 From this bench, the water, gushing through several little pipes, as if it were pressed out by the weight of the persons who repose themselves upon it, falls into a stone cistern underneath, from whence it is received into a fine polished marble basin,...  Pompeii - Seite 240von William Clarke (architect.) - 1836Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1845 - 778 Seiten
...vines, the water gushing out from several small pipes — to adopt the words of his own description — as if it were pressed out by the weight of the persons reposing upon the seat, fell into a marble basin exquisitely polished, and so constructed that it was... | |
 | 1846 - 670 Seiten
...alcove of white marble shaded with vines, supported by four small Carystian pillars. From this bench the water, gushing through several little pipes, as...pressed out by the weight of the persons who repose themselves upon it, falls into a stone cistern underneath, from whence it is received into a fine polished... | |
 | Donald Grant Mitchell - 1884 - 352 Seiten
...violet sky. I leave Pliny seated upon a bench in a marble alcove of his Tuscan garden. From this bench, the water, gushing through several little pipes, as...if it were pressed out by the weight of the persons reposing upon it, falls into a stone cistern underneath, whence it is received into a polished marble... | |
 | Levi W. Yaggy, Thomas Louis Haines - 1886 - 978 Seiten
...plane trees. Beyond thi is a walk, interspersed with the smooth and twining acanthus, where the trees are also cut into a variety of names and shapes. At...received into a fine polished marble basin, so artfully con'rved that it is always full without ever overflowing. When 1 sup here, this basin serves for a... | |
 | Walter Howe - 1890 - 332 Seiten
...through several little pipes, as though pressed out by the weight of the persons who reclined themselves upon it, falls into a stone cistern underneath, from...is received into a fine polished marble basin, so skilfully contrived that it is always full without ever overflowing. When I sup here, this basin serves... | |
 | Albert Forbes Sieveking - 1899 - 488 Seiten
...alcove of white marble, shaded by vines, supported by four small Carystian pillars. From this bench, the water, gushing through several little pipes, as...pressed out by the weight of the persons who repose themselves upon it, falls into a stone cistern underneath, from whence it is received into a fine polished... | |
 | Albert Forbes Sieveking - 1899 - 480 Seiten
...alcove of white marble, shaded by vines, supported by four small Carystian pillars. From this bench, the water, gushing through several little pipes, as...pressed out by the weight of the persons who repose themselves upon it, falls into a stone cistern underneath, from whence it is received into a fine polished... | |
 | Albert Forbes Sieveking - 1899 - 472 Seiten
...alcove of white marble, shaded by vines, supported by four small Carystian pillars. From this bench, the water, gushing through several little pipes, as...pressed out by the weight of the persons who repose themselves upon it, falls into a stone cistern underneath, from whence it is received into a fine polished... | |
 | Rose Standish Nichols - 1902 - 512 Seiten
...alcove of white marble shaded by vines, supported by four small Carystian pillars. From this bench the water, gushing through several little pipes, as if it were pressed out by the weight of the people who repose themselves upon it, falls into a stone cistern underneath, from whence it is received... | |
 | Pliny (the Younger.) - 1905 - 502 Seiten
...through several little pipes, as though piessed out by the weight of the persons who recline themselves upon it, falls into a stone cistern underneath, from...is received into a fine polished marble basin, so skilfully contrived that it is always full without ever overflowing. When I sup here, this basin serves... | |
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