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... miles lower down , between the Mincio and the Po , vast sheets of water , and whole fields immerged , the effects of an inundation some months before . Virgil , whose farm bordered upon the Mincius , seems to have had a particular ...
... miles lower down , between the Mincio and the Po , vast sheets of water , and whole fields immerged , the effects of an inundation some months before . Virgil , whose farm bordered upon the Mincius , seems to have had a particular ...
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... mile from Reichenhall . The road first sweeps along the base of a noble eminence covered with firs ; a church spire rises on the side of a hill ; and on the summit of the same hill stands a cas- tle in ruins . Proceeding onwards we come ...
... mile from Reichenhall . The road first sweeps along the base of a noble eminence covered with firs ; a church spire rises on the side of a hill ; and on the summit of the same hill stands a cas- tle in ruins . Proceeding onwards we come ...
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... miles an hour . We reached St. John at a late hour . A neat col- legiate church is the only remarkable object in this little town . February 11th . The scenery this day did not appear so grand and awful as on the preceding ; whether ...
... miles an hour . We reached St. John at a late hour . A neat col- legiate church is the only remarkable object in this little town . February 11th . The scenery this day did not appear so grand and awful as on the preceding ; whether ...
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... miles in length , and , where widest , as in the neighborhood of Inspruck , about six in breadth . It is watered by the Inn , anciently the Enus , which glides through it , intersecting it nearly in the middle , and bestowing freshness ...
... miles in length , and , where widest , as in the neighborhood of Inspruck , about six in breadth . It is watered by the Inn , anciently the Enus , which glides through it , intersecting it nearly in the middle , and bestowing freshness ...
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... miles North of Inspruck is the town of Hall , famous for its salt works ; and about four miles on the opposite side , on a hold eminence , stands embosomed in trees , the castle of Ambras . This edifice is of very ancient date , and its ...
... miles North of Inspruck is the town of Hall , famous for its salt works ; and about four miles on the opposite side , on a hold eminence , stands embosomed in trees , the castle of Ambras . This edifice is of very ancient date , and its ...
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Page 310 - I look for streams immortaliz'd in song, That lost in silence and oblivion lie, (Dumb are their fountains and their channels dry) Yet run for ever by the Muses' skill, And in the smooth description murmur still.
Page 350 - 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 315 - Rome, and the destinies of mankind ; here appeared the warlike phantom, commissioned by the furies, to steel the bosom of the relenting chief, and...
Page 430 - 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 120 - Amid these wilds the traveller cannot fail to notice a vast tract called the Slavini di Marco, covered with fragments of rock torn from the sides of the neighboring mountains by an earthquake, or perhaps by their own unsupported weight, and hurled down into the plains below. They spread over the whole valley, and in some places contract the road to a very narrow space.
Page 424 - A herdsman seated on a pedestal while his oxen were drinking at the fountain, and a few passengers moving at a distance in different directions, were the only living beings that disturbed the silence and solitude which reigned around. Thus the place seemed restored to its original wildness described by Virgil, and abandoned once more to flocks and herds of cattle. So far...
Page 107 - ... crosses which frequently mark the brow of a precipice, and th,e little chapels hollowed out of the rock where the road is narrowed; he will consider them as so many pledges of security; and rest assured, that, as long as the pious mountaineer continues to adore the 'Good Shepherd...
Page 410 - The Capitol was anciently both a fortress and a sanctuary. A fortress surrounded with precipices, bidding defiance to all the means of attack employed in ancient times; a sanctuary, crowded with altars and temples, the repository of the fatal oracles, the seat of the tutelar deities of the empire. Romulus began the grand work, by erecting the temple of Jupiter Feretrius...
Page 373 - This beautiful expanse of water, about a mile in breadth, fills the defile, and meanders between the mountains for some miles. The way to it from the fall, is by a path winding along the foot of the mountain, and leading to a cottage, where you may take a boat, and cross to a bold promontory opposite. There, seated in the shade, you may enjoy the view of the waters, of the bordering mountains, of the towns perched on their sides, the village Pie...
Page 421 - Palatine hill with the imperial residence glittering on its summit, and there by the Capitol, with its ascending ranges of porticos and of temples. Thus it presented one of the richest exhibitions that eyes could behold, or human ingenuity invent. In the midst of these superb monuments, the memorials of their greatness, and the trophies of their fathers, the Roman people assembled to exercise their sovereign power, and to decide the fates of heroes, of kings, and of nations. Nor did the contemplation...