Letters from the Old World, Volume 2Harper & Brothers, 1840 |
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Page vii
... . - An Athenian Armada . - The Long Walls . - Scenes in Athens . - Remains of ancient Athens . - The Acropolis . - Perfection of the Parthenon . - Hill of the Areopagus . - Lan- tern of Demosthenes . - Theatres of Athens .-- The.
... . - An Athenian Armada . - The Long Walls . - Scenes in Athens . - Remains of ancient Athens . - The Acropolis . - Perfection of the Parthenon . - Hill of the Areopagus . - Lan- tern of Demosthenes . - Theatres of Athens .-- The.
Page 99
... Parthenon , yea , even the gigantic mother church of Rome , the gorgeous palace of St. Peter , or a mon ument combining all the splendours of the three , would be an object unworthy to occupy this sacred site . Had the Empress of ...
... Parthenon , yea , even the gigantic mother church of Rome , the gorgeous palace of St. Peter , or a mon ument combining all the splendours of the three , would be an object unworthy to occupy this sacred site . Had the Empress of ...
Page 277
... Parthenon . - Hill of the Areopagus . - Lan- tern of Demosthenes . - Theatres of Athens .-- The Academy . - Mr . and Mrs. Hill . - Sowing the good Seed.-Mr. King . - Society in Athens . - Athens ( Greece ) , " HA ! Athens , " you ...
... Parthenon . - Hill of the Areopagus . - Lan- tern of Demosthenes . - Theatres of Athens .-- The Academy . - Mr . and Mrs. Hill . - Sowing the good Seed.-Mr. King . - Society in Athens . - Athens ( Greece ) , " HA ! Athens , " you ...
Page 288
... Parthenon rose to a sublimity which nothing has since been able to equal . The heights to the west of the city hid everything from my sight , until , as we emerged from the pass between Mount Lycabettus and the hill of the Areopagus ...
... Parthenon rose to a sublimity which nothing has since been able to equal . The heights to the west of the city hid everything from my sight , until , as we emerged from the pass between Mount Lycabettus and the hill of the Areopagus ...
Page 290
... Parthenon on the mount , and the temples of Theseus and of Olympian Jupiter in the plain , form the sacred trinity of Athenian gods , to which all the inferior deities render homage . We made our first pilgrimage to the imperial shrine ...
... Parthenon on the mount , and the temples of Theseus and of Olympian Jupiter in the plain , form the sacred trinity of Athenian gods , to which all the inferior deities render homage . We made our first pilgrimage to the imperial shrine ...
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