edge edifice Egypt ELEPHANTA Emperor erected excite extremity FALLS OF NIAGARA feet in height Fingal's Cave fortress GIANT'S CAUSEWAY gladiator glories Goat Island Greeks hands head Herod immense inhabitants inscription Jebusites Jerusalem Jews Josephus King ladder lakes ledge length look Lord magnificent marble Menai Strait mighty miles monuments moon Mosque mountains narrow Navy Island nearly neck occupied ocean overhang palace passed perpendicular Peter Botte POMPEY'S PILLAR precipice present river rock Roman Rome roof ropes round seen shore side siege splendour spot Staffa staircase stone stream streets structure surface temple thousand Titus tower travellers Turk United States territory Upper Canada vast vault volcanic walls Warrow wonder worship