American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 18Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew 1841 |
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... Janiculum you look upon it as upon a map at your feet , and may count its streets and edifices one by one . But in both of these views the ancient city and the modern , the past and the present , are too closely blended ; and while you ...
... Janiculum you look upon it as upon a map at your feet , and may count its streets and edifices one by one . But in both of these views the ancient city and the modern , the past and the present , are too closely blended ; and while you ...
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... Janiculum , whose verdant summit , decked with villas and vineyards , overhangs Rome herself , and like the ivy that once encircled the arches of the Coliseum , forms a screen and a garland for the desolation that lies below . It is ...
... Janiculum , whose verdant summit , decked with villas and vineyards , overhangs Rome herself , and like the ivy that once encircled the arches of the Coliseum , forms a screen and a garland for the desolation that lies below . It is ...
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... Janiculum for its south - western boundary , expands at midway into an ample plain , until the waving line of the mountain again bends inward with a gradual contraction , leaving it girded on every side but one , like the arena of an ...
... Janiculum for its south - western boundary , expands at midway into an ample plain , until the waving line of the mountain again bends inward with a gradual contraction , leaving it girded on every side but one , like the arena of an ...
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... Janiculum is not inferior to the pumice of Lipari . While the formation of the hills upon the left bank of the river is chiefly attributable to the agency of volcanoes and of fresh - water streams , the action of the sea itself is ...
... Janiculum is not inferior to the pumice of Lipari . While the formation of the hills upon the left bank of the river is chiefly attributable to the agency of volcanoes and of fresh - water streams , the action of the sea itself is ...
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Page 253 - The white people had now found our country. Tidings were carried back and more came amongst us. Yet, we did not fear them. We took them to be friends. They called us brothers. We believed them and gave them a larger seat. At length, their numbers had greatly increased. They wanted more land; they wanted our country. Our eyes were opened and our minds became uneasy.
Page 253 - ... come here to enjoy their religion. They asked for a small seat; we took pity on them, granted their request, and they sat down amongst us ; we gave them corn and meat; they gave us poison* in return.
Page 367 - As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth : For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Page 22 - Eurus and Auster, and the dreadful force Of Boreas, that congeals the Cronian waves, Tumultuous enter with dire chilling blasts, Portending agues. Thus a well-fraught ship, Long sail'd secure, or through th...
Page 353 - I was stared at, hooted at, grinned at, chattered at, by monkeys, by paroquets, by cockatoos. I ran into pagodas; and was fixed for centuries at the summit, or in secret rooms; I was the idol; I was the priest; I was worshipped; I was sacrificed.
Page 89 - Landscape Gardening, adapted to North America; with a View to the Improvement of Country Residences. Comprising Historical Notices and general Principles of the Art, Directions for laying out Grounds and arranging Plantations, the Description and Cultivation of Hardy Trees, decorative Accompaniments of the House and Grounds, the formation of Pieces of Artificial Water, Flower Gardens, etc. With Remarks on Rural Architecture.
Page 93 - Having groped his passage to the horizontal part of the den, the most terrifying darkness appeared in front of the dim circle of light afforded by his torch. It was silent as the house of death. None but monsters of the desert had ever before explored this solitary mansion of horror.
Page 254 - You then told us that we were in your hand, and that by closing it you could crush us to nothing, and you demanded from us a great country, as the price of that peace which you had offered us ; — as if our want of strength had destroyed our rights.
Page 255 - Brother: Continue to listen. You say that you are sent to instruct us how to worship the Great Spirit agreeably to his mind; and, if we do not take hold of the religion which you white people teach, we shall be unhappy hereafter.
Page 77 - To meet thee in that hollow vale. And think not much of my delay ; I am already on the way, And follow thee with all the speed Desire can make, or sorrows breed. Each minute is a short degree, And every hour a step towards thee. At night when I betake to rest, Next morn I rise nearer my west Of life, almost by eight hours' sail, Than when sleep breathed his drowsy gale.