 | Samuel Johnson - 1867 - 158 pages
...were the four great empires of the world ; the Assyrian, the Persian, the Grecian, and the Roman. — All our religion, almost all our law, almost all our...above savages, has come to us from the shores of the MediterPOETS THE PRESERVERS OF LANGUAGE. You may translate books of science exactly. You may also translate... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1871 - 430 pages
...great empires of the world — the Assyrian, the Persian, the Grecian, and the Roman. All our religion, almost • all our arts, almost all that sets us above...come to us from the shores of the Mediterranean." What are Springs of water '! How do springs originate ? Rain descends from the clouds and falls upon... | |
 | Robert Morris - 1872 - 624 pages
...shores were the four great empires of the world — the Assyrian, the Persian, the Greek, and the Roman. All our religion, almost all our law, almost all our arts, almost all that sets us above the savage, have come to us from these shores. Here, &tPromontoriu?n Album, this White Cape (Ras-el-Abyad,... | |
 | ROBERT MORRIS - 1872
...shores were the four great empires of the world — the Assyrian, the Persian, the Greek, and the Roman. All our religion, almost all our law, almost all our arts, almost all that sets us above the savage, have come to us from these shores. Here, at Promontorium Album, this White Cape (Ras-el-Abyad,... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1872 - 422 pages
...the Boman. All our An GO. religion, almost all our laws. almost all our arts, almost all that «eta us above savages, has come to us from the shores of the M edite iranean." — Dr. Johnson. " We often see, against some storm, a silence in the heavens. the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 584 pages
...were the four great empires of the world ; the Assyrian, the Persian, the Grecian., and the Roman. — All our religion, almost all our law, almost all our...come to us from the shores of the Mediterranean." The General observed, that " THE MEDITERRANEAN would be a noble subject for a poem." We talked of translation.... | |
 | Jakob Olaus Løkke - 1875 - 556 pages
...shores were the four great empires of the world; the Assyrian, the Persian, the Grecian, and the Roman. All our religion, almost all our law, almost all our...come to us from the shores of the Mediterranean«. THOMAS GRAY. 1716—1771. Thomas Gray var fadt i London 1716. Han fik sin Uddannelse i Kton og Cambridge;... | |
 | 1875 - 556 pages
...materials for it would be, perhaps, difficult to obtain." — Glasgow Kvening Citizen, April 15, 1875. " All our religion, almost all our law, almost all our...has come to us from the shores of the Mediterranean. The General [Paoli] observed that ' the Mediterranean would be a noble subject for a poem.1" — Boswcll's... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - 768 pages
...shores were the four great empires of the world : the Assyrian, the Persian, the Grecian, and the Roman. All our religion, almost all our law, almost all our...has come to us from the shores of the Mediterranean. DR. S. JOHNSON : Bosu'elFs Johnson, year 1776. Italy is still the privileged land of nature and humanity... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1880 - 772 pages
...were the four great empires of the world : the Assyrian, the Persian, the Grecian, and the Roman. AH /L JHIII DR. S. JOHNSON: Jjonve/rs Johnson, year 1776. deposition without debasement and dissolution. Her glory,... | |
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The grand object of travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean. On those shores were the four great empires of the world ; the Assyrian, the Persian, the Grecian, and the Roman. All our religion, almost all our law, almost all our arts, almost... 
