 | John Chetwode Eustace - Italy - 1815 - 532 pages
...which they were originally destined. But independent even of this advantage, and stripped as it is of almost all its moveable ornaments, Pompeii possesses...with veneration ; but to discover a single ancient bouse, the abode of a Roman in his privacy, the scene of his domestic hours, was an object of fond,... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1827 - 410 pages
...soul. In other times and in other places, one single edifice, a temple, a theatre, a tomb, that has escaped the wreck of ages, would have enchanted us...of fond but hopeless longing. Here, not a temple, not a theatre, nor a house, but a whole city rises before us untouched, unaltered, the very same as... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - Conduct of life - 1827 - 404 pages
...soul. In other times and in other places, one single edifice, a temple, a theatre, a tomb, that has escaped the wreck of ages, would have enchanted us...of fond but hopeless longing. Here, not a temple, not a theatre, nor a house, but a whole city rises before us untouched, unaltered, the very same as... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1827 - 404 pages
...soul. In other times and in other places, one single edifice, a temple, a theatre, a tomb, that has escaped the wreck of ages, would have enchanted us;...of fond but hopeless longing. Here, not a temple, not a theatre, nor a house, but a whole city rises before us untouched, unaltered, the very same as... | |
 | John Lemprière - Classical dictionaries - 1833 - 822 pages
...temple, a theatre, a tomb, that had escaped the wreck of ages, would have enchanted us; nay, an arch, toe remnant of a wall, even one solitary column, was beheld...discover a single ancient house, the abode of a Roman in hi« privacy, the scene of his domestic hours, was an object of fond, but hopeless longing. Here, not... | |
 | 1835 - 430 pages
...Pompeii," says Eustace, in his Classical Tour, " possesses a secret power that captivates and fixes, I had almost said, melts the soul. In other times...abode of a Roman in his privacy, the scene of his domestick hours, was an object of fond but hopeless longing. Here, not a temple, nor a theatre, nor... | |
 | 1835 - 430 pages
...Pompeii," says Eustace, in his Classical Tour, " possesses a secret power that captivates and fixes, ĩ Z dornestick hours, was an object of fond but hopeless longing. Here, not a temple, nor a theatre, nor... | |
 | John Lemprière - Classical dictionaries - 1838 - 818 pages
...in 1748 ; consequently long after the time ot'Cluverius." Cram. " In other times," says Eustace, " and in other places, one single edifice, a temple,...the abode of a Roman in his privacy, the scene of h is domestic hours, was an object of fond, but hopeless longing. Here, not a temple, nor a theatre,... | |
 | John Lemprière - Classical dictionaries - 1839 - 810 pages
...time of Cluverius." Cram. " In other times," savs Eustace, " and in other places, one single eififice, a temple, a theatre, a tomb, that had escaped the...a Roman in his privacy, the scene of his domestic hours.was an object of fond, but hopeless longing. Here, not a temple, nor a theatre, nor a column,... | |
 | John Lemprière - Classical dictionaries - 1839 - 814 pages
...discovered in 1748; consequently long alter the time of Cluvefius." Cram. " In other times," says Eustace, " and in other places, one single edifice, a temple,...even one solitary column, was beheld with veneration j but to discover a single ancient house, the abode of a Roman in his privacy, the scene of his domestic... | |
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In other times, and in other places, one single edifice — a temple, a theatre, a tomb, that had escaped the wreck of ages — would have enchanted us ; nay, an arch, the remnant of a wall, even one solitary column, was beheld with veneration: but to... 
