Historical Illustrations of the Fourth Canto of Childe Harold: Containing Dissertations on the Ruins of Rome; and an Essay on Italian LiteratureJohn Murray, 1818 - 584 páginas |
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... verse e prose , e fu rimesso in libertà ad instanza della città di Bergamo , nel giorno vi Luglio 1586 . The dungeon is below the ground floor of the hospital , and the light penetrates through its grated window from a small yard ...
... verse e prose , e fu rimesso in libertà ad instanza della città di Bergamo , nel giorno vi Luglio 1586 . The dungeon is below the ground floor of the hospital , and the light penetrates through its grated window from a small yard ...
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... verse and prose " of the prisoner have brought to Ferrara . The above address to posterity was inscribed at the instigation of General Miollis , who filled Italy with tributes to her great men , and was not always very solicitous as to ...
... verse and prose " of the prisoner have brought to Ferrara . The above address to posterity was inscribed at the instigation of General Miollis , who filled Italy with tributes to her great men , and was not always very solicitous as to ...
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... verses to those princes , or to any individual connected with them , declaring that they were all a gang of poltroons , ingrates , and scoundrels . " These are the words of Serassi2 ; and for this offence was Tasso arrested , and ...
... verses to those princes , or to any individual connected with them , declaring that they were all a gang of poltroons , ingrates , and scoundrels . " These are the words of Serassi2 ; and for this offence was Tasso arrested , and ...
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... verses as an earnest , it should seem , of more elaborate efforts2 . The same prince imitated the example of Alfonso in retaining the manu- scripts of our poet , as a pledge for his future attachment to the house of Gonzaga ; and having ...
... verses as an earnest , it should seem , of more elaborate efforts2 . The same prince imitated the example of Alfonso in retaining the manu- scripts of our poet , as a pledge for his future attachment to the house of Gonzaga ; and having ...
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... of the Tyber and the Campagna , The writer having thrown the book in the fire cannot quote chapter and verse for this nonsense , but it is to be found in Dupaty's travels . to the left , is closed by the Tiburtine and 46.
... of the Tyber and the Campagna , The writer having thrown the book in the fire cannot quote chapter and verse for this nonsense , but it is to be found in Dupaty's travels . to the left , is closed by the Tiburtine and 46.
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Abate Alfieri amongst amphitheatre ancient Angelo antiquaries antiquity appears arch Aurelian Baths of Titus Cæsars called Capitol Cardinal Cassiodorus castle century church Circus Maximus Coliseum columns cotemporaries Decline and Fall Dissertazione Donatus edifices edit Emperor epist Faunus Ferrara Forum Forum of Trajan Foscolo fragments Gibbon Græv Gregory Hadrian Hist Ibid inscription Ital Italian Italy Lateran letters Marangoni marbles Marozia ment modern Monti monuments Muratori Nardini nobles note to Stanza palace Palatine Pantheon Parini Paul perhaps Petrarch poem poet poetry pontiffs Pope Porta portico Procopius quæ quod reign Rienzi Roma Romæ Roman Rome ruins Saint says seen senate sepulchre shew Signor Stanza lxxx structures sunt Tasso temple theatre Theatre of Marcellus Theatre of Pompey Thermæ tion tomb Totila Trajan Tyber urbe urbis vases Vatican Venuti verses Vita walls writer
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Página 472 - Pur nuova legge impone oggi i sepolcri fuor de' guardi pietosi, e il nome a
Página 206 - In subterranean damps, where the owl peep'd, Deeming it midnight : — Temples, baths, or halls ? Pronounce who can ; for all that Learning reap'd From her research hath been, that these are walls — Behold the Imperial Mount! 'tis thus the mighty falls.
Página 51 - Rome ! my country ! city of the soul ! The orphans of the heart must turn to thee, Lone mother of dead empires ! and control In their shut breasts their petty misery. What are our woes and sufferance ? Come and see The cypress, hear the owl, and plod your way O'er steps of broken thrones and temples, Ye. ! Whose agonies are evils of a day — A world is at our feet as fragile as our clay. The Niobe of nations ! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe ; An empty urn within...
Página 327 - In vain ! they gaze, turn giddy, rave and die. Religion, blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires. Nor public flame, nor private, dares to shine; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse Divine; Lo! thy dread empire, Chaos! is restor'd; Light dies before thy uncreating word: Thy hand, great Anarch ! lets the curtain fall ; And universal Darkness buries All.
Página 387 - E die funesti augurii Al femminile ornato ; E con le truci Eumenidi Le care Grazie avvinse ; E di crudele immagine La tua bellezza tinse.
Página 18 - Albano had obtained for him were carried into effect. Then it was that Tasso — after having suffered these hardships for some time, seeing himself constantly discountenanced by the Duke and the Princesses, abandoned by his friends, and derided by his enemies— could no longer contain himself within the bounds of moderation, but, giving vent to his choler, publicly broke forth into the most injurious expressions imaginable, both against the Duke and all the house of Este, cursing his past service,...
Página 27 - who indulge in the dreams of earthly retribution, will observe that the cruelty of Alfonso was not left without its recompense, even in his own person. He survived the affection of his subjects and of his dependants, who deserted him at his death ; and suffered his body to be interred without princely or decent honours. His last wishes were neglected ; his testament cancelled. His kinsman, Don...
Página 408 - Sublime specchio di veraci detti, Mostrami in corpo e in anima qual sono : Capelli, or radi in fronte, e rossi pretti ; Lunga statura, e capo a terra prono ; Sottil persona in su due stinchi schietti ; Bianca pelle, occhi azzurri, aspetto buono ; Giusto naso, bel labro, e denti eletti...
Página 473 - Ghibellin fuggiasco, e tu i cari parenti e l'idioma desti a quel dolce di Calliope labbro che Amore in Grecia nudo e nudo in Roma d'un velo candidissimo adornando, rendea nel grembo a Venere Celeste...