 | John William Cunliffe - English literature - 1904 - 344 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 old-fashioned gardens, which... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale (Jr.) - Readers - 1904 - 440 pages
...movement, till, upon my looking grave, it desisted, — the best dancer in the country. the twelve Caesars that had been emperors of Rome, till the old marble...wornout hangings, fluttering tapestry, and carved oaken panels with the gilding almost rubbed out, — sometimes in the spacious, old-fashioned gardens, which... | |
 | Charles Lamb - English literature - 1904 - 460 pages
...myself, in gazing upon the old busts of the twelve Caesars, that had been Emperors of Rome, till the 30 old 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 its vast empty rooms, with their worn-out... | |
 | Jeannette Leonard Gilder - Literature - 1905 - 330 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... | |
 | Readers, American - 1905 - 474 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...wornout hangings, fluttering tapestry, and carved oaken panels with the gilding almost rubbed out, — sometimes in the spacious, old-fashioned gardens, which... | |
 | Edward Verrall Lucas - 1906 - 504 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...carved oaken pannels, with the gilding almost rubbed out—sometimes in the spacious old-fashioned gardens, which I had almost to myself, unless when now... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - English literature - 1906 - 844 pages
...by myself, in gazing upon the old busts of the Twelve Osesars, that 105 had been Emperors of Home, till the old marble heads would seem to live again,...how I never could be tired with roaming about that no huge mansion, with its vast empty rooms, with their worn-out hangings, fluttering tapestry, and... | |
 | Brander Matthews - Literary Criticism - 1907 - 410 pages
...Then I told how good she was to all her grand- children, having us to the great house in the holidays, where I in particular used to spend many hours by...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 - English essays - 1907 - 264 pages
...where I in particular used to spend many hours by myself, in gazing upon the old busts of the Caesars,6 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,... | |
 | Martha Hale Shackford, Margaret Judson - English language - 1908 - 496 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 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... 
