Walks in Rome, Volume 1Strahan, 1871 - Rome (Italy) |
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... paintings by Pinturicchio . Over the altar is the Nativity ( one of the most beautiful frescoes in the city ) ; in the ... painted by Pinturicchio . Over the altar , the Madonna and four saints ; above , God the Father , surrounded by ...
... paintings by Pinturicchio . Over the altar is the Nativity ( one of the most beautiful frescoes in the city ) ; in the ... painted by Pinturicchio . Over the altar , the Madonna and four saints ; above , God the Father , surrounded by ...
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... a Della Rovere , who also gave the windows , painted by Claude and Guillaume de Marseilles , the only good specimens of stained glass in Rome . The high - altar is surmounted by a miraculous image STA . MARIA DEL POPOLO . 15.
... a Della Rovere , who also gave the windows , painted by Claude and Guillaume de Marseilles , the only good specimens of stained glass in Rome . The high - altar is surmounted by a miraculous image STA . MARIA DEL POPOLO . 15.
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... painted against God's loveliest sky . " - Hawthorne . Here the band plays under the great palm - tree on Thurs- day and Sunday afternoons , when immense crowds collect , showing every phase of Roman life - and disperse again as the Ave ...
... painted against God's loveliest sky . " - Hawthorne . Here the band plays under the great palm - tree on Thurs- day and Sunday afternoons , when immense crowds collect , showing every phase of Roman life - and disperse again as the Ave ...
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... paintings , statues , and other works of art which he collected at immense expense , idly squan- dering away upon them the vast fortune he amassed in the wars . Inso- much that now , when luxury is so much advanced , the gardens of ...
... paintings , statues , and other works of art which he collected at immense expense , idly squan- dering away upon them the vast fortune he amassed in the wars . Inso- much that now , when luxury is so much advanced , the gardens of ...
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... paintings . In the second chapel on the left is the Descent from the Cross , the masterpiece of Daniele da Volterra , declared by Nicholas Poussin to be the third picture in the world , but terribly injured by the French in their ...
... paintings . In the second chapel on the left is the Descent from the Cross , the masterpiece of Daniele da Volterra , declared by Nicholas Poussin to be the third picture in the world , but terribly injured by the French in their ...
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Page 227 - 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 388 - 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 433 - 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 59 - 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 185 - 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 59 - 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 388 - 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 126 - 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 127 - 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 438 - Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.