Sentence example with the word 'quadriga'

quadriga

Last update: October 14, 2015


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In the centre of this gallery stand the four colossal bronze horses which belonged to some Graeco-Roman triumphal quadriga, and were brought to Venice by the Doge Enrico Dandolo after the fall of Constantinople in 1204; they were carried off by Napoleon to Paris in 1797, and restored by Francis of Austria in 1815.   [Please select]

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"But thou canst give command to cut out of basalt thyself driving a quadriga."   [Please select]

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Around the quadriga ran men who shook thyrses ornamented with ribbons; others beat drums; others scattered flowers.   [Please select]

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Is this splendid equipage--this biga, as I may call it--to serve for an introduction to a quadriga or a curriculum.   [Please select]

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At the very beginning of the spectacle Cæsar had appeared among the people in a magnificent quadriga of the Circus, drawn by four white steeds.   [Please select]

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At last, when he had reached the great fountain in the middle of two crossing streets, he stepped from the quadriga, and, nodding to his attendants, mingled with the throng.   [Please select]

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