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Side 8
... walls of Verona . In the neighbourhood of that city , on the steep banks of the rapid Adige , he was opposed by a new army , reinforced in its numbers , and not impaired in its courage : the contest was more obstinate , but the event ...
... walls of Verona . In the neighbourhood of that city , on the steep banks of the rapid Adige , he was opposed by a new army , reinforced in its numbers , and not impaired in its courage : the contest was more obstinate , but the event ...
Side 19
... walls and public edifices . A similar care was extended to the sta- tues of metal or marble of men or animals . The spirit of the horses , which have given a modern name to the Quirinal , was applauded by the Barbarians ( 66 ) ; the ...
... walls and public edifices . A similar care was extended to the sta- tues of metal or marble of men or animals . The spirit of the horses , which have given a modern name to the Quirinal , was applauded by the Barbarians ( 66 ) ; the ...
Side 33
... walls of a city , whose inhabitants , particularly the blue faction , were artfully in- censed against him by the remembrance even of his pious hostili- ties . The emperor and his nephew embraced him as the faithful and worthy champion ...
... walls of a city , whose inhabitants , particularly the blue faction , were artfully in- censed against him by the remembrance even of his pious hostili- ties . The emperor and his nephew embraced him as the faithful and worthy champion ...
Side 64
... walls of the city , consisting of an hexagon mirror of polished brass , with many smaller and movable polygons to receive and reflect the rays of the meridian sun ; and a consuming flame was darted , to the distance , perhaps , of two ...
... walls of the city , consisting of an hexagon mirror of polished brass , with many smaller and movable polygons to receive and reflect the rays of the meridian sun ; and a consuming flame was darted , to the distance , perhaps , of two ...
Side 65
... walls or windows of their con- tiguous houses , he had been vanquished by the eloquence of his neighbour Zeno ; but the orator was defeated in his turn by the master of mechanics , whose malicious , though harmless , stratagems are ...
... walls or windows of their con- tiguous houses , he had been vanquished by the eloquence of his neighbour Zeno ; but the orator was defeated in his turn by the master of mechanics , whose malicious , though harmless , stratagems are ...
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