 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1865 - 476 pages
...Image of Rome itself; decayed, vacant, serious, yet grand ; half-gray and half-green ; erect on onc side and fallen on the other with consecrated ground...bosom ; inhabited by a beadsman ; visited by every caste ; for moralists, antiquaries, painters, architects, devotees, all meet here to meditate, to examinc,... | |
 | John Talwin Shewell - 1870 - 480 pages
...and streaming arena, to a luxurious supper. Such reflections check our regret for its ruin. As it now stands, the Coliseum is a striking image of Rome itself:...bosom ; inhabited by a beadsman ; visited by every caste : for moralists, antiquarians, painters, architects, devotees, all meet here to meditate, to... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1871 - 468 pages
...is a striking imago of Eome itself; decayed, vacant, serious, yet grand; half-gray and half-green ; erect on one side and fallen on the other, with consecrated...bosom; inhabited by a beadsman ; visited by every caste; for moralists, antiquaries, painters, architects, devotees, all meet here to meditate, to examine,... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1874 - 468 pages
...and streaming arena to a luxurious supper ! Such reflections check our regret for its ruin. As it now stands, the Coliseum is a striking image of Rome itself; decayed, vacant, serious, yet grand ; half-gray and half-green ; erect on one side and fallen on the other, with consecrated ground in... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1875 - 468 pages
...and streaming arena to a luxurious supper 1 Such reflections check our regret for its ruin. As it now stands, the Coliseum is a striking image of Rome itself; decayed, vacant, serious, yet grand ; half-gray and half-green ; erect on one Bide and fallen on the other, with consecrated ground in... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1881 - 590 pages
...itself, — decayed, — vacant, — serious, — vet grand, — half gray and half green, — exact on one side and fallen on the other, — with consecrated...antiquaries, painters, architects, devotees, all meet here to med itate, to examine, to draw, to measure, and to pray.' How beautiful and picturesque is his account... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1881 - 592 pages
...itself, — decayed, — vacant, — serious, — yet grand, — half gray and half green, — exact on one side and fallen on the other, — with consecrated...a beadsman ; visited by every cast; for moralists mtiquaries, painters, architects, devotees, all meet here to med tote, to examine, to draw, to measure,... | |
 | William Adolphus Wheeler - 1881 - 600 pages
...from a colossal statue which stood near it. See COLOSSEUM. ftjj" "As it now stands, tlu' Coinsscum is a striking image of Rome itself, decayed, vacant, serious, yet grand, halt' gray and half green, exact on one side anil fallen on the other, with conBecitited ground in... | |
 | William Adolphus Wheeler - 1882 - 608 pages
...called from a colossal statue which stood near it. See COLOSSEUM. fly " As It now stands, the Colosseum is a striking image of Rome itself, decayed, vacant, serious, yet grand, half gray and half green, exact on one side and fallen on the other, with consecrated ground In its bosom,... | |
 | Rev. Robert Hood - 1882 - 102 pages
...Rome shall fall, And when Rome falls, with it shall fall the world." " As it now stands, the Colosseum is a striking image of Rome itself — decayed, vacant, serious, yet grand ; halfgrey and half-green ; erect on one side and fallen on the other ; with consecrated ground in... | |
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Such reflections check our regret for its ruin. As it now stands, the Coliseum is a striking image of Rome itself — decayed, vacant, serious, yet grand... 
