 The place which the wisdom or policy of antiquity had destined for the residence of the Abyssinian princes, was a spacious valley in the kingdom of Amhara, surrounded on every side by mountains, of which the summits overhang the middle part.  The Works of Samuel Johnson - Page 187by Samuel Johnson - 1825Full view - About this book
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 252 pages
...The place which the wisdom or policy of antiquity had destined for the residence of the Abyssinian princes was a spacious valley in the kingdom of Amhara, surrounded on every side by mountains, /& 5 of which the summits overhang the &£' middle part. The only passage by which it could be entered... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1898 - 228 pages
...the residence of the Abyssinian princes, was » spacious valley in the kingdom of Amhara, surrounded every side by mountains, of which the summits overhang...a cavern that passed under a rock, of which it has long been disputed whether if . was the work of nature or of human industry. The' oVtfet of the cavern... | |
 | 1898 - 646 pages
...Valley of " Rasselas." This is very probably the case, and that notwithstanding the fact that the " spacious valley in the kingdom of Amhara, surrounded on every side by mountains," has few points of detail in accord with the place of St. Bertram's shrine. We must remember that word... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 568 pages
...The place which the wisdom or policy of antiquity had destined for the residence of the Abyssinian princes was a spacious valley in the kingdom of Amhara,...was a cavern that passed under a rock, of which it had long been disputed whether it was the work of nature or of human industry. The outlet of the cavern... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 pages
...The place which the wisdom or policy of antiquity had destined for the residence of the Abyssinian princes was a spacious valley in the kingdom of Amhara,...was a cavern that passed under a rock, of which it had long been disputed whether it was the work of nature or of human industry. The outlet of the cavern... | |
 | Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - 1900 - 274 pages
...THE place which the wisdom or policy of antiquity had destined for the residence of the Abyssinian princes was a spacious valley in the kingdom of Amhara,...a cavern that passed under a rock, of which it has long been disputed whether it was the work of nature or of human industry. The outlet of the cavern... | |
 | Ellen M. Cyr - 1901 - 272 pages
...The place which the wisdom or policy of antiquity 5 had destined for the residence of the Abyssinian princes was a spacious valley in the kingdom of Amhara,...which it could be entered was a cavern that passed 10 under a rock. The outlet of the cavern was concealed by a thick wood, and the mouth which opened... | |
 | Ellen M. Cyr - 1901 - 272 pages
...The place which the wisdom or policy of antiquity 5 had destined for the residence of the Abyssinian princes was a spacious valley in the kingdom of Amhara,...which it could be entered was a cavern that passed i0 under a rock. The outlet of the cavern was concealed by a thick wood, and the mouth which opened... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1902 - 564 pages
...The place which the wisdom or policy of antiquity had destined for the residence of the Abyssinian princes was a spacious valley in the kingdom of Amhara,...whether it was the work of Nature or of human industry. 2. The outlet of the cavern was concealed by a thick wood, and the mouth, which opened into the valley,... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1890 - 450 pages
...The place which the wisdom or policy of antiquity had destined for the residence of the Abyssinian princes was a spacious valley in the kingdom of Amhara,...was a cavern that passed under a rock, of which it had long been disputed whether it was the work of nature or of human industry. The outlet of the cavern... | |
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