 | Charlotte Anne Eaton - 1820 - 410 страници
...here they are concentered in the treasury of the fine arts, the temple of taste, the consecrated seat of the muses ! — You think I rave : But it is not...whether it is not enough to turn wiser heads than mine. [ had heard from my cradle of St Peter's : It had been my imaginary standard of all that was greatest... | |
 | 1827 - 500 страници
...and revel among this inexhaustible store of treasures, intoxicated with the sight — as a miser, ou the sudden acquisition of unexpected wealth, at first...almost ready to ask myself, if it is not all a dream ? " vol. i. pp. 113, 114. t The following description of the Apollo Belvidere, though highly wrought,... | |
 | 1827 - 496 страници
...extent, and prodigality of magnificence,—but, above all, its amazing treasures of sculpture,—have so confused my senses, that I can scarcely believe...almost ready to ask myself, if it is not all a dream?" vol. i. pp. 113, 114. The following description of the Apollo Belvidere, though highly wrought, will... | |
 | Hallifield Cosgayne O'Donnoghue - 1830 - 366 страници
...produce another Vatican ; for its beauty is inimitable, and its treasures unpurchaseable. " Its cielings, richly painted in fresco — its pictured pavements...almost ready to ask myself if it is not all a dream ? " The exterior of the Vatican is not prepossessing. It is a huge collection of odd buildings, curiously... | |
 | 1834 - 476 страници
...polished columns, murmuring fountains, Egyptian granites, Grecian marbles, and oriental alabasters, have so confused my senses, that I can scarcely believe in its reality ; and I am ready to ask myself if it is not all a dream. From my youth I heard of the Vatican ; but I knew... | |
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Its ceilings richly painted in fresco, — its pictured pavements of ancient mosaic, — its magnificent gates of bronze, — its polished columns of ancient porphyry, the splendid spoils of the ruins of Imperial Rome, — its endless accumulation of... 