 | 1813 - 996 ˹éÒ
...the first prospect of Home > It is not the scene of de(truciion which is before him. It is not Ihe Tiber, diminished in his imagination to a paltry stream,...of human greatness, and its monuments erected upon tin- very spot where the first honours of Immunity have been gained. It is ancient Rome which fills... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1815 - 884 ˹éÒ
...sublime delight, which every man of common sensibility feels upon the first prospect of Rome? It is not. the scene of destruction which is before him....diminished in his imagination to a paltry stream, and stagnating amid the ruins of that magnificence which it once adorned. Jt js not the triumph of... | |
 | 1822 - 440 ˹éÒ
...sublime delight, which every man of common sensibility feels upon the first prospect of Rome ? It is not the scene of destruction which is before him....not the Tiber, diminished in his imagination to a petty stream, and stagnating amid the ruins of that magnificence which it once adorned. It is not the... | |
 | 1827 - 574 ˹éÒ
...sublime delight, which every man of common sensibility feels upon the first prospect of Rome ? It is not the scene of destruction which is before him....amid the ruins of that magnificence which it once adoined. It is not the triumph of superstition over the wreck of human greatness, and its monuments... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1830 - 430 ˹éÒ
...sublime delight, which every man of common sensibility feels upon the first prospect of Rome ? It is not the scene of destruction which is before him....monuments erected upon the very spot where the first honors of humanity have been gained. It is ancient Rome which fills his imagination. It is the country... | |
 | Maurice Cross - 1835 - 520 ˹éÒ
...him —it is not the Tyber, diminished in his imagination to a paltry stream, flowing amid trie rums of that magnificence which it once adorned,— it is not the triumph of superstition over the wreck ol human greatness, and its monuments erected upon the very spot where the first honours of humanity... | |
 | 1835 - 916 ˹éÒ
...sublime delight, which every man of common sensibility feels upon the first prospect of Rome? It is not the scene of destruction which is before him,— it is not the Tyber, diminished in hi» imagination to a paltry stream, flowing aimii the raua of that magnificence... | |
 | 1842 - 554 ˹éÒ
...sublime delight, which every man of common sensibility feels upon the first prospect of Rome ? It is not the scene of destruction which is before him....diminished in his imagination to a paltry stream, and stagnating amid the ruins of that magnificence which it once adorned. It is not the triumph of... | |
 | 1842 - 530 ˹éÒ
...sublime delight, which every man of common sensibility feels upon the first prospect of Rome ? It is not the scene of destruction which is before him....diminished in his imagination to a paltry stream, and stagnating amid the ruins of that magnificence which it once adorned. It is not the triumph of... | |
 | 1842 - 528 ˹éÒ
...before him. It is not the Tiber, dimiuuhtd • his imagination to a paltry stream, and stagnating mud the ruins of that magnificence which it once adorned....is not the triumph of superstition over the wreck at human greatness, and its monuments erected upon tit very spot where the first honours of humanity... | |
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And what is it that constitutes that emotion of sublime delight, which every man of common sensibility feels upon the first prospect of Rome ? It is not the scene of destruction which is before him. 
