 Rome) for an upstart family? the Coliseum is stripped to furnish materials. Does a foreign minister wish to adorn the bleak walls of a northern castle with antiques ? the Temples of Theseus or Minerva must be dismantled, and the works of Phidias or Praxiteles...  The Curse of Minerva: A Poem - Page 15by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1820 - 21 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1813 - 1102 pages
...taste, so dear to the historian, the artist, and the antiquaryj all depend on the arbitrary will of a sovereign, and that will is influenced too often by...nephew, or a sycophant. Is a new palace to be erected for the reception of an upstart family? The CoJyseura is stripped to furnish materials. Does a foreign... | |
 | 1813 - 560 pages
...taste, so dear to the historian, the artist, and the antiquary, all depend on the arbitrary xvill of a sovereign, and that will is influenced too often by...nephew, or a sycophant. Is a new palace to be erected for the reception of an upstart family ? TheColyseum is stripped to furnish materials. Does a foreign... | |
 | John Chetwode Eustace - 1813 - 720 pages
...td thd-flrtist, thd hlsto* rian, the antiquary, all depend on the will of an arbitrary sov6* reign, and that will is influenced too often by interest or vanity, by a nephew, or at sycophant.- Is a new palace to be erected for the reception of an upstart faftriJy ? Tn£ Coliseum... | |
 | John Chetwode Eustace - 1815 - 464 pages
...Roman magnificence, all the remains of Grecian taste, so dear to the artists, to the historian, to the antiquary, all depend on the will of an arbitrary...nephew, or a sycophant. Is a new palace to be erected for the reception of an upstart family ? The Coliseum is stripped to furnish materials. Does a foreign... | |
 | John Chetwode Eustace - 1818 - 542 pages
...Roman magnificence , all the remains of Grecian taste, so dear to the artists, to the historian , to the antiquary , all depend on the will of an arbitrary...nephew, or a sycophant. Is a new palace to be erected for the reception of an upstart family ? The Coliseum is stripped to furnish materials. Does a foreign... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820 - 306 pages
...marble and of attic sculpture." (Euitace's Classical Tour through Italy, p. 158.) -— — *• But alas ! all the monuments of Roman magnificence. all...influenced too often by interest or vanity, by a nephew, orasycnphant. IB a new palace to be erected (at Rome) for an upstart family? the Coliseum is stripped... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 404 pages
...exhibited at Elgin house ; — he asked if it was not « a stone shop » : he was right , it is a shop. (a) Alas! all the monuments of roman magnificence, all...to be erected (at Rome) for an upstart family ? the Colyseum is stripped to furnish materials. Does a foreign minister wish to adorn the bleak walls of... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1828 - 780 pages
....*;•.! all the monuments of Horn. in magnificence, all the remain« of Grecian taste, so dear to tin; artist, the historian, the antiquary, all depend on...or a sycophant. Is a new palace to be erected (at Romp) for an upstart family? the Coliseum is stripped to furnish materials. Does a foreign minister... | |
 | 1831 - 426 pages
...»»*• "Bui, alas! all the monuments of Koman magnificence, all the remains of Grecian taste, vú dear to the artist, the historian, the antiquary;...palace to be erected (at Rome,) for an upstart family ? thf Coliseum is stripped to furnish materials boes a foreign minister wish to adorn the bleak wall*... | |
 | John Chetwode Eustace - 1837 - 420 pages
...Roman magnificence, all the remains of Grecian taste, so dear to the artists, to the historian, to the antiquary, all depend on the will of an arbitrary...nephew, or a sycophant. Is a new palace to be erected for the reception of an upstart family? The Coliseum is stripped to furnish materials. Does a foreign... | |
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