...Attica, 240, 241), hyperbolical as some of them may sound to western ears, are only just representations of the transparent clearness, the brilliant colouring...mountains, and the sea, are all bathed and penetrated by the illumination of an Athenian sunset15. But if Greek scenery is a standing witness to us of the readiness...

...representations under the open sky. The transparent clearness and brilliant colouring of the Athenian atmosphere, the flood of fire with which the marble columns, the...mountains, and the sea are all bathed and penetrated by an Athenian sunset, the violet hue which Hymettus assumes in the evening sky, in contrast to the glowing...

...hues, which are painted upon the objects below, and render the landscapes indescribably glorious. Dean Stanley speaks of the transparent clearness, the brilliant colouring of an Athenian eky ; of the flood of fire with which the marble columns, the mountains, and the sea are all bathed...

...of various countries have vied with one another in describing the glories of an Athenian sunset: — "the flood of fire with which the marble columns,...mountains, and the sea are all bathed and penetrated " — " the violet hue which Hymettus assumes in the evening sky, in contrast to the glowing furnace...

...various countries have vied with one another in describing the glories of an Athenian sunset : — " the flood of fire with which the marble columns, the...mountains, and the sea are all bathed and penetrated," — " the violet hue which Hymettus assumes in the evening sky, in contrast to the glowing furnace...

...through most pellucid air." Modern travellers have not failed to notice the same peculiarity. Thus Dean Stanley speaks " of the transparent clearness, the...flood of fire, with which the marble columns, the mountain!, and the sea are all bathed and penetrated by an illumination of an Athenian sunset." —...

...hues, which are painted upon the objects below, and render the landscapes indescribably glorious. Dean Stanley speaks of the transparent clearness, the brilliant...mountains, and the sea are all bathed and penetrated by the illumination of an Athenian sunset ; of the violet hue which Hymettus assumes, in contrast with...

...dramatic representations under the open sky. The clearness and brilliant colourings of the atmosphere, the flood of fire with which the marble columns, the mountains, and the sea are bathed by an Athenian sunset, the violet hue which Hymettus assumes in the evening sky, in contrast...

...also the brilliant colouring which is so conspicuous in an Athenian sunset. Thus Dean Stanley speaks of " the flood of fire with which the marble columns,...mountains, and the sea are all bathed and penetrated ;" " the violet hue which Hymettus vassumes in the evening sky, in contrast to the glowing furnace...

...modern. Nothing can exceed the transparent clearness, the brilliant coloring of an Athenian sky, or the flood of fire with which the marble columns, the...mountains and the sea, are all bathed and penetrated by the illumination of an Athenian sunset. And yet, to an American who knows what a peculiarly clear,'...