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Page 544 - fell upon the stranger, and beat him so unmercifully that he was compelled to take wing, and with some difficulty got away. About four months afterward, however, he returned to the poultry-yard, recovered of his wounds, and attended by three other storks, who no sooner alighted than they fell upon
Page 472 - There are three entrances for the actors, all in front; and behind the stage were the dressing rooms. This Theatre is built on the side of a hill, according to the custom of the Greeks: and on the top of this hill was an extensive portico (the Columns of which
Page 92 - the ancient crown of the Lombard Kings, commonly called " The iron crown," because its inside is lined with some of that metal, said to be composed of the nails with which our Saviour was fastened to the cross. The outside of this diadem is gold, studded with precious stones
Page 88 - steps, leads to the top of the cathedral; and it is impossible to form a just idea of the exterior decorations of this immense and venerable marble pile, without ascending to its roofs; where alone the fret-work, carving, and sculpture, can be viewed to advantage. The three finished sides of the exterior walls are covered with
Page 522 - person who happens to be above five feet high must absolutely sit up all night, supported by pillows; and this is, in fact, the way in which the Germans sleep. With respect to provisions, we found no cause for complaint; meat, bread, and wine, (somewhat like
Page 544 - was brought by a farmer into his poultry-yard, to be the companion of a tame one he had long kept there; but the tame stork, disliking the idea of a rival, fell upon the stranger, and beat him so unmercifully that he was
Page 444 - is a chapel; in the centre are two large funnels cut through the roof to admit light and air; and suspended over the road are lamps always kept burning. The length of the Grotto is computed to be two thousand three hundred and sixteen feet, its breadth twenty-two, and its height
Page 401 - from the Mother of the girl. My acquaintance, surprised at this behaviour, asked the mother why she acted so imprudently?—" Your daughter" (continued he) " is wholly unprovided for; surely, then, you ought to rejoice in an opportunity of uniting her to a rich and worthy man." " Rejoice in uniting her to a Foreigner—a Barbarian!
Page 440 - other display no such propensities: and what seems to indicate a good disposition is, that they all may be governed by kind words; while a contrary language never fails to frustrate its own purpose. Gentlemen of the church, law, and army, are tolerably well educated: and in this middle rank may
Page 409 - Travellers to prefer Rome, even in her present mutilated state, to all the gaiety of Naples. This latter city is so ancient that it seems scarcely possible to pierce through the clouds of obscurity which envelop its origin: Tradition, however, reports that it was founded by an Argonaut, thirteen hundred years before the Christian