Circusses

But we were not entred into that Kingdome, whẽ by the noise of a great fight, we were guided to a pleasaunt valey, which like one of those Circusses, which in great cities somewhere doth give a pleasant spectacle of rũning horses; so of either side stretching it selfe in a narrow length was it hemd in by wooddy hilles; as if indeed Nature had meant therein to make a place for beholders.

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In the Sink of Vice under the Emperors, we hear of expenſive Mauſoleums, immenſe Circuſſes, ſplendid Amphitheatres, ſtately Columns dedicated to Monſters who diſgrac’d their Species, and many other taſteleſs Wonders built for the Gratification of human Vanity.

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Nice, March 5, 1765. /[…] / The magnificence of the Romans was not so conspicuous in their temples as in their theatres, amphitheatres, circusses, naumachia, aqueducts, triumphal arches, porticos, basilicæ, but especially their thermæ, or bathing-places.

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His next objection was to the circusses, which were to be made where this street was to cross Piccadilly and Oxford-street. These circusses would not only entirely spoil the view down those two fine streets, but would oblige the passengers to go out of their way. He thought those circusses would be nuisances in the day-time; but he could not say what they would be in the night.

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