 | 1837 - 602 pages
...that the later Medici have given her, but, thanks to the piety of former times, presenting almost as varied an outline to the sky. One man, the wonder...emblem of the Catholic hierarchy under its supreme head ; Hke Rome itself, imposing, unbroken, unchangeable, radiating in equal expansion to every part of... | |
 | 1837 - 612 pages
...that the later Medici have given her, but, thanks to the piety of former times, presenting almost as varied an outline to the sky. One man, the wonder of Cosmo's age, Brunclleschi, had crowned the beautiful city with the vast dome of its cathedral ; a structure unthought... | |
 | John Edmund Reade - 1838 - 584 pages
...shadow nursed : The Campanile — the most airy, fairy structure that ever rose from earth to heaven. One man, the wonder of Cosmo's age, Brunelleschi,...structure unthought of in Italy before, and rarely surpassed. It stood amidst clustering towers of inferior churches, an emblem of the Catholic hierarchy... | |
 | 1838 - 762 pages
...thai the later Medici have given her, but, thanks to the piety of former times, presenting almost as varied an outline to the sky. One man, the wonder of Cosmo's age, Brunelleschi, had crowped the beautiful city with the vast dome of its cathedral ; a structure unthought of in Italy... | |
 | Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell - 1839 - 522 pages
...that the later Medici have given her, but, thanks to the piety of former times, presenting almost as varied an outline to the sky. One man, the wonder of Cosmo's age, Bmnelleschi, had crowned the beautiful city with the vast dome of its cathedral; a structure unthought... | |
 | 1840 - 1176 pages
...given her, but, thanks to the piety of former times, presenting almost as varied an outline to the sty. One man, the wonder of Cosmo's age, Brunelleschi,...rarely since surpassed. It seemed, amidst clustering lowers of inferior churches, an emblem of the Catholic hierarchy under its supreme head; like Rome... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1841 - 600 pages
...which the later Medici hare given her, but, thanks to the piety of former times, presenting almost as varied an outline to the sky. One man, the wonder...rarely since surpassed. It seemed, amidst clustering lovers of inferior churches, an emblem of the Catholic hierarchy under its supreme head; like Rome... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1842 - 428 pages
...that the later Medici have given her, but, thanks to the piety of former times, presenting almost as varied an outline to the sky. One man, the wonder...with the vast dome of its Cathedral ; a structure nnthought of in Italy before, and rarely since surpassed. It seemed, amid clustering towers of inferior... | |
 | sir Francis Palgrave - 1847 - 690 pages
...former times, presenting "almost as varied an outline to the " sky. One man, the wonder of Cos" mo's age, Brunelleschi, had crowned *' the beautiful city...with the vast dome " of its cathedral, a structure un" thought of in Italy before, and " rarely since surpassed. It seemed, *' amidst clustering towers... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1847 - 524 pages
...its Cathedral ; a structure unthought of in Italy before, and rarely since surpassed. It seemed, amid clustering towers of inferior churches, an emblem of the Catholic hierarchy under its | supremo head; like Rome itself, imposing, unbroken, unchangeable, radiating in equal expansion to... | |
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... philosopher and the statesman. Florence lay beneath them, not with all the magnificence that the later Medici have given her, but, thanks to the piety of former times, presenting almost as varied an outline to the sky. One man, the wonder of Cosmo's... 
