Addison, Joseph: Remarks on several parts of Italy: &c. in the years 1701, 1702, 1703 (London: Tonson, 1718)

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makes one of the* beautifullest Fissas
that the Eye can possibly pass thro’. I
know that such as are profess’d Admirers
of the Ancients will find abundance
of Chimerical Beauties, the Archi-
tects themselves never thought of, as
one of the most Famous of the Moderns
in that Art tells us, the Hole in the
Roof of the Rotunda is so admirably con-
triv’d, that it makes those who are in
the Temple look like Angels, by dif-
fusing the Light equally on all sides
of ’em.
In all the old High-ways, that lead
from Rome, one sees several little Ruins
on each side of ’em, that were formerly
so many Sepulchres j for the ancient Ro-
mans generally bury’d their Dead near
Quorum Flaminid tegitur cinis atque La-
tind. Juv. S. 1.
None, but some few of a very extra-
ordinary Quality, having been interred
within the Walls of the City.
Our Christian Epitaphs, that are to
be seen only in Churches, or Church-
Yards, begin often with a Sifte Fiator.
Fiatov precare fnlrtem, &c. probably in
Imitation of the old Roman Inscriptions,
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