The ascent to this edifice (unique in its style of architecture) is through a shady and well-watered grove of elms, abounding with nightingales. You enter first into an oblong court of 150 feet by 90 feet, with a basin of water in the midst, of 100 feet in length, encompassed by a flower border. At each end is a colonnade. Hence you pass into the court of the lions (so called because the fountain in the middle is supported by lions). It is adorned with a colonnade of 140 marble pillars.

This theatre stands on the side of a hill, according to the custom of the Greeks; and on the summit of this hill was an extensive colonnade (already mentioned), destined, perhaps, to shelter the spectators in wet weather, and likewise to serve as a public walk, the view it commands being delightful.

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Page 76 After learning thus much, we presented our new acquaintance with a paul — but to describe the ecstasy this gift produced is impossible. ' Now,' cried she (when a flood of tears had enabled her to speak), 'now I can purchase a corona — now I can go to mass, and petition the Madonna to preserve my kind benefactresses! Appears in 9 books from 1800-1847

Page 253 ... (containing ham-bones and remains of fishes), together with the skeleton of a priest leaning against the wall, and holding in his hand a hatchet. Here also is a Refectory, where the priests were dining at the moment of the eruption which entombed their city ; and where chickens' bones, eggs, and earthen vessels •were discovered : burnt bread was likewise found here ; together with the skeletons of priests who either had not time to make their escape, or felt it a duty not to abandon their goddess.... Appears in 6 books from 1826-1884

Page 21 Memory, toward which flies Fame, at the same time pointing to the Henriade. — The Muses and Graces are surrounding Voltaire ; and seem in the act of carrying his bust to the temple of Memory— the heroes and heroines of the Henriade are standing astonished at his wonderful talents... Appears in 13 books from 1800-1891

Page 31 Alps which human labour has made practicable for heavy waggons and artillery : and, when we contemplate the stupendous height of the Simplon, the numerous and appalling precipices with which it abounds, the impetuous torrents which deluge its sides, and the tremendous avalanches by which its woods are frequently rooted up, and its rocks overthrown, we cannot but acknowledge that men, who, in defiance of obstructions such as these, could form a road exempt even from the appearance of danger, capable... Appears in 6 books from 1826-1845

Page 255 ... knights, in the lower part of the Cavea, and those for plebeians , in the upper part; the Entrance for patricians and knights: the Entrance and Stairs for plebeians; the Gallery round the top of the Theatre , for ladies; which Gallery appears to have been fenced with bars of iron; (as the holes in the marble, and the remains of lead, used for fixing the bars, may still be discovered;) the Stairs of entrance to this Gallery, and the Blocks of Marble projecting from its Wall, so as to support the... Appears in 7 books from 1819-1863

Page 211 ... them. In front of the Chiaja, and extending its whole length, were the gardens of the Villa Reale, laid out with the most exquisite taste, and exhibiting in their walks some of the most splendid specimens of ancient sculpture ; such as the celebrated group of the Toro Farnese, which represents Amphion and Zethus, the sons of Lycus, King of Thebes, tying Dirce by the hair of her head to the horns of a bull. And lastly came the Bay itself, extending, with its broad, glassy, and transparent surface,... Appears in 11 books from 1737-1874

Page 243 ... into the shape of an immense pine. This column was sometimes clearly distinguished ; and at others obscured by ashes : it continued augmenting rapidly in circumference, till at length it began to decline downward ; when, from the quantity of dense matter which composed the column being much heavier than the air, the former, of course, fell to the ground. Torrents of flaming lava, of... Appears in 5 books from 1802-1847

Page 76 One day, as we were walking near Careggi , we observed a girl, apparently about fourteen years of age, watching a flock of goats , and at the same time spinning with great diligence ; her tattered garments bespoke extreme poverty ; but her air was peculiarly dignified, and her countenance so interesting, that we were irresistibly impelled to present her with a few crazie. Appears in 5 books from 1821-1847

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