. Italian journeys / by Howells ; with one hundred and three illustrations by Joseph ancient Roman world, thegreatest claim upon the wonder and imagination. Indeed,it makes even a stronger appeal. We know who built theColiseum, but in its unstoried origin, the Veronese arenahas the mystery of the Pyramids. \\ as its founder Augustus,or Vitellius, or Antoninus, or Maximian, or the Republic ofVerona ? Nothing is certain but that it was conceivedand reared by some mighty prince or people, and that ityet remains in such perfection that the great shows of twothousand years ago might
. Italian journeys / by Howells ; with one hundred and three illustrations by Joseph ancient Roman world, thegreatest claim upon the wonder and imagination. Indeed,it makes even a stronger appeal. We know who built theColiseum, but in its unstoried origin, the Veronese arenahas the mystery of the Pyramids. \\ as its founder Augustus,or Vitellius, or Antoninus, or Maximian, or the Republic ofVerona ? Nothing is certain but that it was conceivedand reared by some mighty prince or people, and that ityet remains in such perfection that the great shows of twothousand years ago might take place in it to-day. It isso suggestive of the fierce and splendid spectacles ofRoman times that the ring left by a modern circus onthe arena, and absurdly dwarfed by the vast space of theoval, had an impertinence which we hotly resented, lookingdown on it from the highest grade of the interior. Itthen lay fifty feet below us, in the middle of an ellipsefive hundred feet in length and four hundred in breadth,and capable of holding fifty thousand spectators. The 270 5 tali an 9ourne$0 5 m s?.
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