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242 ’ .Descrz'ptz'on qfNo,t1'e'-..Davme.
from the arms of his family. The ancient citysof ’I:uscul1'iin is
to have stood on the spot, or very near it, ivlierelirescati nowisd gum;
and at the distance of a mile and a half, it‘ is generally Pe113Ve is n‘]e
theTuscu1an villa of Cicero, at “a place nowgealled Grotta l1eri'afi1- 0 -
Greek monks of the order of St. Basil, flying from th3.P9Y$3c“ti0“ 0 ‘
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the Saracens, in the eleventh century, were permitted, to build‘ a C1<:nV:9e‘;‘
on the ruins of Cicero's famous house They still performt 0f >
vice in the Greek language. -
,Desc7'iption' of the C7m7'c]i qf lVot7?e-1.347713’
(In'a Letter fromfP21i'isJ i h ‘
THE church of Notre-Dame, in Paris, is one of ‘H10 .“,c.he.5i'
most stupendous pieces of Gothic architecture I10lV‘I‘eIl1T:l1“,mg ‘Elme-
world. The front is one immense pile of curious triilcs limd J‘ 18:5
nesses; all over charged with Gothic Ziviiidoiv-,ivorl<;3,“.‘1 )““".1berm;r
little pillars, angels, men, and hobgoblins, crowded upon one ‘ill? the
in the most wildand extravagantinanner; yet, 011‘ the who ‘Rance.
front appears awful and venerable, though composed, Of 11093:: "hi
and gives a true picture of the superstitious, dark, andbloody 3&9
which it wasbuilt. ‘ ' . , .' y ‘ '. s p Wt‘)-hum,
. I On entering the church, I stopped with astonishment; ,9“ ado“;
ing the‘ lofty majesty and beauty of the',i‘nside.y The Sf1‘l"i’.. dis,
ogee arches, balanced upon groupcs of slender Gothic l"n‘":’0nCe
posed in rows, and shot up to an cxtmragaiit 11915139 3.. s '
charmed me iiith their boldness, and, lmay say, subliiiiity.
As I walked along these vast aisles, formed by rows 0f.0‘l‘? bun’ '
died and twenty pillars, supporting the vaulted arches at andigg‘
nishing height, Iturned my eyes upon myself, and seemed to we
die into nothing.-Admirable art of man, C1‘iC(1.If of mav:-“tom
six feet high; that from the huge rocks, heavy and‘ Sll(1[)e1e5i’l,Cate
from the bowels of the earth by hard labour, has formed $0161‘
and noble a structure. V. 5 ’ Mich
I could scarcely turn my eyes from the great circular ii(1iif10W: yllirin,
absolutely composed the greater part of theend of one,of‘t11'3iP
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cipal naves. Itwvas wrought of stone, in , the, most eli1b0mte ‘am’
curious Gothic taste, like a knot, or labyrinth, and adorned ‘Vi.t.hV
311153: Which; brightened up by the rays of thefeifening lslmc 1"“
the rain-bowin the brilliant transparency of the colours.
ments Of ice: 8 glorious" ‘display of colours, which aretyot theimus
exquisite colouling‘ of Titian, what thea:theiial.;h=11”m0nY‘0 ‘mi
musical glasses is to the" coarser notes of a violin or flute. . .
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The choir is shut up on every side,.,so that the congregation Cmmo
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see into it. This is an unmeaninglcustom in the cliui‘ch85, Ofvtgr
country, that the clergy should pCI‘f01‘m= divine.seI‘:ViCeli“'a eel
out‘ of which the people "are "totally excluded, as if unworthy ,3" i
Profvnes as it‘ the sole use of churches was for priests. t0 .P""f0r
‘Ir
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eonceive some ideaiof it, if eyer you have 1'erii:1l‘1iCd. .1“ the ma '