 Athens, he caused his own name, with that of his wife, to be inscribed on a pillar of one of the principal temples. This inscription was executed in a very conspicuous manner, and deeply engraved in the marble, at a very considerable elevation. Notwithstanding...  The Curse of Minerva: A Poem - Page 10by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1820 - 21 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 404 pages
...(i). .> She ceas'd awhile, and thus I dar'd reply, To sooth the vengeance kindling in her eye : — with that of his wife, to be inscribed on a pillar of one of the principal temples. This inscription was executed in a very conspicuous manner, and deeply engraved... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 498 pages
...by Hadrian : sixteen columns are standing, of the most beautiful marble and style of architecture. f It is related by a late oriental traveller, that -when...of his wife, to be inscribed on a pillar of one of the principal temples. This inscription was executed in a very conspicuous manner, and deeply engraved... | |
 | John Watkins - 1822 - 476 pages
...113 was too much in the spirit of Erostratus for the same nobleman to cause his own name, together with that of his wife, to be inscribed on a pillar of the temple of Minerva. This extraordinary mark of vanity, however, was actually executed in a very... | |
 | 1824 - 452 pages
...this it was too much in the spirit of Erostratus for the same nobleman to cause his own name, together with that of his wife, to be inscribed on a pillar of the temple of Minerva. This extraordinary mark of vanity, however, was actually executed in a very... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 546 pages
...marble and style of architecture. Note 5, page 82, line 24. The insulted vail sustains his hated name. It is related, by a late oriental traveller, that...of his wife, to be inscribed on a pillar of one of the principal temples. This inscription was executed in a very conspicuous manner, and deeply engraved... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1825 - 238 pages
...Elgin, who, after almost demolishing several of the finest temples there, caused his own name, together with that of his wife, to be inscribed on a pillar of the Temple of Minerva. Lord Byron, on beholding this inscription, was so much irritated, and conceived... | |
 | Alexander Kilgour (M.D.) - 1825 - 234 pages
...Elgin, who, after almost demolishing several of the finest temples there, caused his own name, together with that of his wife, to be inscribed on a pillar of the Temple of Minerva. Lord Byron, on beholding this inscription, was so much irritated, and conceived... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1828 - 780 pages
...laitftini bit beted aim«. It is stated by a late oriental traveller, that when the wholesale spolinlor visited Athens, he caused his own name, with that of his wife, to be inscribed on a pillar of one of the principal temples. This inscription was executed in a very conspicuous manner, and deeply engraved... | |
 | 1831 - 426 pages
...Scot.* (towers Ask'st thou the difference? From fair Phyle's Survey Bœotia ¡—Caledonia's powers-. * It is related by a late oriental traveller that when...of his wife, to be inscribed on a pillar of one of the principal temples, this inscription was executed in a very conspicuous manner, and deeply engraved... | |
 | 1896 - 634 pages
...a late oriental traveller that when the wholesale spoliatorvisiled Athens, hecausedhisownname,with that of his wife, to be inscribed on a pillar of one of the principal temples : this inscription was executed in a very conpicuous manner, and deeply engraved... | |
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