 In the centre of the edifice, the arena, or stage, was strewed with the finest sand, and successively assumed the most different forms. At one moment it seemed to rise out of the earth, like the garden of the Hesperides, and was afterwards broken into...  A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities - Page 78edited by - 1873 - 1293 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 422 pages
...seemed to rise out ofthe earth, like the garden of the Hesperides ; at another, it exhibited the rugged rocks and caverns of Thrace. The subterraneous pipes conveyed an inexhaustible supply cf water; and what bad just before appeared a levelpiain, mightbs suddenly converted into a wide lake,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1821 - 474 pages
...antiquarian. seemed to rise out of the earth, like the garden of the Hesperides, and was afterward broken into the rocks and caverns of Thrace. The subterraneous...vessels, and replenished with the monsters of the deep.0 In the decoration of the scenes, the Roman emperors displayed their wealth and liberality ;... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...seemed to rise out of the earth, like the garden of the Hesperides ; at another, it exhibited the rugged rocks and caverns of Thrace. The subterraneous pipes...replenished with the monsters of the deep. In the decorations of these scenes, the Roman emperors displayed their wealth and liberality ; and we read,... | |
 | William Scott - Diccion - 1825 - 382 pages
...to rise out of the earth, like the garden of the Hesperides ; ?it another, it exhibited the rugged rocks and caverns of Thrace. The subterraneous pipes...replenished with the monsters of the deep. In the decorations of these scenes, the Roman emperors displayed their wealth and liberality ; and we read,... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1829 - 420 pages
...exhibited the rugged rocks and caverns of Thrace. The subterraneous pipes conveyed an inexbaustable supply of water; and what had just before appeared...replenished with the monsters of the deep. In the decorations of these scenes, the Roman Enaperours displayed their wealth and liberality; and we read,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1837 - 1304 pages
...iubjtrct and Liu tw .uchitcct, aa well w an ui(i. C>.k>c- --li. &i. 75. These llnci Vc curi<nu, and the Thrace. The subterraneous pipes conveyed an inexhaustible...vessels, and replenished with the monsters of the dcep.!':' In the decoration of these scenes, the Roman emperors displayed their wealth and liberality;... | |
 | John Miley - Rome (Italy) - 1843 - 362 pages
...quick succession. At one moment it seemed to rise out of the earth, like the garden of the Hesperides, and was afterwards broken into the rocks and caverns...vessels, and replenished with the monsters of the deep. As to the decoration of the scenes, we read, on various occasions, that the whole furniture of the... | |
 | Robert Lynam - Emperors - 1850 - 712 pages
...different forms. At one moment it seemed to rise out of the earth, like the garden of the Hesperides, and was afterwards broken into the rocks and caverns...with the monsters of the deep. In the decoration of the scenes, the Roman emperors displayed their wealth and liberality ; and we read on various occasions,... | |
 | Robert Lynam - 1850 - 620 pages
...different forms. At one moment it seemed to rise out of the earth, like the garden of the Hesperides, and was afterwards broken into the rocks and caverns...with the monsters of the deep. In the decoration of the scenes, the Roman emperors displayed their wealth and liberality ; and we read on various occasions,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1850 - 664 pages
...very difficult subject with all possible clearness, and like an architect, as well as an antiqi:ariau. vessels, and replenished with the monsters of the...scenes, the Roman emperors displayed their wealth and liberality ; and we read on various occasions that the whole furniture of the amphitheatre consisted... | |
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