Letters from Europe: During a Tour Through Switzerland and Italy, in the Years 1801 and 1802, Volume 1author, 1805 - Italy |
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... ment , without stipulating to have the car- riage to ourselves , called us up , before day - light , to set out for Florence . We were soon ready , and happy to find but one Person in the Voiture , with whom we conversed familiarly till ...
... ment , without stipulating to have the car- riage to ourselves , called us up , before day - light , to set out for Florence . We were soon ready , and happy to find but one Person in the Voiture , with whom we conversed familiarly till ...
Page 156
... ment of decease to the total decay of the body . In another are preserved the celebrated Representations of the Plague , done in the time of the Medicean Princes , so painfully exact that few Per- sons can bear to examine them . There ...
... ment of decease to the total decay of the body . In another are preserved the celebrated Representations of the Plague , done in the time of the Medicean Princes , so painfully exact that few Per- sons can bear to examine them . There ...
Page 169
... ment of Creation , when God said , " Let there be light , and there was light " -to the portentous hour , when our First Pa- rents were driven out of Paradise , by the Angel with a flaming sword . The Figures are but a few inches high ...
... ment of Creation , when God said , " Let there be light , and there was light " -to the portentous hour , when our First Pa- rents were driven out of Paradise , by the Angel with a flaming sword . The Figures are but a few inches high ...
Page 203
... ment , whether he at last beholds the largest , as well as the most beautiful Structure , that ever was erected by hu- man hands.- He compares St. Peter's to the rival Edifices of London , Milan , or Constan- tinople , and scarcely ...
... ment , whether he at last beholds the largest , as well as the most beautiful Structure , that ever was erected by hu- man hands.- He compares St. Peter's to the rival Edifices of London , Milan , or Constan- tinople , and scarcely ...
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... ment , and the other , ten feet higher , is continued through the projecting abut- ments which support the drum of the vault . These galleries are three hun- dred paces in circumference - little less than the eighth part of a mile ...
... ment , and the other , ten feet higher , is continued through the projecting abut- ments which support the drum of the vault . These galleries are three hun- dred paces in circumference - little less than the eighth part of a mile ...
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