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" His peroration is worth recalling; he said: "it was the boast of Augustus that he found Rome of brick and left it of marble. "
Rome, in the Nineteenth Century: Containing a Complete Account of the Ruins ... - Page 213
by Charlotte Anne Eaton - 1820
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 72

1852 - 798 pages
...peroration :— " It was once finely said by Lord Brougham, that it was the boast of the Roman Emperor Augustus that he found Rome of brick and left it of marble ; but how much nobler the boast of the Minister who shall say that he found law dear, t our June Number...
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Rome in the Nineteenth Century: Containing a Complete Account of ..., Volume 1

Charlotte Anne Eaton - 1822 - 434 pages
...were found, was so small, that a man, with outstretched arms, could measure its dimensions either way. knowing that he would be chosen for that august office....for his finding Rome free, and leaving it enslaved. The house of Augustus is believed to have been on the north-west f part of the Palatine, looking down...
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The Phrenological Journal and Miscellany, Volume 5

1829 - 686 pages
...our own so" vereign, when to his other glories this shall truly be added. " (Cheers.) It was said by Augustus, that he found Rome of " brick and left it of marble, — an honourable boast, and one " which veiled many of the cruel and the tortuous acts of his " early...
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Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel ..., Volume 10

Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1830 - 464 pages
...by JAMES ЕШЕЯ, MRIA, Architect. Nos. 1 fo20. Views, 40. Letter-press, 68 pp. 4to. Jones and Co. It was the boast of Augustus, that he found Rome of brick and left it of marble. " The reign and regency of George the Fourth," says Mr. Elmes, " have scarcely done less for thé vast...
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Calcutta Magazine and Monthly Register, Volumes 17-20

1831 - 412 pages
...lover of freedom wishes well to their cause ; born in whatever clime, or brought up in whatever creed. It was the boast of Augustus, that he found Rome of Brick, and that he left it of Marble ; how much greater will be the boast of the Polish Patriots, that they found...
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Documents Accompanying the Journal ...

Michigan. Legislature - 1845 - 280 pages
...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...
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The literary class book; or, Readings in English literature

Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...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,...
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The Dublin Review, Volume 31

Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1851 - 636 pages
...of all this, constitutes what may be called the naturalism of society. This spirit is ever repeating the boast of Augustus, that he found Rome of brick, and left it of marble. Nero went further still in his house of gold ; nor looked he with greater scorn on the blessed Apostles...
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Rome, in the Nineteenth Century: Containing a Complete Account of ..., Volume 1

Charlotte Anne Eaton - 1852 - 536 pages
...seeming moderation of a Roman citizen, that when he did build a magnificent house, he pretended it was not for himself, but for the habitation of the...for his finding Rome free, and leaving it enslaved. The house of Augustus is believed to have been on the uorth-west|| part of the Palatine, looking down...
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Rome, in the Nineteenth Century: Containing a Complete Account of ..., Volume 1

Charlotte Anne Eaton - 1852 - 536 pages
...seeming moderation of a Roman citizen, that when he did build a magnificent house, he pretended it was not for himself, but for the habitation of the...left it of marble ;§ and, perhaps, to the degenerate Komans, that proved a sufficient compensation for his finding Rome free, and leaving it enslaved. The...
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