32/39 877.) I have seen an ingenious model, contrived and executed by General Melville, which imitates or surpasses the art of antiquity.] [Footnote 82: The description of this mausoleum, or mole, in Procopius, (l.i.c. On Nolli's great plan, the sides measure 260 English feet. * Note: Donatus and Nardini suppose that Hadrian's tomb was fortified by Honorius; it was united to the wall by men of old, (Procop in loc.) Gibbon has mistaken the breadth for the height above the walls Hobhouse, Illust. |