Letters from Europe: During a Tour Through Switzerland and Italy, in the Years 1801 and 1802, Bind 1author, 1805 |
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Side 193
... Egyptian Obelisk , cover- ed with hieroglyphics , terminates with two Churches , of Grecian Architecture , between which opens the Corso , a fine street of a mile in length , leading di- rectly to the ascent of the Capitol , while two ...
... Egyptian Obelisk , cover- ed with hieroglyphics , terminates with two Churches , of Grecian Architecture , between which opens the Corso , a fine street of a mile in length , leading di- rectly to the ascent of the Capitol , while two ...
Side 199
... Egyptian Obelisk of a single piece of red granite - originally brought from Heliopolis , by the Emperor Caligula , occupies the centre of the Outer Court . It is eighty - five feet high , and nine feet square at the base ; and on either ...
... Egyptian Obelisk of a single piece of red granite - originally brought from Heliopolis , by the Emperor Caligula , occupies the centre of the Outer Court . It is eighty - five feet high , and nine feet square at the base ; and on either ...
Side 273
... Egyptian papyrus , and the ceil- ing is painted in fresco by Mengs , the last Painter of original genius that was born or patronised , in Italy . He has here depicted a beautiful allegory of His- tory , writing her memorandums upon the ...
... Egyptian papyrus , and the ceil- ing is painted in fresco by Mengs , the last Painter of original genius that was born or patronised , in Italy . He has here depicted a beautiful allegory of His- tory , writing her memorandums upon the ...
Side 284
... Egyptian Caryatides of the same imperishable material , twelve feet in height . They stand upon pedestals , and bear vases upon their heads , or ra- ther ther upon an entablature , the frieze of which is 284 AMERICAN LETTERS.
... Egyptian Caryatides of the same imperishable material , twelve feet in height . They stand upon pedestals , and bear vases upon their heads , or ra- ther ther upon an entablature , the frieze of which is 284 AMERICAN LETTERS.
Side 286
... Egyptian Idols of the rarest marbles . But before you advance , an iron gate invites you to peep into a lesser Rotunda , still more richly decorated than the for- mer mer and ennobled by a view of the Dome of 286 AMERICAN LETTERS.
... Egyptian Idols of the rarest marbles . But before you advance , an iron gate invites you to peep into a lesser Rotunda , still more richly decorated than the for- mer mer and ennobled by a view of the Dome of 286 AMERICAN LETTERS.
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Æneid Altar ancient Antiquity Apartments Appian Arcades Arch ascend Baiocc Bas Reliefs Baths of Caracalla Baths of Titus beautiful bronze Cæsars Cardinal Ceiling celebrated ceremony Chamber Chapel Christ Christian Church Coach Colonnade Columns Corridor Court cross descend Dome Domenichino door Edifice Egyptian elevation Emperor Entablature erected exhibits feet diameter fifty feet French Gallery gate Guercino Hall hand head Holy hundred feet Imperial inscriptions Italian Italy Julius Cæsar kneeling lake Lodges Madonna magnificent ment Michael Angelo miles modern mosaic mountain Nave Obelisk ornamented painted Painter Palace Papal Paul pavement Peter's Pietro da Cortona Pius Pius VI Pontifical Pope Portico Priest Prince Raphael richly Roman Rome Rotunda Saint Scipio Sculpture seen side Sixtus square Stair-case Statues stone Story streets sublimity supported surrounded Switzerland Temple ther thousand tion tomb town twenty Tyber Unterwalden vault venerable Villa Adriana village Virgin walls Zurich
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Side 173 - For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
Side 435 - 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.
Side 138 - Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Side 349 - And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost' and altogetherv such as I am, except these bonds.
Side 212 - A woman clothed with the sun, having the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
Side ii - District, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " THE CHILD'S BOTANY," In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, " An act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned...
Side 208 - Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona ; for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. And I say also unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Side ii - RILEY, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words and figures following, to wit : " Collections of the New-York Historical Society. For the year 1809. Volume I. Esti nen prosunt singula, juncta juvent...
Side 231 - He did not teach the doctrine of a temporary sleep in the grave, but said to the penitent thief on the cross, " This day shalt thou be with me in Paradise:" instantly upon leaving the body their souls would be together in the stote of the blessed.
Side 93 - Who builds a church to God, and not to Fame, Will never mark the marble with his name...