The Tiber and Its TributariesLongmans, Green, and Company, 1877 - 221 pàgines |
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Pàgina vii
... regard to Natural phenomena and their causes , current among the ignorant and superstitious Italians , are adopted without hesitation , and given to the world as if they were undoubted truths . In order , therefore , to supplement these ...
... regard to Natural phenomena and their causes , current among the ignorant and superstitious Italians , are adopted without hesitation , and given to the world as if they were undoubted truths . In order , therefore , to supplement these ...
Pàgina ix
... superstitions of the Romans with regard to the Tiber belong to what may be called the Archæology of the Roman mind , and the river may be regarded as a ruin in a certain sense . As a man is said to be ruined Introduction.
... superstitions of the Romans with regard to the Tiber belong to what may be called the Archæology of the Roman mind , and the river may be regarded as a ruin in a certain sense . As a man is said to be ruined Introduction.
Pàgina 27
... regard to the Tiber , he styles the river " perennis , " which is true ; for , unlike the Arno , it flows with a full and strong current , even in the heats of summer . But , at the same time , he strangely describes it as 66 equabilis ...
... regard to the Tiber , he styles the river " perennis , " which is true ; for , unlike the Arno , it flows with a full and strong current , even in the heats of summer . But , at the same time , he strangely describes it as 66 equabilis ...
Pàgina 67
... regard to the weather which preceded the inun- dation , and the testimony of many of these writers to the absence of rain , and , as far as we can gather , of wind . Muratori , we have seen , speaks of violent rains during several ...
... regard to the weather which preceded the inun- dation , and the testimony of many of these writers to the absence of rain , and , as far as we can gather , of wind . Muratori , we have seen , speaks of violent rains during several ...
Pàgina 75
... regard to Sixtus V. and the Tiber by the author Bonini : " Sixtus V. the most imperturbable of Pontiffs , and the scourge of wicked men and assassins , could not fail to have an opportunity of seeing an inundation PIUS V. AND THE TIBER .
... regard to Sixtus V. and the Tiber by the author Bonini : " Sixtus V. the most imperturbable of Pontiffs , and the scourge of wicked men and assassins , could not fail to have an opportunity of seeing an inundation PIUS V. AND THE TIBER .
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