 ... received into a fine polished marble basin, so artfully contrived that it is always full without ever overflowing. - When I sup here, this basin serves...  Pompeii ... - Seite 242von G. Clarke - 1836Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Walter Howe - 1890 - 332 Seiten
...around the margin, while the smaller ones swim about in the form of vessels and water-fowl. Opposite this is a fountain which is incessantly emptying and...to a great height, falling back again into it, is by means of consecutive apertures returned as fast as it is received. Facing the alcove (and reflecting... | |
 | Albert Forbes Sieveking - 1899 - 508 Seiten
...serves for a table, the larger sort of dishes being placed round the margin, while the smaller ones swim about in the form of little vessels and water-fowl....emptying and filling; for the water, which it throws up a great height, falling back into it, is by means of two openings, returned as fast as it is received.'... | |
 | Albert Forbes Sieveking - 1899 - 488 Seiten
...serves for a table, the larger sort of dishes being placed round the margin, while the smaller ones swim about in the form of little vessels and water-fowl....emptying and filling; for the water, which it throws up a great height, falling back into it, is by means of two openings, returned as fast as it is received.... | |
 | Albert Forbes Sieveking - 1899 - 478 Seiten
...serves for a table, the larger sort of dishes being placed round the margin, while the smaller ones swim about in the form of little vessels and water-fowl....emptying and filling ; for the water, which it throws up a great height, falling back into it, is by means of two openings, returned as fast as it is received.... | |
 | Rose Standish Nichols - 1902 - 512 Seiten
...serves for a table, the large sort of dishes being placed round the margin, while the smaller ones swim about in the form of little vessels and water-fowl....for the water, which it throws up to a great height, falls back into it by means of two openings, and is returned as fast as it is received." Ezedia. Mussa.... | |
 | Pliny (the Younger.) - 1905 - 502 Seiten
...round the margin, while the smaller ones swim about in the form of vessels and waterfowl. Opposite this is a fountain which is incessantly emptying and...to a great height, falling back again into it, is by means of consecutive apertures returned as fatit as it is received. Facing the alcove (and reflecting... | |
 | Charles William Eliot - 1909 - 470 Seiten
...round the margin, while the smaller ones swim about in the form of vessels and water-fowl. Opposite this is a fountain which is incessantly emptying and...to a great height, falling back again into it, is by means of consecutive apertures returned as fast as it is received. Facing the alcove (and reflecting... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1909 - 532 Seiten
...round the margin, while the smaller ones swim about in the form of vessels and water-fowl. Opposite this is a fountain which is incessantly emptying and...to a great height, falling back again into it, is by means of consecutive apertures returned as fast as it is received. Facing the alcove (and reflecting... | |
 | Pliny (the Younger) - 1915 - 460 Seiten
...the margin, while the smaller ones swim about in the form of little ships and water-fowl. Opposite this is a fountain which is incessantly emptying and filling : for the water, which it throws up a great height, falling back again into it, is by means of connected openings returned as fast as it... | |
 | Liberty Hyde Bailey - 1916 - 684 Seiten
...polished Marble Basin, so artfully contrived, that it is always full without ever overflowing. . . . Corresponding to this is a fountain, which is incessantly...to a great height, falling back again into it, is, by means of two openings, returned as fast as it is received. Fronting the Alcove stands a Summer House... | |
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