Word: porta
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...arch built of massive blocks of tufa, and supposed to be the Porta Trigemina, has been unearthed at the foot of the Aventine Hill, near the Forum, in Rome...
...Baker in verse entitled "On the Quay at Porta Portese" tells an interesting historical anecdote of pagan Rome. We have already noted a peculiar characteristic of the poetry of Mr. Baker, that of tone. It is here again noticeable. There seems to be a dull hush falling on the lines which serves the purpose of a true onomatopoeia...