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" ... it is in the midst of a rapid river. The approach to it is over a bridge of rocks ; and there is a natural grotto under the rocks, which gives them the appearance of a rustic bridge. Into this grotto the rays of the sun never penetrate. I am confident... "
The Life of Petrarch: Collected from Memoires Pour la Vie de Petrarch - Page 84
by Jacques-François-Paul-Aldonce de Sade, Mrs. Dobson (Susannah) - 1807
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The Life of Petrarch: Collected from Memoires Pour la Vie de Petrarch ...

Jacques-François-Paul-Aldonce de Sade - 1776 - 598 pages
...much refembles the place, where Cicero fometimes went to declaim. It invites to ftudy. " H i THERI retreat during the noontide hours: my mornings are...my evenings, either in the meadows or in the garden facred to Apollo. It is fmall, but moft happily fuited to roufe the moft fluggifh fpirit, and elevate...
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Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged, Volume 53

1776 - 632 pages
...Cicero fometimes went to declaim. It invites to ftody. " Hither I retreat during the noontide boors : my mornings are engaged upon the hills; and my evenings, either in the meadows or in the garden facred to Apollo. It is ("mall, but moil happily fuited to roufe the molt fluggifh fpirit, and elevate...
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The Life of Petrarch, Volume 1

Jacques-François-Paul-Aldonce de Sade, Mrs. Dobson (Susannah) - Poets, Italian - 1797 - 438 pages
...much refembles the place where Cicero fometimes went to declaim. It .invites to ftudy. .. ; ^.,. * Hither I retreat during the noon-tide hours: my mornings are engaged upon the hills, and my evenings Cither in the meadows or in the garden facred to Apollo. It is fmall, but moft happily fuited to roufe...
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The Life of Petrarch: Collected from Memoires Pour la Vie de Petrarch, Volume 1

Jacques-François-Paul-Aldonce de Sade - Poets, Italian - 1809 - 392 pages
...penetrate. I am confident it much resembles the place where Cicero sometimes went to declaim. It invitgs, to study. ' Hither I retreat during the noontide, hours, My mornings are engaged upon the.hills, and my evenings either in the meadows, or in the garden sacred to Apollo. It is small, but...
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Letters from Europe: Comprising the Journal of a Tour Through ..., Volume 1

Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter - Europe - 1827 - 550 pages
...confident it resembles the place where Cicero sometimes went to declaim. It invites to study. Thither I retreat during the noon-tide hours. My mornings...in the meadows, or in the garden sacred to Apollo." Leaving a spot hallowed by so many interesting associations, and passing under a long arch hewn out...
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Letters from Europe, the journal of a tour through Ireland ..., Volume 1

Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter - 1827 - 544 pages
...confident it resembles the place where Cicero sometimes went to declaim. It invites to study. Thither I retreat during the noon-tide hours. My mornings...in the meadows, or in the garden sacred to Apollo." Leaving a spot hallowed by so many interesting associations, and passing under a long arch hewn out...
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Life of Petrarch, Volume 1

Thomas Campbell - Authors, Italian - 1841 - 434 pages
...appearance of a rustic bridge. Into this grotto the rays of the sun never penetrate. I am confident that it much resembles the place where Cicero sometimes...noontide hours ; my mornings are engaged upon the hills, or in the garden sacred to Apollo. Here I would most willingly pass my days, were I not too near Avignon,...
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The Guide to Knowledge, Or Repertory of Facts: Forming a Complete Library of ...

Robert Sears - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1844 - 514 pages
...gives them the appearance of a mystic bridge. Into this grotto the rays of the sun never penetrate Hither I retreat during the noontide hours ; my mornings are engaged upon the hills, or in the garden sacred to Apollo." In this wildly-beautiful solitude, Petrarch meditated or wrote...
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Chambers's pocket miscellany, Volume 22

Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1853 - 408 pages
...appearance of a rustic bridge. Into this grotto the rays of the sun never penetrate. I am confident that it much resembles the place where Cicero sometimes...noontide hours ; my mornings are engaged upon the hills, or in the gardens sacred to Apollo. Here I would most willingly pass my days, were I not too near Avignon,...
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Chambers's Pocket Miscellany, Volumes 21-22

1854 - 402 pages
...appearance of a rustic bridge. Into this grotto the rays of the sun never penetrate. I am confident that it much resembles the place where Cicero sometimes...noontide hours ; my mornings are engaged upon the hills, or in the gardens sacred to Apollo. Here I would most willingly pass my days, were I not too near Avignon,...
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