 | 1907 - 584 pages
...high ; the whole is fenced in by a wall, covered by box, rising by different ranges to the top. At the centre of the portico stands a square edifice...fountain •* rises, from whence the water, running over into a marble basin, gently refreshes the surrounding plane trees and the verdure beneath them.' A... | |
 | Romans - Rome - 1821 - 366 pages
...parts of the house which project forward, together with the woods enclosing the adjacent Hippodrome.* Opposite almost to the centre of the portico, stands...This apartment consists of a bed-chamber, secured 1 The " Hippodrome " was, in its proper signification, a place among the Grecians set apart for chariot-racing,... | |
 | Rome - 1821 - 376 pages
...parts of the house which project forward, together with the woods enclosing the adjacent Hippodrome.* Opposite almost to the centre of the portico, stands...This apartment consists of a bed-chamber, secured •" The "Hippodrome" was, in its proper signification, a place among the Grecians set apart for chariot-racing,... | |
 | Rome - 1823 - 298 pages
...Hippeiiron:f, see fir. Hill's 'E?sniiscn Ancient Greecn poriico, stands a square edifice. vrhich cncompassfs a small area, shaded by four plane-trees, in the midst...whence the water, running over the edges of a marble basin. gently refreshes the surrounding plane-trees, and the verdure underneath them. This apartment... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Rome - 1828 - 360 pages
...country, from whence also you have a view of the terrace, and such parts of the house as project forwards. Opposite almost to the centre of the portico, stands...edifice, which encompasses a small area, shaded by four plane trees, in the midst of which a fountain rises, from whence the water, running over the edges... | |
 | Periodicals - 1841 - 276 pages
...house which project forward, together with the Woods inclosing the adjacent hippodrome. Almost opposite to the centre of the portico, stands a square edifice, which encompasses a small area, shaded by four plane trees, in the midst of which a fountain rises, from whence the water, running over the edges... | |
 | Thomas Ewbank - Hydraulic machinery - 1842 - 608 pages
...terrace, and opposite the centre of the portico there was a small area shaded by four plane trees, " in the midst of which a fountain rises, from whence the water running over the edges of a marble basin, gently refreshes the surrounding plane trees and the verdure underneath them." In the same vicinity... | |
 | Thomas Ewbank - Fire engines - 1842 - 612 pages
...terrace, and opposite the centre of the portico there was a small area shaded by four plane trees, " in the midst of which a fountain rises, from whence the water running over the edges of a marble basin, gently refreshes the surrounding plane trees and the verdure underneath them." In the same vicinity... | |
 | 1843 - 600 pages
...terrace, and opposite the centre of the portico there was a small area shaded by four plane trees, " in the midst of which a fountain rises, from whence the water running over the edges of a marble basin, genily refreshes the surrounding plane trees and the verdure underneath them." In the same vicinity... | |
 | Thomas Ewbank - Pumping machinery - 1851 - 646 pages
...terrace, and opposite the centre of the portico there was a small area shaded by four plane trees, " in the midst of which a fountain rises, from whence the water running over the edges of a marble basin, gently refreshes the surrounding plane trees and the verdure underneath them." In the same vicinity... | |
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... extensive prospect over the meadows up into the country, from whence you also have a view of the terrace and such parts of the house which project forward, together with the woods enclosing the adjacent hippodrome. Opposite almost to the centre of... 
