Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber: Or, The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge |
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... amid which . national declension , unsus- pected often by the nation itself , takes its rise . The destiny of modern Europe was sealed so long ago as A. D. 606 , when the Bishop of Rome was made head of the universal Church by the edict ...
... amid which . national declension , unsus- pected often by the nation itself , takes its rise . The destiny of modern Europe was sealed so long ago as A. D. 606 , when the Bishop of Rome was made head of the universal Church by the edict ...
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... amid crags and pine - forests from the icy summits . You shall enter , with pilgrim feet , the gates of proud capitals , where puissant kings once reigned , but have passed away , and have left no memo- rial on earth , save a handful of ...
... amid crags and pine - forests from the icy summits . You shall enter , with pilgrim feet , the gates of proud capitals , where puissant kings once reigned , but have passed away , and have left no memo- rial on earth , save a handful of ...
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... amid the marble glories of the palace that rises proudly in its neighbourhood . You shall go with me , at the hour of vespers , to aisled cathedrals , which were ages a - building , and the erec- tion of which swallowed up the revenues ...
... amid the marble glories of the palace that rises proudly in its neighbourhood . You shall go with me , at the hour of vespers , to aisled cathedrals , which were ages a - building , and the erec- tion of which swallowed up the revenues ...
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... amid the powers , dominions , and royalties of the universe . The night wore on without any noticeable event , or any special interruption , save what was occasioned necessarily by our arrival at the several stages , and the changes ...
... amid the powers , dominions , and royalties of the universe . The night wore on without any noticeable event , or any special interruption , save what was occasioned necessarily by our arrival at the several stages , and the changes ...
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... amid foliage and ruins , sits Cham- berry , the capital of Savoy . At Chamberry our route underwent a change . Beauty now gave place to grandeur ; but still a grandeur blended with scenes of exquisite loveliness . These I cannot stay to ...
... amid foliage and ruins , sits Cham- berry , the capital of Savoy . At Chamberry our route underwent a change . Beauty now gave place to grandeur ; but still a grandeur blended with scenes of exquisite loveliness . These I cannot stay to ...
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ages Alps amid ancient Apennines arch of Titus Arco della Pace Austrian beauty beneath betwixt Bible Bologna Cæsars Campagna Cathedral century Christianity Church Civita Vecchia cloud dark diligence dungeons earth entered eternal Europe feet Ferrara Florence gate glory grandeur hand hills hour hundred infallible Italian Italy labour land liberty light living Lombardy look marble mass ment mighty Milan miles monks Monte Viso mountains nations never night noble palace Papacy Papal passed passport piazza Piedmont plain Pontifical Government Pope Pope's postilion priests prison Protestantism Reformation religion rich rise road Roman Rome round ruin Sabbath scarce scene seemed seen shadow side silent stands stood streets summit temple things thousand Tiber tion torrents towers town trade tribunal truth Turin Tuscan valley Vaudois Venice village vine Waldenses Waldensian walls worship