Walks in Rome, Volume 1Strahan, 1871 - Rome (Italy) |
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Page ix
... interesting that my hand can ever write , and even now more interesting than when I saw it last , " wrote Dr. Arnold to his wife in 1840 - and how many thousands before and since have experienced the same feeling , who have looked ...
... interesting that my hand can ever write , and even now more interesting than when I saw it last , " wrote Dr. Arnold to his wife in 1840 - and how many thousands before and since have experienced the same feeling , who have looked ...
Page x
... he has no opportunity of clearing up . It is therefore in the hope of aiding some of these bewildered ones , and of rendering their walks in % Rome more easy and more interesting , that the following X WALKS IN ROME .
... he has no opportunity of clearing up . It is therefore in the hope of aiding some of these bewildered ones , and of rendering their walks in % Rome more easy and more interesting , that the following X WALKS IN ROME .
Page xi
Augustus John C. Hare. Rome more easy and more interesting , that the following chapters are written . They aim at nothing original , and are only a gathering up of the information of others , and a gleaning from what has been already ...
Augustus John C. Hare. Rome more easy and more interesting , that the following chapters are written . They aim at nothing original , and are only a gathering up of the information of others , and a gleaning from what has been already ...
Page xv
... interesting part of the Campagna , the traveller was almost stunned by the transition , when on suddenly passing the Porta Cavalleggieri , he found himself in the Piazza of St. Peter's , with its wide - spreading colonnades , and high ...
... interesting part of the Campagna , the traveller was almost stunned by the transition , when on suddenly passing the Porta Cavalleggieri , he found himself in the Piazza of St. Peter's , with its wide - spreading colonnades , and high ...
Page xvii
... interesting . Full in front rose the Alban hills , the white villas on their sides distinctly visible , even at that distance , which was more than thirty miles . On the left were the Apennines , and Tivoli was distinctly to be seen on ...
... interesting . Full in front rose the Alban hills , the white villas on their sides distinctly visible , even at that distance , which was more than thirty miles . On the left were the Apennines , and Tivoli was distinctly to be seen on ...
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Page 229 - How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people ! how is she become as a widow ! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary...
Page 390 - And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
Page 435 - This story shall the good man teach his son ; And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered...
Page 61 - And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging : to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.
Page 187 - Midst the chief relics of almighty Rome ; The trees which grew along the broken arches Waved dark in the blue midnight, and the stars Shone through the rents of ruin ; from afar The watchdog bay'd beyond the Tiber ; and More near from out the Caesars...
Page 61 - And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
Page 390 - And white robes were given unto every one of them ; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
Page 128 - Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; "knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me. " Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.
Page 129 - I charge thee therefore, before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing, and his kingdom ; preach the word, be instant in season, out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine.
Page 440 - Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.