after an absence of ten years, and do not recognise it, so new does all appear to me to be : monuments, streets, piazzas, fountains, aqueducts, obelisks, and other wonders, all the work of Sixtus V. .... If I were a poet I would say that to the imperious... The Life and Times of Sixtus the Fifth - Seite 136von Alexander Graf von Hübner - 1872Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Joseph Alexander graf von Hübner - 1872 - 430 Seiten
...that the latter owes to Fontana a great portion of the prestige which surrounded him. ' I am in Eome,' writes, shortly after the Pope's death, the witty...half-buried and gigantic body which spreads over the Latin Campagna have replied — that, thanks to the power of that fervent and exuberant spirit, a new Eome... | |
| 1872 - 832 Seiten
...during the residence of the Popes at Avignon. " I am in Rome," writes, shortly after the Pope's death, Padre Don Angelo Grillo, " after an absence of ten...of that magnanimous Pope, the wakened limbs of that half buried and gigantic body which spreads over the Latin Caropagna, have replied, That, thanks to... | |
| Patrick Francis Moran - 1890 - 318 Seiten
...aqueducts, obelisks and other wonders, all the work of Sixtus V. If I were a poet, I would say that at the imperious sound of the trumpet of that magnanimous...halfburied and gigantic body which spreads over the Latin Campagna had been summoned to life, and that, thanks to the power of his fervent and exuberant spirit,... | |
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