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... less fair a claim to be regarded as the two noblest conservatories of its choicest productions . They teem with exhaustless treasures - the fruits of its intellectual clime ; unrivalled specimens of that supremacy of genius whose ...
... less fair a claim to be regarded as the two noblest conservatories of its choicest productions . They teem with exhaustless treasures - the fruits of its intellectual clime ; unrivalled specimens of that supremacy of genius whose ...
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... even dearer in her day of woe Than when she was a boast , a marvel , and a show . Nor was the actual grandeur of her edifices , or the imposing effect of their pictorial embellishment , less in unison with 2 THE LANDSCAPE ANNUAL .
... even dearer in her day of woe Than when she was a boast , a marvel , and a show . Nor was the actual grandeur of her edifices , or the imposing effect of their pictorial embellishment , less in unison with 2 THE LANDSCAPE ANNUAL .
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... less than a century after this triumph , which rendered it in the eyes of Europe the great barrier against the power of the infidel , it had to support three sharp and bloody contests with the increasing strength of the Turks , and had ...
... less than a century after this triumph , which rendered it in the eyes of Europe the great barrier against the power of the infidel , it had to support three sharp and bloody contests with the increasing strength of the Turks , and had ...
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... less frequently described , and to which fewer associations attach , than the Balbi . Of comparatively modern character , like the Grimani and a few others , it belongs to the tasteful and elegant style in which Palladio so much ...
... less frequently described , and to which fewer associations attach , than the Balbi . Of comparatively modern character , like the Grimani and a few others , it belongs to the tasteful and elegant style in which Palladio so much ...
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... less adapted to the scene of the Balbi Palace , inasmuch as it is on record that the splendid festivals and most im- posing spectacles to celebrate the naval glory of the Ve- netians , as exhibited on the Adriatic , commenced their ...
... less adapted to the scene of the Balbi Palace , inasmuch as it is on record that the splendid festivals and most im- posing spectacles to celebrate the naval glory of the Ve- netians , as exhibited on the Adriatic , commenced their ...
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Page 205 - All murder'd ; for within the hollow crown, That rounds the mortal temples of a king, Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp; Allowing him a breath, a little scene, To monarchize, be fear'd, and kill with looks, Infusing him with self and vain conceit, As if this flesh, which walls about our life, Were brass impregnable...
Page 180 - But at the distance of twenty-five years, I can neither forget nor express the strong emotions which agitated my mind as I first approached and entered the eternal city. After a sleepless night, I trod, with a lofty step, the ruins of the Forum ; each memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Caesar fell, was at once present to my eye ; and several days of intoxication were lost or enjoyed before I could descend to a cool and minute investigation.
Page 77 - In Venice Tasso's echoes are no more, And silent rows the songless gondolier ; Her palaces are crumbling to the shore, And music meets not always now the ear : Those days are gone — but beauty still is here. States fall, arts fade — but nature doth not die, Nor yet forget how Venice once was dear, The pleasant place of all festivity, The revel of the earth, the masque of Italy...
Page 102 - In that temple-porch (The brass is gone, the porphyry remains,) Did BARBAROSSA fling his mantle off, And, kneeling, on his neck receive the foot Of the proud Pontiff — thus at last consoled For flight, disguise, and many an aguish shake On his stone pillow.
Page 81 - Sweet hour of twilight! — in the solitude Of the pine forest, and the silent shore Which bounds Ravenna's immemorial wood, Rooted where once the Adrian wave flow'd o'er, To where the last Caesarean fortress stood, Evergreen forest!
Page 18 - The Suabian sued, and now the Austrian reigns—- An Emperor tramples where an Emperor knelt ; Kingdoms are shrunk to provinces, and chains Clank over sceptred cities ; nations melt From power's high pinnacle, when they have felt The sunshine for awhile, and downward go Like lauwine loosen'd from the mountain's belt ; Oh for one hour of blind old Dandolo ! Th' octogenarian chief, Byzantium's conquering foe.
Page 67 - There is a glorious city in the sea; The sea is in the broad, the narrow streets, Ebbing and flowing; and the salt seaweed Clings to the marble of her palaces. No track of men, no footsteps to and fro, Lead to her gates! The path lies o'er the sea, Invisible: and from the land we went, As to a floating city — steering in, And gliding up her streets, as in a dream...
Page 205 - Cover your heads and mock not flesh and blood With solemn reverence : throw away respect, Tradition, form and ceremonious duty, For you have but mistook me all this while : I live with bread like you, feel want, Taste grief, need friends : subjected thus, How can you say to me, I am a king ? Car.
Page 154 - Enter: its grandeur overwhelms thee not; And why? it is not lessen'd; but thy mind, Expanded by the genius of the spot, Has grown colossal, and can only find A fit abode wherein appear enshrined Thy hopes of immortality; and thou Shalt one day, if found worthy, so defined, See thy God face to face, as thou dost now His Holy of Holies, nor be blasted by his brow.
Page 16 - Before St. Mark still glow his steeds of brass, Their gilded collars glittering in the sun ; But is not Doria's menace come to pass ? Are they not bridled...