| Emma Willard - 1822 - 102 pages
...them, libraries, rooms for refreshments anjr^alls for exercise, places of amusement and even tempjelr The baths of Dioclesian cover a great extent of ground,...ornaments corresponded to the grandeur of the buildings. palace of the Caesars. On the other, is the triumphal column of Trajan, towering to the height of 120... | |
| Richard Hopkins Ryland - 1824 - 460 pages
...of some feet beneath the bed of the river at this place. The Little Island is about three quarters of a mile in length and nearly the same in breadth, and contains one hundred and eighty acres. This delightful spot is well situated, and commands a fine view... | |
| William Channing Woodbridge - 1827 - 494 pages
...brass, still remain in their original state. The baths, of Dioclesian and Caracalla furnish, poblé specimens of the grandeur and extent of such edifices...the buildings. The mausoleum of- Adrian forms the modem castle of St. Angelo, and the tomb of Augustus is so capacious that it is used as a theatre.... | |
| William Channing Woodbridge - 1827 - 496 pages
...single hall now forms a church of conswet , size. The baths of Caracalla occupied a square of a <lua "fV a mile in length and nearly the same in breadth, and its & surpass most modern churches in loftiness and size. . O cimens of statuary found in these ruins are... | |
| William Channing Woodbridge - 1829 - 494 pages
...not only baths and an immense basin for swimming, but around them, libraries, rooms for refreshments, halls for exercise, places of amusement and even temples....that the elegance of these ornaments corresponded with the grandeur of the buildings. The mausoleum of Adrian forms the modern castle of St. Angelo,... | |
| William Fox - 1851 - 678 pages
...bay called Susan's Bay, and on the S. are the mountains already mentioned. It extends ahout one-third of a mile in length, and nearly the same in breadth, and contains about seventy or eighty acres. The number of houses amounts to between three and four hundred... | |
| Claude George - 1904 - 488 pages
...called Susan's Bay, and on the south are the mountains already mentioned. It extends about one-third of a mile in length and nearly the same in breadth, and contains about seventy or eighty acres. " The number of houses amounted to between three and four hundred,... | |
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