 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
 | Donald Grant Mitchell - 1907 - 424 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... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1909 - 450 Seiten
...through several little pipes, as though pressed out by the weight of the persons who recline themselves upon it, falls into a stone , cistern underneath,...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... | |
 | Charles William Eliot - 1909 - 470 Seiten
...through several little pipes, as though pressed 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... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1909 - 532 Seiten
...through several little pipes, as though pressed 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... | |
 | 1846 - 668 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... | |
 | Mary G. W. Wilson - 1913 - 168 Seiten
...is an alcove of white marble, shaded by vines, supported by four 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... | |
 | University of Pennsylvania - 1917 - 922 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... | |
 | Pliny (the Younger.) - 1915 - 562 Seiten
...small pillars of Carystian marble. Water gushing through several little pipes from under this bench, 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... | |
 | 1907 - 584 Seiten
...white marble, shaded by vines, supported by four small Carystian pillars. From the bench beneath it, 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 which it is received into a fine polished... | |
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