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 the... A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities - Seite 108von William Smith - 1890 - 2125 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 530 Seiten
...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...profusely impregnated by the grateful scent of aromatics. Itl the centre of . * Maffei, 1. ii. c. 2. The height was very much exaggerated by the ancients. It... | |
| 1812 - 428 Seiten
...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 the playing of fountains, and profusely impreg« uated by the grateful scent of aroinatics. In the centre of the edifice, the arena of the... | |
| William Scott - 1814 - 424 Seiten
...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...aromatics. 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... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1816 - 472 Seiten
...convenience and pleasure of the spectators. They were protected from the sun and rain by an ample ca^ nopy, occasionally drawn over their heads. The air was continually...and profusely impregnated by the grateful scent of aromaties. In the centre of the edifice, the arena, or stage, was strewed with the finest sand, and... | |
| William Scott - 1819 - 366 Seiten
...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...and profusely impregnated by the grateful scent of aro' matics. In the centre of the edifice,, the arena, or stage, was strewed with the finest sand,... | |
| William Scott - 1820 - 434 Seiten
...convenience and pleasureof the spectators. They were protected from the sun and rain by an ample canopy, occasionally drawn over their heads. The air was continually...and profusely impregnated by the grateful scent of aromatlcs. In the centre of the edifice, the arena, or stage, was strewed with the finest sand, and... | |
| William Scott - 1820 - 398 Seiten
...protected from tbesun and rain by an ample canopy, occasionally drawn over their heads.—' The air wa* continually refreshed by the playing of fountains,...and profusely impregnated by the grateful scent of aromatic*. In the centre of the edifice, the arena, or stage, wae strewed with the finest sand, and... | |
| William Scott - 1820 - 422 Seiten
...convenience and pleasureof the spectutors. They were protected from the sun and rain by an ample canopy, occasionally drawn over their heads. The air was continually refreshed by the playir.g of fountains, and profusely impregnated by the grateful scent of aromatics. Jn the centie... | |
| William Scott - 1823 - 396 Seiten
...protected from the sun and rain by an •ample canopy, occasionally drawn over their heads. The air vras continually refreshed by the playing of fountains,...aromatics. 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... | |
| William Scott - 1829 - 420 Seiten
...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...aromatics. In the centre of the edifice, the arena, OF stage, was strewed with the finest sand, and successively assumed the most different forms. At one... | |
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