Epistolae Ho Elianae the Familiar Letters of James Howell volume 1
Epistolae Ho Elianae the Familiar Letters of James Howell volume 1
James Howell
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It is beyond expression what Grots, Gardens, Walks, and Aqueducts there are there, and what curious Fountains in the upper Cloysters, for there be two stages of Cloysters : In fine, there is nothing that's vulgar there. To take a view of every Room in the House, one must make account to go ten miles; there is a Vault call'd the Pantheon under the highest 208 FAMILIAR LETTERS. Book I. highest Altar, which is all pav'd, wall'd, and arch'd with Marble; there be a number of huge silver Candlesticks..., taller than I am ; Lamps three yards' compass, and divers Chalices and Crosses of massy Gold : There is one Quire made all of burnish'd Brass, Pictures and Statues like Giants, and a world of glorious things, that purely ravish'd me. By this mighty Monument, it may be inferred, that Philip II. , tho' he was a little man, yet had he vast gigantick thoughts in him, to leave such a huge Pile for posterity to gaze upon, and admire his memory. No more now, but that I rest Your humble Servitor, J. H.
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