"Cortina" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... too)—Ver. 5. The "cortina" or oracular shrine was surrounded with laurels; which were said to quiver while the oracles were being pronounced. This is probably the most beautiful portion of these newly-discovered poems. Still, it cannot with propriety be called ...
— The Fables of Phdrus - Literally translated into English prose with notes • Phaedrus
... has not lost its freshness. Antelao and Tofana, guarding the vale above Cortina, show faint streaks of snow upon their amethyst. Little clouds hang in the still autumn sky. There are men dredging for shrimps and crabs through shoals uncovered by the ebb. Nothing can be lovelier, more resting to eyes tired with pictures than this tranquil, sunny expanse of the lagoon. As ...
— Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete - Series I, II, and III • John Symonds
... relations with Germany on April 6. On April 7 Dr. Jos Manuel Cortina, speaking before the Cuban House of Representatives, when the decree of war against Germany ...
— Defenders of Democracy • Militia of Mercy |
