Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, F.R.S.: To which is Subjoined the Private Correspondence Between King Charles I and Sir Edward Nicholas, and Between Sir Edward Hyde, Afterwards Earl of Clarendon and Sir Richard Browne, Volume 1G. Bell, 1889 - Great Britain |
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Page 92
... walked to the Mole , a work of solid huge stone , stretching itself near 600 paces into the main sea , and secures the harbour , heretofore of no safety . Of all the wonders of Italy , for the art and nature of the design , nothing ...
... walked to the Mole , a work of solid huge stone , stretching itself near 600 paces into the main sea , and secures the harbour , heretofore of no safety . Of all the wonders of Italy , for the art and nature of the design , nothing ...
Page 101
... walked to the Sapienza , which is the Uni- versity , or rather College , where the high Germans enjoy many particular privileges when they addict themselves to the civil law and indeed this place has produced many ex- cellent scholars ...
... walked to the Sapienza , which is the Uni- versity , or rather College , where the high Germans enjoy many particular privileges when they addict themselves to the civil law and indeed this place has produced many ex- cellent scholars ...
Page 111
... walked about Mount Palatinus and the Aventine , and thence to the Circus Maximus , capable of holding 40,000 spectators , now a heap of ruins , converted into gardens . Then by the Forum Boarium , where they have a tradition that ...
... walked about Mount Palatinus and the Aventine , and thence to the Circus Maximus , capable of holding 40,000 spectators , now a heap of ruins , converted into gardens . Then by the Forum Boarium , where they have a tradition that ...
Page 116
... walked to Monte Cavallo , heretofore called Mons Quirinalis , where we saw those two rare horses , the work of the rivals Phidias and Praxiteles , as they were sent to Nero [ by Tiridates King ] out of Armenia . They were placed on ...
... walked to Monte Cavallo , heretofore called Mons Quirinalis , where we saw those two rare horses , the work of the rivals Phidias and Praxiteles , as they were sent to Nero [ by Tiridates King ] out of Armenia . They were placed on ...
Page 122
... walked to Villa Borghese , a house and ample garden on Mons Pincius , yet somewhat without the city- walls , circumscribed by another wall full of small turrets and banqueting - houses ; which makes it appear at a distance like a little ...
... walked to Villa Borghese , a house and ample garden on Mons Pincius , yet somewhat without the city- walls , circumscribed by another wall full of small turrets and banqueting - houses ; which makes it appear at a distance like a little ...
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