The Continental Tourist, Views of Cities and Scenery in Italy, France, and Switzerland, from Original Drawings by S. Prout and J.D. Harding, with Descriptions in Engl. by T. Roscoe and in Fr. by A. Sosson
The Continental Tourist, Views of Cities and Scenery in Italy, France, and Switzerland, from Original Drawings by S. Prout and J.D. Harding, with Descriptions in Engl. by T. Roscoe and in Fr. by A. Sosson
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1849 Excerpt: ...breaks in the wood, which in favourable circumstances are not unworthy the pencil of the artist "Cui nomen asilo Romanum est, oestron Graii vertere vocantes." Vxrgile. Le roi de Naples etablit un rendez-vous de chasse, au fond du bois touffu qui croit si abondamment autour de Persano. Ub domaine spacieux de trente ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1849 Excerpt: ...breaks in the wood, which in favourable circumstances are not unworthy the pencil of the artist "Cui nomen asilo Romanum est, oestron Graii vertere vocantes." Vxrgile. Le roi de Naples etablit un rendez-vous de chasse, au fond du bois touffu qui croit si abondamment autour de Persano. Ub domaine spacieux de trente milles d'etendue, tres bien boise, offre une retraite abondante au gibier de toute espece. Le palais n'a, en lui-meme, rien de tres remarquable. Les trophees du roi Ferdinand et de ses sylvestres compagnons, sont visibles partout, sous la forme de tetes de cerfs et de defenses de sangliers, chacun portent le nom des heros dont les prouesses en firent partie du butin. Les bois de la chasse offrent une carriere a differentes excursions agreables. Ils sont entrecoupes par un large sentier de plusieurs milles de longueur, et bordes par de petits ruisseaux. On trouve dans le bois un grand nombre de trouees, qui dans des circonstances favorables offrent des scenes qui ne sont pas indignes du pinceau de l'artiste. THE BRIDGE OF AUGUSTUS--NARNI. ITALY. "Sed jam parce mihi, nec abutere, Narnia Quinto." Martial. No tourist who regards wild and picturesque beauties should neglect to visit Narni. The stream which flows through its pleasant valley, and the olive plantations which shade the mount on which it stands, with the deep secluded quiet of the spot, have something peculiarly striking in them, which requires not the additional attractions of an antiquarian character, to draw his footsteps nearer to its site. The noble bridge of Narni is generally believed to have been built by the directions of the Emperor Augustus; but all that ti...
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