 ... church, even Jesuitical, and whatever its pompous decoration may be, testifies to a formidable corporation. Those who created monk, statue, and church have left their visible imprint on the common roll of humanity either through their abnegation or...  Italy: Rome and Naples; Florence and Venice - Pagina 96door Hippolyte Taine - 1871Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1868 - 386 pagina’s
...here is worth painting, and draws you out of a petty conventional existence. In the first place, liome being built on hills, its streets have variety and...other hand, contrasts abound. On leaving, for example, _a noisy, animated street, you skirt an enormous wall for a quarter of an hour oozing with moisture... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1872 - 390 pagina’s
...roll of humanity either through their abnegation or through their energy. A convent like the Trinitu del Monte with the air of a closed fortress, a fountain...street, you skirt an enormous wall for a quarter of an hour'oozing with moisture and incrusted with mosses, encountering nobody, not even a cart ; at long... | |
 | William Adolphus Wheeler - 1881 - 600 pagina’s
...be the weeping of angels dissolved in harmony." Hans Christian Andersen. A convent like the Trinitb del Monte with the air of a closed fortress, a fountain...palace massive and monumental like those of the Corso nnd of the great square of Venice, denote beings and tastes not of the ordinary stamp Taine, li-ans.... | |
 | William Adolphus Wheeler - 1882 - 608 pagina’s
...[he weeping of angels dissolved in harmony." Ilant Christian Anderntn. A convent like the Trinit/i del Monte with the air of a closed fortress, a fountain like that of Trevl, a palace muasive and monumental like those of the Cor*o iiri'l of the great square of Venice,... | |
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