Rambles in Italy: In the Years 1816....17N. G. Maxwell, J. Robinson, Printer, 1818 - 379 من الصفحات |
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... ruins of pala- ces and temples are dressed in the choicest offer- ings of Flora , and the twice blooming rose of Pæstum glows with undiminished beauty , in the midst of scenes of decayed magnificence , and smiles on the brow of ...
... ruins of pala- ces and temples are dressed in the choicest offer- ings of Flora , and the twice blooming rose of Pæstum glows with undiminished beauty , in the midst of scenes of decayed magnificence , and smiles on the brow of ...
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... ruins of the Coliseum , and St. Peter's Church , when viewed by moonlight , diffuse over the fancy a melancholy charm ; and a similar sensation is experienced in contemplating the effect of the same planet upon the romantick scenes of ...
... ruins of the Coliseum , and St. Peter's Church , when viewed by moonlight , diffuse over the fancy a melancholy charm ; and a similar sensation is experienced in contemplating the effect of the same planet upon the romantick scenes of ...
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... ruins to adorn , to make her the same enchantress of the night , she is in Italy . I am also ready to subscribe to the opinion , that much of the interest which Italy excites , arises from adventitious causes . As it has been for many ...
... ruins to adorn , to make her the same enchantress of the night , she is in Italy . I am also ready to subscribe to the opinion , that much of the interest which Italy excites , arises from adventitious causes . As it has been for many ...
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... ruins of a mighty empire ! A fractured column , -a dila- pidated wall , -a broken architrave , —often pro- duces the most powerful excitement in the imagination , by bringing before it , personages and events , whose history has left a ...
... ruins of a mighty empire ! A fractured column , -a dila- pidated wall , -a broken architrave , —often pro- duces the most powerful excitement in the imagination , by bringing before it , personages and events , whose history has left a ...
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... during the period of her subjection to France . Buonaparte might have disinterred the antique ruins of Rome , and might have . beautified it with publick walks and gardens ; but if any one believes that this would have raised SO.
... during the period of her subjection to France . Buonaparte might have disinterred the antique ruins of Rome , and might have . beautified it with publick walks and gardens ; but if any one believes that this would have raised SO.
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الصفحة 162 - Our political system is placed in a just correspondence and symmetry with the order of the world, and with the mode of existence decreed to a permanent body composed of transitory parts ; wherein, by the disposition of a stupendous wisdom, moulding together the great mysterious incorporation of the human race, the whole, at one time, is never old, or middle-aged, or young, but in a condition of unchangeable constancy, moves on through the...
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الصفحة 226 - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days : But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears And slits the thin-spun life. But not the praise...
الصفحة 234 - I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind.
الصفحة 120 - It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in, glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy.
الصفحة 39 - Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine, Or what (though rare) of later age, Ennobled hath the buskined stage. But O, sad Virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what Love did seek.
الصفحة 353 - Sometimes, with secure delight, The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid Dancing in the chequered shade...
الصفحة 107 - This guest of summer, The temple-haunting martlet, does approve By his loved mansionry that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here : no jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle : Where they most breed and haunt, I have observed The air is delicate.
الصفحة 92 - Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment? Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
الصفحة 85 - At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air...