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... Architecture . For me , a layman , to lecture on the subject of your daily occupation would be as impertinent as was the act of the rhetorician who descanted on the art of war in the presence of Hannibal , the Carthaginian general ...
... Architecture . For me , a layman , to lecture on the subject of your daily occupation would be as impertinent as was the act of the rhetorician who descanted on the art of war in the presence of Hannibal , the Carthaginian general ...
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... architecture in its most ponderous and durable forms - so in Greece the genius and character of the people presented it in a different aspect . There , while liberty of thought was unfettered , while the poetic fire pervaded society ...
... architecture in its most ponderous and durable forms - so in Greece the genius and character of the people presented it in a different aspect . There , while liberty of thought was unfettered , while the poetic fire pervaded society ...
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... architectural achievement of the 6th century . The 1st Basilica of Sta . Sophia was erected by the Emperor Constantine , A.D. 326 , after he had removed the seat of government from Rome to Byzantium , and given that city the name of ...
... architectural achievement of the 6th century . The 1st Basilica of Sta . Sophia was erected by the Emperor Constantine , A.D. 326 , after he had removed the seat of government from Rome to Byzantium , and given that city the name of ...
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... architectural attractions to relieve the monotony . In the hall are two objects which arrest the attention of the traveller . One , the monument of the Roman historian Livy - who was born in the town , and lived at the time of Augustus ...
... architectural attractions to relieve the monotony . In the hall are two objects which arrest the attention of the traveller . One , the monument of the Roman historian Livy - who was born in the town , and lived at the time of Augustus ...
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... Architecture , your attention may be called to other causes which operated in another direction with even more striking results . The remarkable increase of the temporal power of the Pope , and the vigorous development of the chief ...
... Architecture , your attention may be called to other causes which operated in another direction with even more striking results . The remarkable increase of the temporal power of the Pope , and the vigorous development of the chief ...
Términos y frases comunes
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Página 24 - And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
Página 27 - With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light. There let the pealing organ blow To the full-voiced quire below In service high and anthems clear As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all Heaven before mine eyes.
Página 41 - Or of the Eternal coeternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate.
Página 9 - Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words, and turn to the Lord : say unto him, "Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
Página 42 - Harmonious numbers; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note...
Página 30 - Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets com'ing down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy: and the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.
Página 43 - The Sun to me is dark And silent as the Moon When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. Since light so necessary is to life, And almost life itself, if it be true That light is in the soul, She all in every part, why was the sight To such a tender ball as...
Página 14 - And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge, With Ate" by his side come hot from hell , Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice Cry "Havoc," and let slip the dogs of war; That this foul deed shall smell above the earth With carrion men , groaning for burial.
Página 14 - Hell heard the unsufferable noise ; hell saw Heaven ruining from heaven, and would have fled Affrighted : but strict Fate had cast too deep Her dark foundations, and too fast had bound.
Página 41 - Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital lamp; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn; So thick a drop serene hath quench'd their orbs, Or dim suffusion veil'd.