The Landscape annual [afterw.] Jennings' landscape annual [ed. by R. Jennings].Robert Jennings 1832 |
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... the spot on which at present stands the Church of St. Dionigi . From this gloomy lair he was accustomed to come forth into the peopled parts of the town , diffusing pestilence as he stole along with heavy tread , and MILAN . 5.
... the spot on which at present stands the Church of St. Dionigi . From this gloomy lair he was accustomed to come forth into the peopled parts of the town , diffusing pestilence as he stole along with heavy tread , and MILAN . 5.
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... town even by day , but , when the evening fell , it had a still more dreadful appearance ; for through every window streamed the small trembling ray of the watchlights which were kept dimly burning through- out the night . In the ...
... town even by day , but , when the evening fell , it had a still more dreadful appearance ; for through every window streamed the small trembling ray of the watchlights which were kept dimly burning through- out the night . In the ...
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... collect his forces for effecting it on a fitting occasion , and spared no pains to increase his power and diminish that of the Archbishop , by means of treaties and alliances . The town of Asti , 14 THE LANDSCAPE ANNUAL .
... collect his forces for effecting it on a fitting occasion , and spared no pains to increase his power and diminish that of the Archbishop , by means of treaties and alliances . The town of Asti , 14 THE LANDSCAPE ANNUAL .
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Robert Jennings. of treaties and alliances . The town of Asti , which had mainly contributed to the elevation of the Marquess , being dissatisfied with him , joined several of the small republics against him , and engaged in a war to ac ...
Robert Jennings. of treaties and alliances . The town of Asti , which had mainly contributed to the elevation of the Marquess , being dissatisfied with him , joined several of the small republics against him , and engaged in a war to ac ...
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... towns of Lombardy , besides Padova , Bologna , Siena , and Belluno . His conquests are now forgotten , and his family extinct ; but his name will continue fresh as long as the cathedral of Milan— a magnificent record of his munificence ...
... towns of Lombardy , besides Padova , Bologna , Siena , and Belluno . His conquests are now forgotten , and his family extinct ; but his name will continue fresh as long as the cathedral of Milan— a magnificent record of his munificence ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 116 - Insuperable height of loftiest shade, Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene, and, as the ranks ascend, Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view.
Pagina 163 - Here hills and vales, the woodland and the plain, Here earth and water seem to strive again ! Not, chaos-like, together crush'd and bruis'd, But, as the world, harmoniously confus'd : Where order in variety we see, And where, tho' all things differ, all agree.
Pagina 1 - Or the unseen Genius of the wood. But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloister's pale, And love the high embowed roof, With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows, richly dight, Casting a dim religious light.
Pagina 139 - All amidst the gardens fair Of Hesperus, and his daughters three That sing about the golden tree. Along the crisped shades and bowers Revels the spruce and jocund Spring ; The Graces and the rosy-bosomed Hours Thither all their bounties bring.
Pagina 29 - I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows, Where ox-lips ' and the nodding violet grows ; Quite over-canopied with lush ' woodbine, With sweet musk-roses, and with eglantine...
Pagina 249 - Let us go round; And let the sail be slack, the course be slow, That at our leisure, as we coast along, We may contemplate, and from every scene Receive its influence.
Pagina 245 - THIS region, surely, is not of the earth.* Was it not dropt from heaven ? Not a grove, Citron or pine or cedar, not a grot . Sea-worn and mantled with the gadding vine, But breathes enchantment. Not a cliff but flings On the clear wave some image of delight, Some cabin-roof glowing with crimson flowers, Some ruined temple or fallen monument, To muse on as the bark is gliding by.
Pagina 242 - O'er whose unhappy waters, void of light, No bird presumes to steer his airy flight; Such deadly stenches from the depth arise, And steaming sulphur, that infects the skies.
Pagina 65 - Crossed by the deer. Then to the Ladies' Vale ; And the clear lake, that as by magic seemed To lift up to the surface every stone Of lustre there, and the diminutive fish Innumerable, dropt with crimson and gold, Now motionless, now glancing to the sun. Who has not dwelt on their voluptuous day ? The morning banquet by the...