The Nooks and By-ways of Italy: Wanderings in Search of Its Ancient Remains and Modern SuperstitionsE. Howell, 1868 - 314 ページ |
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... evidently passed . The slightest deviation would , I can now see , have landed me in a quagmire . I had glimpses of the hills towards which it was my purpose to advance . I heard the tinkling of the goat's tiny bell , and I knew the ...
... evidently passed . The slightest deviation would , I can now see , have landed me in a quagmire . I had glimpses of the hills towards which it was my purpose to advance . I heard the tinkling of the goat's tiny bell , and I knew the ...
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... evidently of the roses drooping under the withering blast of the scirocco . After I had proceeded thus for about a mile , I came suddenly upon a deep part of the marsh , which induced me to thread my way to the shore , where I was sure ...
... evidently of the roses drooping under the withering blast of the scirocco . After I had proceeded thus for about a mile , I came suddenly upon a deep part of the marsh , which induced me to thread my way to the shore , where I was sure ...
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... evidently a large city , and , besides , was sacred to Neptune . The shore seems quite unsuited for any safe anchorage , being unprotected from the north and west . I could perceive no remains of any pier , or mole , that might have ...
... evidently a large city , and , besides , was sacred to Neptune . The shore seems quite unsuited for any safe anchorage , being unprotected from the north and west . I could perceive no remains of any pier , or mole , that might have ...
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... evidently given with good will , and that would far more than have compensated for even less luxurious fare . The bread was coarse and old , the cheese I could scarcely make any impression upon , if this may be taken as a sample of ...
... evidently given with good will , and that would far more than have compensated for even less luxurious fare . The bread was coarse and old , the cheese I could scarcely make any impression upon , if this may be taken as a sample of ...
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... evidently drunk a sufficient quantity of my host's wine , and were very boisterous in their mirth ; but , as I was aware of the excitable temperaments of the southern Italian , I did not know how soon their in Search of its Ancient ...
... evidently drunk a sufficient quantity of my host's wine , and were very boisterous in their mirth ; but , as I was aware of the excitable temperaments of the southern Italian , I did not know how soon their in Search of its Ancient ...
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ancient city ancient remains Apennines appearance Apulia beautiful believe boat brigands Bruttii Calabria Cannæ Canusium Casinum castle Catanzaro church Cicero coast considerable Coscile Cosenza Cotrone curious danger difficulty distance doubt fatigue feel feet forward friends Gerace Greek ground hear heat height hill honour Horace host imagine inhabitants inquired inscription Italian Italy judge kind kingdom of Naples Lecce locanda Locri lofty looked Madonna magistrate marble miles distant monastery Mongiana Monte morning mountains mule muleteer Murat Naples nature Neapolitan neighbourhood night passed peasants picturesque Pizzo plain possession present priest proceeded province reached respecting river road rock Roman Rossano ruins scarcely second Punic war seemed seen shore Sicily side situated small village stones stream Strongoli Sybaris Taranto Tarentum temple thought Tiriolo told town trees Venusia vicinity Virgil walls wind wine wood
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137 ページ - I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance : but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire...
80 ページ - To render happy : all who joy would win Must share it, — Happiness was born a twin.
157 ページ - Avere in sé, mi feria per la fronte Non di più colpo che soave vento; Per cui le fronde, tremolando pronte, Tutte quante piegavano alla parte U
84 ページ - If ever sinner became suddenly convinced that there was a good deal to be said in favour of a moral life, that sinner at the moment I speak of was Gustave Rameau.
255 ページ - Amsanctus is the name, Below the lofty mounts : on either side Thick forests the forbidden entrance hide : Full in the centre of the sacred wood An arm arises of the Stygian flood; Which, breaking from beneath the bellowing sound, Whirls the black waves and rattling stones around.
81 ページ - Busentinus, a small river that washes the walls of Consentia. The royal sepulchre, adorned with the splendid spoils and trophies of Rome, was constructed in the vacant bed ; the waters were then restored to their natural channel, and the secret spot where the remains of Alaric had been deposited, was for ever concealed by the inhuman massacre of the prisoners who had been employed to execute the work.
65 ページ - Every man, as to character, is the creature of the age in which he lives. — Very few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of their times.
243 ページ - This said, the servants urge the sacred rites, While to the temple she the prince invites. A spacious cave, within its farmost part, Was hew'd and fashion'd by laborious art, Through the hill's hollow sides: before the place, A hundred doors a hundred entries grace: As many voices issue, and the sound Of Sibyl's words as many times rebound. Now to the mouth they come. Aloud she cries, "This is the time! inquire your destinies! He comes! behold the god!
121 ページ - Involv'd in tempests, and a night of clouds ; And, from the middle darkness flashing out. By fits he deals his fiery bolts about.
160 ページ - His spreading wings, and lighted on the ground Mid cultivated plain, delicious hill, Moist meadow, shady .bank, and crystal rill ; ' Small thickets, with the scented laurel gay, Cedar, and orange, full of fruit and flower, Myrtle and palm, with interwoven spray, Pleached in mixed modes, all lovely, form a bower ; And, breaking with their shade the scorching ray, Make a cool shelter from the noon-tide hour. And nightingales among those branches wing Their flight, and safely amorous descants sing.