 | English literature - 1820
...silk to suit the hangings. From the centre of the ceiling, which exhibited a scene from the Armida of Tasso, decended a silver lamp of Etruscan form;...vases breathed the most delicious perfume. In the mid* die of the apartment stood a small table spread with a collation of fruits, ices, and liqueurs.... | |
 | Ann Ward Radcliffe - 1824
...silver lamp of Etruscan form ; it diffused a blaze of light,that, reflected from large pier-glassses, completely illuminated the saloon. Busts of Horace,...delicious perfume. In the middle of the apartment stood a table, spread with a collation of fruits, ices, and liqueurs. No person appeared. The whole seemed... | |
 | Ann Ward Radcliffe - English fiction - 1825
...hangings. Fi-om t lie centre of the ceiling, which exhihited a scene from the Armida of Tasso, descended a silver lamp of Etruscan form; it diffused a blaze...of Horace, Ovid, Anacreon, Tibullus, and Petronius Arhiter, adorned the recesses, and stands of flowers, placed in Etruscan vases, breathed the most delicious... | |
 | Ann Ward Radcliffe - 1826 - 740 pages
...hangings. From the centre of the ceiling, which exhibited a scene from the Anuida of Tasso, descended a silver lamp of Etruscan form ; it diffused a blaze of light that, re fleeted from large pier glasses, completely illuminated the saloon. Busts of Horace, Ovid, Anacreon,... | |
 | Ann Ward Radcliffe - 1872 - 429 pages
...hangings. From the centre of the ceiling, which exhibited a scene from the AT mida of Tasso, descended, a silver lamp of Etruscan form ; it diffused a blaze...saloon. Busts of Horace, Ovid, Anacreon, Tibullus, and Petroniua Arbiter, adorned the recesses, and stands of flowers, placed in Etruscan vases, breathed... | |
 | Ann Radcliffe - 1877
...hangings. From the centre of the ceiling, which exhibited a scene from the Armida of Tasso, descended a silver lamp of Etruscan form ; it diffused a blaze...illuminated the saloon. Busts of Horace, Ovid, Anacreon, Tibuilus, and Petronius Arbiter adorned the recesses, and stands of flowers, placed in Etruscan vases,... | |
 | Ann Ward Radcliffe - Fiction - 1999 - 397 pages
...hangings. From the centre of the ceiling, which exhibited a scene from the Armida of Tasso,* descended a silver lamp of Etruscan form:* it diffused a blaze...table, spread with a collation of fruits, ices, and liquors.* No person appeared. The whole seemed the works of enchantment, and rather resembled the palace... | |
 | Literary Criticism - 2007 - 256 pages
...hangings: from thè centre of thè ceiling, which exhibited a scene from Armida of Tasso, descended a silver lamp of Etruscan form; it diffused a blaze of light which completely illuminated the saloon. Busts of Horace, Ovid and Anacreon, Tibullus and Petronius... | |
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The walls were painted in fresco, representing scenes from Ovid,* and hung above with silk drawn up in festoons and richly fringed. The sofas were of a silk to suit the hangings. From the centre of the ceiling, which exhibited a scene from the Armida... 