...the habitation of the Pontifex Maximus, well knowing that he would be chosen for that august office. It was the boast of Augustus, " that he found Rome of brick, and left it of marble ;" and, perhaps, to the degenerate Romans, that proved a sufficient compensation for his finding Rome...

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...among the generous and gifted, those who will join in the following noble sentiment of Lord Brougham: " It was the boast of Augustus, that he found Rome of brick, and left it of marble, a praise not unworthy a great prince. But how much nobler will be the sovereign's boast, when he shall...

...discovers the minutest objects which are near at hand, but is not able to discern things at a distance. 12. It was the boast of Augustus, that he found Rome of brick, and left it of marble. But how much nobler will be our Sovereign's boast when he shall have to say, that he found law dear,...

...construction of palaces and theatres on a more spacious and costly plan than had been previously adopted. The boast of Augustus that he found Rome of brick and left it of marble, may he taken as a collateral proof of the architectural mediocrity of the republican city. Still, during...

...splendid were the architectural decorations with which it was embellished, as to justify tho saying of Augustus— that he found Rome of brick, and left it of marble. Anil'ft'TINES, a religious order, »о called from St. Augustine, their founder, and vulgarly called...

...construction of palaces and theatres on a more spacious and costly plan than had been previously adopted. The boast of Augustus, that he found Rome of brick and left it of marble, may be taken as a collateral proof of the architectural mediocrity of the republican city. Still, during...

...construction of palaces and theatres on a inore spacious and costly plan than had been previously adopted. The boast of Augustus, that he found Rome of brick and left it of marble, may be taken as a collateral proof of the architectural some portions of the Pons Fabricius, mediocrity...

...perhaps unjustly, for they could enjoy the one, but had not known how to keep the other. The celebratol boast of Augustus, that he found Rome of brick and left it of marble, is described by our modern Cicero as " a part of the glare in which the perfidies of his earlier years...

...discovers the minutest objects which are near at hand, but is not able to discern things at a distance. 12. It was the boast of Augustus, that he found Rome of brick, and left it of marble. But how much nobler will be our Sovereign's boast when he shall have to say, that he found law dear,...