 | William Beckford - Italy - 1834 - 648 pages
...the various ornaments of the altars, we followed our conductor through a long covered gallery into the sacristy, a magnificent vaulted hall, panelled...adorned with equal splendour, till we were fatigued and bewildered like errant knights in the mazes of an enchanted palace. I began to think there was no end... | |
 | William White Cooper - 1840 - 150 pages
...examining the various ornaments of the altars, we followed our conductors through a long coved gallery into the sacristy, a magnificent vaulted hall, panelled...adorned with equal splendour, till we were fatigued and bewildered, like knight-errants in the mazes of an enchanted palace." Besides the cathedral, there... | |
 | John Smith Athelstane Carnota (Conde da) - Portugal - 1843 - 392 pages
...the various ornaments of the altars, we followed our conductor through a long covered gallery into the sacristy, a magnificent vaulted hall, panelled...adorned with equal splendour, till we were fatigued and bewildered like errant knights in the mazes of an enchanted palace. I began to think there was no end... | |
 | William Beckford - Italy - 1845 - 478 pages
...examining the various ornaments of the altars, we followed our conductor through a long coved gallery into the sacristy, a magnificent vaulted hall, panelled...adorned with equal splendour, till we were fatigued and bewildered like errant knights in the mazes of an enchanted palace. I began to think there was no end... | |
 | [Anonymus AC10074690] - Lisbon (Portugal) - 1853 - 390 pages
...altar, we passed through a long covered gallery to the sacristy, a magnificent vaulted hull, panulled with some beautiful varieties of alabaster and porphyry, and carpeted, as well as ... dwpel adjoining t» Jt' i« a style of the utmost a magnificence. We traversed several more hall*... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1855 - 830 pages
...through a long covered gallery to the sacristy, a magnificent vanlted hall, panelled with some beantiful varieties of alabaster and porphyry, and carpeted,...adorned with equal splendour, till we were fatigued and bewildered like knightserrant in the mazes of an enchanted palace." Herculano passes a different criticism... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - Portugal - 1856 - 312 pages
...lantern, is encrusted with the same costly and durable material. Roses of white marble and wreaths of palm branches, most exquisitely sculptured, enrich...adorned with equal splendour, till we were fatigued and bewildered like knightserrant in the mazes of an enchanted palace." Herculano passes a different criticism... | |
 | John Smith Athelstane Carnota (Conde da) - Portugal - 1871 - 414 pages
...the various ornaments of the altars, we followed our conductor through a long covered gallery into the sacristy, a magnificent vaulted hall, panelled...as a chapel adjoining it, in a style of the utmost magnficence. We traversed several more halls and chapels, adorned with equal splendour, till we were... | |
 | Joaquim António de Macedo - 1874 - 346 pages
...altar, we pass through a long covered gallery to the sacristy, a magnificent vaulted hall, paneled with some beautiful varieties of alabaster and porphyry, and carpeted, as well as the chapel adjoining it, in a style of the utmost magnificence. We traversed several more halls and... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - Portugal - 1875 - 362 pages
...encrusted with the same costly and durable material. Roses of white marble and wreaths of palm-branches, most exquisitely sculptured, enrich every part of...magnificence. We traversed several more halls and chapels,adorned with equal splendour, till we were fatigued and bewildered like knightserrant in the... | |
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... the sacristy, a magnificent vaulted hall, panelled with some beautiful varieties of alabaster and porphyry, and carpeted, as well as a chapel adjoining it, in a style of the utmost magnificence. We traversed several more halls and chapels, adorned... 
