 Nothing was omitted which, in any respect, could be subservient to the convenience and pleasure of the spectators. They were protected from the sun and rain by an ample canopy, occasionally drawn over their heads. The air was continually refreshed by...  A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities - Page 78edited by - 1873 - 1293 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Literature - 1859 - 558 pages
...senatorial, the equestrian or the plebeian order, arrived at his destined place without trouble or confusion. They were protected from the sun and rain by an ample...The air was continually refreshed by the playing of fountains, and profusely impregnated by the grateful scent of aromatice. In the centre of the edifice,... | |
 | Dawson William Turner - 1861 - 124 pages
...trouble or confusion. Nothing was omitted which in any respect could be subservient to the convenience or pleasure of the spectators. They were protected from...The air was continually refreshed by the playing of fountains, and profusely impregnated by the grateful scent of aromatics. In the centre of the edifice... | |
 | Thomas Henry Dyer - Rome (Italy) - 1865 - 516 pages
...vomitories (for by that name the doors were 1 !><•••/ -.a- and Fall, ch, xL a Vopiscufl, Prob. c. 10. very aptly distinguished) poured forth the immense...The air was continually refreshed by the playing of fountains, and profusely impregnated by the grateful scent of aromatics. In the centre of the edifice,... | |
 | Thomas Henry Dyer - 1865 - 522 pages
...Sixty-four vomitories (for by that name the doors were 1 Decline mul Fall, cb. xL a Vopiscus, I'rob. c. 10. very aptly distinguished) poured forth the immense...The air was continually refreshed by the playing of fountains, and profusely impregnated by the grateful scent of aromatics. In the centre of the edifice,... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - Architecture, Greek - 1866 - 138 pages
...marble, likewise covered with cushions, and capable of receiving with ease above fourscore thousand spectators. Sixty-four vomitories (for by that name...The air was continually refreshed by the playing of fountains, and profusely impregnated by the grateful scent of aromatics. In the centre of the edifice,... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - Herculaneum (Extinct city) - 1868 - 296 pages
...concave which formed the inside were filled and surrounded with sixty or eighty rows of marble seats, covered with cushions, and capable of receiving with...The air was continually refreshed by the playing of fountains, and profusely impregnated by the grateful scent of aromatics.* In the centre of the edifice... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - Herculaneum (Extinct city) - 1869 - 296 pages
...in Dr. Smith's " Dictionary of Antiquities," article Venatio. I io ITS CONSTRUCTION AND DECORATION. whether of the senatorial, the equestrian, or the...The air was continually refreshed by the playing of fountains, and profusely impregnated by the grateful scent of aromatics.* In the centre of the edifice... | |
 | William Smith - Classical antiquities - 1870 - 1312 pages
...vast concave, which formed the inside, were filled and surrounded with sixty or eighty rows of seats, of marble likewise, covered with cushions, and capable...The air was continually refreshed by the playing of fountains, and profusely impregnated by the grateful scent of aromatics. In the centre of the edifice,... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1870 - 1186 pages
...equestrian, or plebeian order, arrived at his destined place without trouble or confusion. Nothing woe omitted which in any respect could be subservient...canopy, occasionally drawn over their heads. The air woe continually refreshed by the playing of fountain*, and profusely impregnated by the grateful scent... | |
 | Ellen Palmer - 1871 - 274 pages
...were contrived with such exquisite skill, that each person, whether of the senatorial, equestrian, or plebeian order arrived at his destined place, without...The air was continually refreshed by the playing of fountains, and profusely impregnated with the scent of aromatics." 8 A SYLVAN SCENE. The chariot drew... | |
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