Look once more, ere we leave this specular mount, Westward, much nearer by south-west, behold, Where on the ^Egean shore a city stands, Built nobly, pure the air, and light the soil ; Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence, native to... Ruins of Ancient Cities: With General and Particular Accounts of Their Rise ... - Página 66por Charles Bucke - 1841Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1826 - 638 páginas
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| Eliza Robbins - 1828 - 408 páginas
...complete their course of study. Milton's verses represent Athens thus: • Behold Where on the .ffigean shore a city stands Built nobly, pure the air, and...famous wits Or hospitable, in her sweet recess, City or suburban, studious walks and shades ; See there the olive grove of Academe, Plato's retirement,... | |
| John Milton - 1829 - 130 páginas
...description of its beauties in the third book of Paradise Regained is full and particular : ' Behold, ' Where on the jEgean shore a city stands, ' Built nobly,...' Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts ' And elegance, native to famous wits, ' Or hospitable, in her sweet recess,' &c. noble country disappoint... | |
| John Milton - 1829 - 426 páginas
...mount, Westward, much nearer hy south-west; hehold "Where on th' ^^ean shore a city stands Built nohly, pure the air, and light the soil, Athens, the eye...mother of arts And eloquence, native to famous wits Or hospitahle, in her swcct recess, City' of suhurhan, studious walks and shades. See there the olive... | |
| Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 548 páginas
...her arch with such variety.— Piile. WESTWARD, much nearer by south-west, behold Where on the ^Egean shore a city stands, Built nobly, pure the air, and...famous wits Or hospitable, in her sweet recess, City or suburban, studions walks and shades. There flowery hill Hymettus, with the sound Of bees' industrious... | |
| Samuel Lorenzo Knapp - 1832 - 312 páginas
...,.ere we leave this specular mount, Westward, much nearer by south-west ; behold Where on th' ^Egean shore a city stands Built nobly, pure the air, and...Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence, to famous native wits, Or hospitable, in her sweet recess, City, or suburban, studious walks and shades... | |
| Samuel Lorenzo Knapp - 1832 - 304 páginas
...ere we leave this specular mount,. Westward, much nearer by south-west; behold Where on th' ^Egean shore a city stands Built nobly, pure the air, and...the soil, Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts. 168 And eloquence, to famous native wits, Or hospitable, in her sweet recess, City, or suburban, studious... | |
| 1832 - 264 páginas
...a pearly draught From the pure Cephisus quaffed, (') Compare Milton, Par. Reg. IV. " on the /Egean shore a city stands, Built nobly, pure the air and light the soil." We learn from Cicero, that the superiority of Attic wit was referred in some measure to the clearness... | |
| John Milton - 1834 - 498 páginas
...Look once more, ere we leave this specular mount, Westward, much nearer by south-west, behold Where on the jEgean shore a city stands Built nobly, pure...the soil, Athens the eye of Greece, mother of arts 240 And eloquence, native to famous wits, Or hospitable, in her sweet recess, City or suburban, studious... | |
| John Milton - 1834 - 498 páginas
...more, ere we leave this specular mount, Westward, much nearer by south-west, behold Where on the ^Egean shore a city stands Built nobly, pure the air, and...the soil, Athens the eye of Greece, mother of arts 240 And eloquence, native to famous wits, Or hospitable, in her sweet recess, City or suburban, studious... | |
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