The pilgrimage of the Tiber, from its mouth to its source |
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... thousand years back . During the Middle Ages the water of the Tiber formed the principal drink of the Romans . It was borne for sale through the city on the backs of asses . The mother of Cola di Rienzo was one of these water - vendors ...
... thousand years back . During the Middle Ages the water of the Tiber formed the principal drink of the Romans . It was borne for sale through the city on the backs of asses . The mother of Cola di Rienzo was one of these water - vendors ...
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... acclamations of vast crowds , whence he was escorted triumphantly into the city . These and a thousand other memories seem to be written on its turbid B 2 wrinkles as they flow down to the sea , bearing CHAP . I. 3 INTRODUCTION .
... acclamations of vast crowds , whence he was escorted triumphantly into the city . These and a thousand other memories seem to be written on its turbid B 2 wrinkles as they flow down to the sea , bearing CHAP . I. 3 INTRODUCTION .
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... under green corn - fields , which the wind waves over the graves of a thousand households . Everything seems to mourn ; whilst the sadness is made still more touching by the numerous 6 THE PILGRIMAGE OF THE TIBER . CHAP . II .
... under green corn - fields , which the wind waves over the graves of a thousand households . Everything seems to mourn ; whilst the sadness is made still more touching by the numerous 6 THE PILGRIMAGE OF THE TIBER . CHAP . II .
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... thousands of years before , produced by evaporating the salt water on the flats at the mouth of the river , as already mentioned . When we reached Fiumicino the afternoon sun was sloping downwards , and the steamer at the head of the ...
... thousands of years before , produced by evaporating the salt water on the flats at the mouth of the river , as already mentioned . When we reached Fiumicino the afternoon sun was sloping downwards , and the steamer at the head of the ...
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... thousand years old , still standing though stripped of its ancient pride . To the right the Tiber winds . by the church of St. Paul , beneath the range of the Janiculum , into the city : over a shoulder of the hill the dome of St. Peter ...
... thousand years old , still standing though stripped of its ancient pride . To the right the Tiber winds . by the church of St. Paul , beneath the range of the Janiculum , into the city : over a shoulder of the hill the dome of St. Peter ...
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