To And From Rome Classic Reprint

Author : Augustus J. C. Hare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781330517734
Total Pages : 786 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book Walks in Rome (Classic Reprint) written by Augustus J. C. Hare and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Walks in Rome Again this date of Rome; the most solemn and interesting that my hand can ever write, and even now more interesting than when I saw it last, ' wrote Dr. Arnold to his wife in 1840, - and how many thousands before and since have experienced the same feeling, who have looked forward to a visit to Rome as one of the great events of their lives, as the realisation of the dreams and longings of many years! An arrival in Rome is very different from that in any other town in Europe. It is coming to a place new and yet most familiar, strange and yet so well known. When travellers arrive at Verona, for instance, or at Arles, they generally go to the amphitheatres with a curiosity to know what they are like; but when they arrive at Rome and go to the Coliseum, it is to visit an object whose appearance has been familiar to them from childhood, and, long ere it is reached, from the heights of the distant Capitol they can recognise the well-known form; as regards S. Peter's, who is not familiar with the aspect of the dome, of the wide-spreading piazza, and the foaming fountains, for long years before they come to gaze upon the reality? 'My presentiment of the emotions with which I should behold the Roman ruins has proved quite correct, ' wrote Niebuhr. 'Nothing about them is new to me; as a child I lay so often, for hours together, before their pictures, that their images were, even at that early age, as distinctly impressed upon my mind as if I had actually seen them.' 'Je ne saurais revoir, ' says Montaigne, 'si souvent le tom beau de cette ville si grande et si puissante, que je ne l'admire ot revere. J'ai eu connaissance des affaires de Rome longtemps avant que j'aie eu connaissance de ma maison. Je savais le Capitol et son plan avant que je susse le Louvre, et le Tibre avant la Siena.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.