 | Charles Lamb - 1867 - 582 pages
...hours by myself, in gazing upon the old busts of the twelve Caesars, that had been Emperors of Eome, till the old marble heads would seem to live again,...turned into marble with them; how I never could be tireffwïfh hu¿e manaqp, with its- vast empty rooms, -witb t , out hpngiHgs, fluttering tapes?ry,... | |
 | Golden gift - 1868 - 168 pages
...in particular, used to spend many hours by myself in gazing upon the old busts of the twelve Caesars that had been emperors of Rome, till the old marble...worn-out hangings, fluttering tapestry, and carved oaken panels, with the gilding almost rubbed out — sometimes in the spacious old-fashioned gardens, which... | |
 | Casket - 1873 - 874 pages
...hours by myself in gazing upon the old busts of the twelve Cœsars, that had been emperors of Borne, the billows stiffen, and have rest? Ye ice falls ! ye that from the mountain's brow Ad th(-m; how I never could be tired with roaming atxmt that huge mansion, with its vast •mpty rooms,... | |
 | Frederick A. Laing - English language - 1873 - 262 pages
...in particular, used to spend many hours by myself in gazing upon the old busts of the twelve Caesars that had been emperors of Rome, till the old marble heads would seem to live again, or I be turned into marble with them; how I never could be tired with roaming about that huge mansion, with... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1874 - 220 pages
...particular used to spend many hours by myself, in gazing upon the old busts of the twelve C»sars, that had been Emperors of Rome, till the old marble...worn-out hangings, fluttering tapestry, and carved oaken panels, with the gilding almost rubbed out, — sometimes in the spacious old-fashioned gardens, which... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1875 - 618 pages
...particular used to spend many hours by myself, in gazing upon the old busts of the Twelve Caesars, that had been emperors of Rome, till the old marble...worn-out hangings, fluttering tapestry, and carved oaken panels, with the gilding almost rubbed out — sometimes in the spacious oldfashioned gardens, which... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - Children's poetry, American - 1875 - 322 pages
...particular used to spend many hours by myself, in gazing upon the old busts of the twelve Cassars, that had been Emperors of Rome, till the old marble...worn-out hangings, fluttering tapestry, and carved oaken panels, with the 206 gilding almost rubbed out, — sometimes in the spacious oldfashioned gardens,... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - American literature - 1876 - 860 pages
...in particular, used to spend many hours by myself in gazing upon the old busts of the twelve Caesars that had been emperors of Rome, till the old marble...worn-out hangings, fluttering tapestry, and carved oaken panels, •with the gilding almost rubbed out — sometimes in the spacious old-fashioned gardens,... | |
 | Charles Lamb - English literature - 1876 - 740 pages
...particular used to spend many hours by myself, in gazing upon the old busts of the twelve Caesars, that had been Emperors of Rome, till the old marble heads would seem !o live again, or I to be turned into marble with them ; how T could never be tired with roaming about... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1877 - 104 pages
...marble heads would seem to live again, or I to be turned into marble with them ; how I could never be tired with roaming about that huge mansion, with...worn-out hangings, fluttering tapestry, and carved oaken panels, with the gilding almost rubbed out, — sometimes in the spacious old-fashioned gardens, which... | |
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I in particular used to spend many hours by myself in gazing upon the old busts of the twelve Caesars, that had been Emperors of Rome, till the old marble heads would seem to live again, or I to be turned into marble with them... 
