The Tiber and Its TributariesLongmans, Green, and Company, 1877 - 221 pàgines |
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Pàgina vi
... thought to the reflecting , so , notwithstanding the indifference with which the Tiber is regarded in general , it is hoped that some amusement and instruction may be gathered by the inquiring from its natural history and associations ...
... thought to the reflecting , so , notwithstanding the indifference with which the Tiber is regarded in general , it is hoped that some amusement and instruction may be gathered by the inquiring from its natural history and associations ...
Pàgina vii
... thought would interest at once the classical scholar and the lover of Nature . A river , also , has the advantage of being more unchangeable than any of those objects to which Roman artists and archæologists confine their b2 PREFACE . vii.
... thought would interest at once the classical scholar and the lover of Nature . A river , also , has the advantage of being more unchangeable than any of those objects to which Roman artists and archæologists confine their b2 PREFACE . vii.
Pàgina xi
... thoughts which crowded on the mind of Goethe's " Werter , " when he gazed upon a stream which had traversed some country far away , perhaps , but renowned in history , romance , or song ; and though I cannot enter into all the feelings ...
... thoughts which crowded on the mind of Goethe's " Werter , " when he gazed upon a stream which had traversed some country far away , perhaps , but renowned in history , romance , or song ; and though I cannot enter into all the feelings ...
Pàgina 1
... thought by many to outweigh its advantages as a navigable river , and even to leave a balance of mischief to its account . Far different were the feelings with which the Tiber was regarded by the Romans in classical times . Rivers among ...
... thought by many to outweigh its advantages as a navigable river , and even to leave a balance of mischief to its account . Far different were the feelings with which the Tiber was regarded by the Romans in classical times . Rivers among ...
Pàgina 5
... thoughts the power and opulence of regal Rome . At that time the river was but a subordinate feature in the scene , lost , as it were , in the crowd of its accessories , and forming , like the Roman " girl of the period , " described by ...
... thoughts the power and opulence of regal Rome . At that time the river was but a subordinate feature in the scene , lost , as it were , in the crowd of its accessories , and forming , like the Roman " girl of the period , " described by ...
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