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most noble monument of public piety, and alone suf­ cient to prove, that the spirit and magni cence of the ancient Romans still animate the modern Italians.
2. The church is of a ne and well-proportioned rm, rich in marbles, but overloaded, as we ima­ gined, with ornaments. It is needless to add, that from such an elevation, the view is beautiful ; lost on one side in the windings of the neighbouring .A p ennines, and extending on the other over a plain of immense extent, and unparalleled population and (ertility. One circumstance struck us particularly, while on the hill. It was the end of ::March ; the sky was clear, and the weather warm, nearly as it may
be on a bright day in England in the month of May; so warm, in short, as to render the shade not only pleasing, but desirable ; yet, in various parts of the hill, and near the church, the snow l deep, and in vast masses, still likely to resist, r some time, the increasing warmth of the season ; so great is the in­ uence of such mountains as the lps and Apen­ ines on the climate of the adjacent countries.
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LESSON XX.
THE TIGER.
EUSTACE.
TI1GEa, n,, a erce beast of the leonine kind, so named on account of its 8wiftness. L. tigris, which in the Medians' language signi es an arrow.
HAG1GARD, a., wild, strange. F. hagard, untamed, om vagus, L., wandering; or hagar (Heb.), a stranger.
INsA1TIABLE, a., greedy beyond measure. F. insatiable, om satis, L., enough.
EL1EPHANT, n., the largest of all land animals. F. elephant, L. and G. elephas, a word received om the Tyrians.
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