 | Tobias Smollett - 1775 - 552 pages
...of Rome j for it was originally built by the emperors^ and adorned with ftat'ely edifices: immenfe baths: ruins of temples, and a theatre, the walls of which are ftill (landing. "Here we llill fee, both within and without the walls, fubterraneous buildings, aquedufls,... | |
 | Welsh tours - 1797 - 354 pages
...grandeur of Rome; for it was originally built by the emperors, and adorned with ftatcly edifices; immenfe baths; ruins of temples; and a theatre, the walls of which are ftill ftanding. Here we ftill fee, both within and without the \vr.ils, fubterraneous builtftngs, aqueducts,... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1809 - 414 pages
...such as splendid palaces, that once emulated, with their gilded roofs, the grandeur of Rome. Immense baths, ruins of temples, and a theatre, the walls of which are still standing, prove it to have been originally built by the emperors. Hers we still admire, both... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1810 - 926 pages
...: splendid palaces, which once emulated with their gildedf roofs, the grandeur of Rome ; for it was originally built by the Roman princes, and adorned...theatre, the walls of which are partly standing. Here \ve still see both within and without the walls, subterraneous buildings, aqueducts, vaulted caverns,... | |
 | 1829 - 840 pages
..." splendid palaces, which once emulated, with their gilded roofs, the grandeur of Rome, for it was originally built by the Roman princes, and adorned with stately edifices, a gignmic tower, numerous baths, ruins of temples and theatres, surrounded with wall*, which are in part... | |
 | John Hughes - 1819 - 432 pages
...its splendid palaces, which once emulated with their gilded roofs the grandeur of Rome ; for it was originally built by the Roman princes, and adorned...gigantic tower, numerous baths, ruins of temples and theatres, surrounded with walls which are, in part, still extant. Here we still see, within and without... | |
 | 1829 - 866 pages
..." splendid palaces, which once emulated, with their gilded roofs, the grandeur of Rome, for it was originally built by the Roman princes, and adorned...gigantic tower, numerous baths, ruins of temples and thealres, surrounded with walls, which are in part still extant ; here we still see, within and without... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 436 pages
...its splendid palaces, which once emulated with their gilded roofs the grandeur of Rome, for it was originally built by the Roman princes, and adorned...edifices ; a gigantic tower, numerous baths, ruins of a temple, and a theatre, the walls of which are partly standing. Here we still see,' he adds, 'both... | |
 | 1829 - 846 pages
..." splendid palaces, which once emulated, with their gilded roofs, the grandeur of Rome, for it was originally built by the Roman princes, and adorned with stately edifices, a gignntic tower, numerous baths, ruins of temples and theatres, surrounded with walls, which are in... | |
 | 1830 - 482 pages
...— splendid palaces, which once emulated, with their gilded roofs, the grandeur of Rome ; for it was originally built by the Roman princes, and adorned...edifices ; — a gigantic tower, numerous baths, ruins of a temple, and a theatre, the walls of which are partly standing. Here we still see, within and without... | |
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Many remains of its former magnificence are still visible ; splendid palaces, which once emulated with their gilded roofs the grandeur of Rome, for it was originally built by the Roman princes, and adorned with stately edifices ; a gigantic tower, numerous... 
