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... considered as some- times too short ; but it must be remembered that Modern His- tory is not Classical , and can claim admission only as an illus- tration . As for the forms of go- vernment established in many provinces by the present ...
... considered as some- times too short ; but it must be remembered that Modern His- tory is not Classical , and can claim admission only as an illus- tration . As for the forms of go- vernment established in many provinces by the present ...
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... is said of the arts , when the extent and importance of the subject are considered ; but much is said in comparison of other Tours and similar compositions . skill , taste and erudition united , it will , PREFACE . IX.
... is said of the arts , when the extent and importance of the subject are considered ; but much is said in comparison of other Tours and similar compositions . skill , taste and erudition united , it will , PREFACE . IX.
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... itself the means of correction and the seeds of renovation . Such a system was considered as one of unattaina- ble perfection by Cicero , and was pronounced by Tacitus , a vision fair but transient . A sche- me of policy PREFACF . XVII.
... itself the means of correction and the seeds of renovation . Such a system was considered as one of unattaina- ble perfection by Cicero , and was pronounced by Tacitus , a vision fair but transient . A sche- me of policy PREFACF . XVII.
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... considered as purely classical , and as such is presupposed in the first paragraph . The lives or the reigns of the first Emperors are contained in Suetonius , Tacitus , and Herodian , whose curious and amusing volumes must of course be ...
... considered as purely classical , and as such is presupposed in the first paragraph . The lives or the reigns of the first Emperors are contained in Suetonius , Tacitus , and Herodian , whose curious and amusing volumes must of course be ...
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... considered principally how he might support one party and annoy the other ; and he ran over great part of Europe , par- ticularly Italy , not so much a Classic as a Whig traveller . In his eyes , coun- tries appeared fertile and happy ...
... considered principally how he might support one party and annoy the other ; and he ran over great part of Europe , par- ticularly Italy , not so much a Classic as a Whig traveller . In his eyes , coun- tries appeared fertile and happy ...
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Page 458 - Some felt the silent stroke of mouldering age, Some hostile fury, some religious rage : Barbarian blindness, Christian zeal conspire, And Papal piety, and Gothic fire.
Page 352 - 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 11 - 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 432 - 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 423 - The Roman Forum now lay extended before us, a scene in the ages of Roman greatness of unparalleled splendor and magnificence. It was bordered on both sides with temples, and lined with statues. It terminated in triumphal arches, and was bounded here by the Palatine hill with the imperial residence glittering on its summit, and there by the Capitol, with its ascending ranges of porticos and of temples.
Page 160 - The portico is a noble gallery leading from the town to the church, and intended to shade and shelter the persons who visit the sanctuary in which it terminates ; and as its length is more than a mile, its materials stone, and its form not inelegant, it strikes the spectator as a very magnificent instance of public taste. The church is seen to most advantage at a distance; as, on a nearer approach, it appears overloaded with ornaments. It is of fine stone, of the Corinthian order, in the form of...
Page 365 - In summa, nihil erit ex quo non capias voluptatem. Nam studebis quoque, et leges multa multorum omnibus columnis, omnibus parietibus inscripta, quibus fons ille Deusque celebratur. Plura laudabis, nonnulla ridebis; quamquam tu vero, quae tua humanitas, nulla ridebis. Vale.
Page 412 - 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 312 - 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 427 - ... and delight. Let the spectator first place himself to the north, and contemplate that side which depredation, barbarism, and ages have spared, he will behold with admiration its wonderful extent, well proportioned stories and flying lines, that retire and vanish without break or interruption. Next let him turn to the...