The Idler in Italy, Volumen 3H. Colburn, 1840 |
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... Antiquities and Buildings - Dante - Theodoric - The English in Italy 38-59 FERRARA . -Tomb of Ariosto Library Manuscripts of Ariosto , Tasso and Guarini - Will of Tasso - Prison of ' T'asso - Soliloquy of Tasso - Infirmities of Genius ...
... Antiquities and Buildings - Dante - Theodoric - The English in Italy 38-59 FERRARA . -Tomb of Ariosto Library Manuscripts of Ariosto , Tasso and Guarini - Will of Tasso - Prison of ' T'asso - Soliloquy of Tasso - Infirmities of Genius ...
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... antiquity collected at Terni , though much pressed to do so by our cicerone , who looked on us with an expression ap ... antiquities of Terni , namely , that we had in- spected nearly all those of the south of Italy , our guide said that ...
... antiquity collected at Terni , though much pressed to do so by our cicerone , who looked on us with an expression ap ... antiquities of Terni , namely , that we had in- spected nearly all those of the south of Italy , our guide said that ...
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... antiquities . The principal inn , though large , has made little progress in the modern art of comfort , for the dinner was more copious than palatable , and the apartments are more roomy than clean , or furnished . Our cicerone , for ...
... antiquities . The principal inn , though large , has made little progress in the modern art of comfort , for the dinner was more copious than palatable , and the apartments are more roomy than clean , or furnished . Our cicerone , for ...
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... ; and the ancient names of Rus- poni , Porro , Foscarini , Cavalli , Gamba , Guiccioli , and others , whose palaces are still occupied by the descendants of their original proprietors , vouch for the antiquity 46 RAVENNA .
... ; and the ancient names of Rus- poni , Porro , Foscarini , Cavalli , Gamba , Guiccioli , and others , whose palaces are still occupied by the descendants of their original proprietors , vouch for the antiquity 46 RAVENNA .
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Marguerite Countess of Blessington. descendants of their original proprietors , vouch for the antiquity of the nobility of Ravenna . Ravenna has gained little since it was ceded to the papal see , in 1529 , by the Venetians . Long the ...
Marguerite Countess of Blessington. descendants of their original proprietors , vouch for the antiquity of the nobility of Ravenna . Ravenna has gained little since it was ceded to the papal see , in 1529 , by the Venetians . Long the ...
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admiration agreeable antiquities Ariosto assertion attached battle of Pavia beautiful behold beneath bestowed Bianca Bianca Capello bright brilliant brother Byron Capello Cardinal celebrated charming church cicerone contemplation Contessa Guiccioli court crown curious Dante death decorated Doge dwelling effect English erected evinced excited eyes father feelings Ferrara Florence Foscari Francesco Foscari furnished genius Genoa Giacopo Grand Duke heart honour imagine interest Italian Italy lady less looked Lord Lord Byron Loretto marble melancholy memory ment Mezzofanti Milan mind monument native never noble objects offered ornaments Padua painted palace Palladio Paolo Veronese passion peculiar peculiarly persons Petrarch picture pleasure poet Pope prison proof Ravenna reflect remarkable remember reminded rendered republic republic of Venice rich Rome saint scene seems seen Signora splendour spot Tasso taste Teresina tion Titian to-day tomb town Venetian Venetian school Venice Verona Veronese Vicenza Virgin woman
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Página 8 - ... tis to him ye must Pay orisons for this suspension of disgust. LXIX. The roar of waters ! — from the headlong height Velino cleaves the wave-worn precipice; The fall of waters ! rapid as the light The flashing mass foams shaking the abyss ; The hell of waters ! where they howl and hiss, And boil in endless torture ; while the sweat Of their great agony, wrung out from this Their Phlegethon, curls round the rocks of jet That gird the gulf around, in pitiless horror set, LXX.
Página 124 - She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from ocean, Rising with her tiara of proud towers At airy distance, with majestic motion, A ruler of the waters and their powers.
Página 8 - To the broad column which rolls on, and shows More like the fountain of an infant sea Torn from the womb of mountains by the throes Of a new world, than only thus to be Parent of rivers, which flow gushingly, With many windings, through the vale :— Look back! Lo ! where it comes like an eternity, As if to sweep down all things in its track, Charming the eye with dread, — a matchless cataract...
Página 213 - In veder che ora innonorato resti ! Prezioso diaspro, agata, ed oro Foran debito fregio e appena degno Di rivestir si nobile tesoro. Ma no ; tomba fregiar d' uom eh' ebbe regno Vuoisi, e por gemme ove disdice alloro : Qui basta il nome di quel Divo Ingegno.
Página 174 - No, no, no life! Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, And thou no breath at all? Thou'lt come no more, Never, never, never, never, never!
Página 125 - Nature doth not die, Nor yet forget how Venice once was dear, The pleasant place of all festivity, The revel of the earth, the masque of Italy ! But unto us she hath a spell beyond Her name in story, and her long array Of mighty shadows, whose dim forms despond Above the Dogeless city's vanished sway : Ours is a trophy which will not decay With the Rialto ; Shylock and the Moor, And Pierre, cannot be swept or worn away, — The keystones of the arch ! though all were o'er, For us repeopled were the...
Página 124 - I stood in Venice on the Bridge of Sighs; A palace and a prison on each hand...
Página 124 - In Venice Tasso's echoes are no more, And silent rows the songless gondolier; Her palaces are crumbling to the shore, And music meets not always now the ear: Those days are gone — but Beauty still is here. States fall, arts fade — but Nature doth not die, Nor yet forget how Venice once was dear, The pleasant place of all festivity, The revel of the earth, the masque of Italy!
Página 124 - STOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs; A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from out the wave her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand : A thousand years their cloudy wings expand Around me. and a dying Glory smiles O'er the far times when many a subject land Looked to the winged Lion's marble piles, Where Venice sate in state, throned on her hundred isles ! II.
Página 82 - 1 sen, ma nel suo verde ancora Verginella s'asconde e vergognosa; O più tosto parei, che mortai cosa Non s'assomiglia a te, celeste aurora Che le campagne imperla ei monti indora Lucida in ciel sereno e rugiadosa.