 | Richard Meadowcourt - 1748 - 49 pages
...much nearer by South- Weft, behold "Where on th' Mgean Shore a City ftands . .... Built nobly, pure the Air, and light the Soil, Athens the Eye of Greece,...Mother of Arts And Eloquence, native to famous Wits Or hofpitable, in her fweet Recefs City or Suburban, ftudious Walks and Shades j See there the Olive-Grove... | |
 | John Milton - 1753 - 335 pages
...learning. M 3 239. -fnre i66 PARADISE REGAINS. Bookiv. Built nobly, pure the air, and light the foil, Athens the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence, native to famous wits Or hofpitable, in her fweet recefs, City' or fuburban, ftudious walks and fliadesj 240 See 239. ' pure... | |
 | John Milton - 1785
...place, as it was the great feat of learning. . . J i66 Built nobly, pure the air, and light the foil, Athens the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence, native to famous wits Or hofpitable, in her fweet recefs. City' or fuburban, ftudious walks and fhades ; 240 See 239. —pure... | |
 | John Bell - 1788
...Westward, much nearer by southwest, behold Where on the iEgean shore a city stands Built nobly, pure the air, and light the soil, Athens the eye of Greece, mother of arts z40 And eloquence, native to famous wits Or hospitable, in her sweet recess. City' or suburban, studious... | |
 | 1795
...behold Where on the JEgezn Shore a city (lands Built nobly, pure the air, and light the foil, •Adieu, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence, native to famous wits Or hofpitable. in her fwcet recefs. City orfuburban, ftudisus walks and fhades; SŤ 'here the olive... | |
 | William Tasker - 1798 - 235 pages
...Behold " Where on th' JEgezn (hore a city ftands, " Built nobly. pure the air, and light the foil, Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence ; native to famous wits Or hofpitable, in her fweet recefs City or (uburbs, ftudious walks and (hades." You, I know, are much... | |
 | 1803
...Church VarJ ; And J. ROBINSON, in Paternofter Row, London. MILTON's PARADISE REGAINED. Built nobly, pure the Air, and light the Soil, ATHENS ! The eye of Greece,...Mother of Arts And Eloquence, native to famous Wits, And hofpitable ; in her fweet Recefs, City, or Suburban, ftudious Walks and Shades ! Book iv. V. 239.... | |
 | John Milton - 1807
...Westward, much nearer by south-west, behold Where on the /tgeiiu shore a city stands Built nobly, pure the air, and light 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 Aikin - 1807
...Epicurean sects," behold •Where, on the Aegean shore a city stands, Built nobly, pure the air, anil light the soil, Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence. Not much more than two centuries elapsed from the time of Pisistratus, till the fall of Grecian liberty... | |
 | 1858
...was ireff suited for study ; it was, as our own great epic poet has described it, "Built nobly, pure the air, and light the soil, Athens, the eye of Greece,...mother of arts And eloquence, native to famous wits, Or hospitable : in her iweet recess, City or suburban, studious walks and shades." fie absence of any... | |
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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... 
