... on each other, and made to move in such a manner on a single hinge, that at the end of the play, they were wheeled round with all the spectators within them, and formed together into one circus, in which combats of gladiators were exhibited. In the... Memoirs of Mr. John Tobin ... - الصفحة 57بواسطة John Tobin, Elizabeth Benger - 1820 - عدد الصفحات: 444عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| عدد الصفحات: 710
...bordi^rs on the incredible. When magnificence could be carried no farther, they endeavoured to surprize by the novelty of mechanical inventions. — In this...that of the ears was altogether lost; rope dancers air) white elephants were preferred to every dramatic entertainment ; the embroidered pnrplf robes... | |
| Philip Wentworth Buckham - 1830 - عدد الصفحات: 628
...their backs resting on each other, and both moveable on a single hinge in the middle, in such a manner, that at the end of the play they were wheeled round with all the spectators sitting in them, and formed into a circus in which, games of gladiators were exhibited. In the gratification... | |
| August Wilhelm von Schlegel - 1833 - عدد الصفحات: 466
...architectural decoration of the stage erected by Scaurus, borders on the incredible. When magnificence could be carried no farther/ they endeavoured to surprise...exhibited. In the pleasure of the eyes that of the ears were altogether lost; rope dancers and white elephants 21 6 162 LECTURES ON were preferred to every... | |
| John William Donaldson - 1836 - عدد الصفحات: 636
...their backs resting on each other, each moveable on a single pivot in the middle, in such a manner, that at the end of the play they were wheeled round with all the spectators sitting in them, and formed into a circus, in which games of gladiators were exhibited. In the gratification... | |
| 1837 - عدد الصفحات: 1032
...solemnity of his father caused two theatres to be constructed in honour of him, with their backs resting on each other, and made to move in such a manner on...within them, and formed together into one circus, m which gladiatorial co'mbats were exhibited. In the gratification of the eyes that of the ears was... | |
| 1838 - عدد الصفحات: 530
...solemnity of his father, caused two theatres to be constructed in honour of him, with then- backs resting on each other, and made to move in such a manner on...them, and formed together into one circus, in which gladiatorial combats were exhibited. In the gratification of the eyes that of the ears was altogether... | |
| August Wilhelm von Schlegel - 1840 - عدد الصفحات: 464
...architectural decoration of the stage erected by Scaurus, borders on the incredible. When magnificence could be carried no farther, they endeavoured to surprise...elephants were preferred to every dramatic entertainment ; the embroidered purple robes of the actor were applauded, as we are told by Horace, and so little... | |
| August Wilhelm von Schlegel - 1846 - عدد الصفحات: 554
...be constructed, with their backs resting against each other, and made movcable on a single pivot, so that at the end of the play, they were wheeled round with all the spectators within them, and formed into one circus, in which gladiator combats were exhibited. In the gratification of the eye that of... | |
| John William Donaldson - 1849 - عدد الصفحات: 642
...their backs resting on each other, each moveable on a single pivot in the middle, in such a manner, that at the end of the play they were wheeled round with all the spectators sitting in them, and formed into a circus, in which games of gladiators were exhibited. In the gratification... | |
| Greeks - 1860 - عدد الصفحات: 904
...their backs resting on each other, each moveable on a single pivot in the middle, in such a manner, that at the end of the play they were wheeled round with all the spectators sitting in them, and formed into a circus, in which games of gladiators were exhibited. In the gratification... | |
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