I in particular used to spend many hours by myself, in gazing upon the old busts of the twelve Caesars, that had been Emperors of Rome, till the old marble heads would seem to live again, or I to be turned into marble with them... Child Life in Prose - Página 201editado por - 1875 - 301 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1822 - 496 páginas
...particular used to spend many hours by myself, in gazing upon the old busts of the Twelve Caesars, that had been Emperors of Rome, till the old marble...worn-out hangings, fluttering tapestry, and carved oaken pannels, with the gilding almost rubbed out — sometimes in the spacious old fashioned gardens, which... | |
| 1822 - 734 páginas
...heads would seem to live great house in a sort while she lived, which afterwards came to decay, and again, or I to be turned into marble with them ; how I never could be was nearly pulled down, and all its tired with roaming about that huge old ornaments stripped and carried... | |
| 1835 - 356 páginas
...particular, used to spend many hours by myself, in gazing upon the old busts of the twelve Caesars, that had been emperors of Rome, till the old marble...fluttering tapestry, and carved oaken panels, with the gilding almost rubbed out ; sometimes in the spacious old-fashioned gardens, which I had almost to... | |
| 1835 - 430 páginas
...particular used to spend many hours by myself, in gazing upon the old busts of the Twelve Caesars, that had been Emperors of Rome, till the old marble...wornout hangings, fluttering tapestry, and carved oaken panne'.s, with the gilding almost rubbed out — sometimes in the spacious old-fashioned gardens, which... | |
| 1835 - 432 páginas
...particular used to spend many hours by myself, in gazing upon the old busts of the Twelve Caesars, that had been Emperors of Rome, till the old marble...wornout hangings, fluttering tapestry, and carved oaken pannels, with the gilding almost rubbed out — sometimes in the spacious old-fashioned gardens, which... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1835 - 440 páginas
...particular used to spend many hours by myself, in gazing upon .the old busts of the Twelve Caesars, that had been Emperors of Rome, till the old marble heads would seem to live again, or I be turned into marble with them; how I never could be tired with roaming about that huge mansion, with... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1836 - 362 páginas
...particular used to spend many hours by myself, in gazing upon the old busts of the Twelve Csesars, that had been Emperors of Rome, till the old marble...worn-out hangings, fluttering tapestry, and carved oaken pannels, with the gilding almost rubbed out — sometimes in the spacious old-fashioned gardens, which... | |
| Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1838 - 486 páginas
...Then I told how good she was to all her grandchildren, having us to the great house in the holydays, where I in particular used to spend many hours by...fluttering tapestry, and carved oaken panels, with the gilding almost rubbed out — sometimes in the spacious oldfashioned gardens, which I had almost to... | |
| 1838 - 420 páginas
...particular used to spend many hours by myself, in gazing upon the old busts of the twelve Caesars, that had been emperors of Rome, till the old marble...them ; how I never could be tired with roaming about the huge mansion, with its vast empty rooms with their worn-out hangings, fluttering tapestry, and... | |
| Francis Jenks, James Walker, Francis William Pitt Greenwood, William Ware - 1838 - 416 páginas
...hours by myself, in gazing upon the old busts of the twelve Caesars, that had been emperors of Home, till the old marble heads would seem to live again,...them ; how I never could be tired with roaming about the huge mansion, with its vast empty rooms with their worn-out hangings, fluttering tapestry, and... | |
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