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... statues , without explanatory observations , appeared absurd ; and on the other , to execute such a work in a becoming man- ner requires leisure , technical information , and the pen of a professed artist , perhaps of a Reynolds . The ...
... statues , without explanatory observations , appeared absurd ; and on the other , to execute such a work in a becoming man- ner requires leisure , technical information , and the pen of a professed artist , perhaps of a Reynolds . The ...
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... contemplation of churches or ruins , the next is passed in the examination of pictures , a third is dedicated to a groupe of ancient statues , and a fourth and a fifth are agreeably spent in the galleries or xxii PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE .
... contemplation of churches or ruins , the next is passed in the examination of pictures , a third is dedicated to a groupe of ancient statues , and a fourth and a fifth are agreeably spent in the galleries or xxii PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE .
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... statues , which he must necessarily • * No art deserves more attention than Architecture , because no art is so often called into action , tends so much to the embellishment or contributes more to the reputation of a country . It ought ...
... statues , which he must necessarily • * No art deserves more attention than Architecture , because no art is so often called into action , tends so much to the embellishment or contributes more to the reputation of a country . It ought ...
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... statues , hanging arches , and interrupted colonnades . Such a magnificent scene of desolation may indeed be seen at Pæstum , Agrigentum , and Selinus ; and such also is occasionally presented on the Seven Hills , in the majestic ...
... statues , hanging arches , and interrupted colonnades . Such a magnificent scene of desolation may indeed be seen at Pæstum , Agrigentum , and Selinus ; and such also is occasionally presented on the Seven Hills , in the majestic ...
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... statues , and paintings that generally adorn the spacious apartments , oftentimes compensate the caprice that deforms the exterior of these edifices . In fine , with regard to buildings , we may generalize and apply to Italy the observa ...
... statues , and paintings that generally adorn the spacious apartments , oftentimes compensate the caprice that deforms the exterior of these edifices . In fine , with regard to buildings , we may generalize and apply to Italy the observa ...
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Page 514 - Mantua me genuit : Calabri rapuere : tenet nunc Parthenope : cecini pascua, rura, duces.
Page 538 - Spelunca alta fuit vastoque immanis hiatu, Scrupea, tuta lacu nigro nemorumque tenebris, Quam super haud ullae poterant impune volantes Tendere iter pennis : talis sese halitus atris 240 Faucibus effundens supera ad convexa ferebat ; [Unde locum Graii dixerunt nomine Aornon...
Page 222 - I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The fire had resounded in the halls; and the voice of the people is heard no more. The stream of Clutha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook there its lonely head: the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows, the rank grass of the wall waved round its head. Desolate is the dwelling of Moina; silence is in the house of her fathers.
Page 415 - At rex sollicitus monstris oracula Fauni, Fatidici genitoris, adit, lucosque sub alta Consulit Albunea, nemorum quae maxima sacro Fonte sonat saevamque exhalat opaca mephitim.
Page 170 - Ev'n the rough rocks with tender myrtle bloom, And trodden weeds send out a rich perfume. Bear me, some god, to Baia's gentle seats, Or cover me in Umbria's green retreats ; Where western gales eternally reside, And all the seasons lavish all their pride : Blossoms, and fruits, and flowers together rise, And the whole year in gay confusion lies.
Page xxiii - I allow well ; so that he be such a one that hath the language, and hath been in the country before ; whereby he may be able to tell them what things are worthy to be seen in the country where they...
Page 283 - Classic dress, and the work is rather to be attributed to the end of the fifth, or the beginning of the sixth, century.
Page xxxii - Yet come it will, the day decreed by fates! (How my heart trembles while my tongue relates!) The day when thou, imperial Troy! must bend, And see thy warriors fall, thy glories end.
Page 226 - Genii tutelares" of a place sacred to the improvement of the mind, and to the care of the body. The two other temples were dedicated to the two protecting divinities of the Antonine family, Hercules and Bacchus. In the principal building were, in the first place, a grand circular vestibule...
Page xxiv - The medal, faithful to its charge of fame, Through climes and ages bears each form and name: In one short view subjected to our eye, Gods, emperors, heroes, sages, beauties, lie. With sharpen'd sight pale antiquaries pore, Th' inscription value, but the rust adore.