 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...  Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography - الصفحة 237المحررون: - 1856 - عدد الصفحات: 2491عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
 | 1856 - عدد الصفحات: 368
...characteristic in his enumeration of the glories of Athens—Paradise Regained, bk. iv.: ' On the Egean shore a city stands, Built nobly, pure the air, and light the soil.' The latter feature, however, which is derived, most likely, from Thucyd., I., 2—'TO \eTTToyetai>,'... | |
 | Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - عدد الصفحات: 298
...more ere we leave this specular mount, Westward, much nearer by south-west behold Where on the jEgean shore a city stands 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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - عدد الصفحات: 780
...ere we leave this specular mount, Westward, much nearer by south-west ; behold Wnere on the JEgpun shore a city stands, 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,... | |
 | 1859 - عدد الصفحات: 984
...descriptions of this celebrated place is given by Milton in his Paradise Regained, (Bk. ir.) ' ' 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, native to famous wits Or hospitable,... | |
 | John Milton - 1860 - عدد الصفحات: 424
...we leave this specular mount, • Westward, much nearer by south-west, behold; Where on the JEgean shore a city stands, 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,... | |
 | William Smith - 1860 - عدد الصفحات: 718
...more, ere we leave this specular mount, Westward; much nearer by southwest behold, Where on the ^!gean shore a city stands, 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,... | |
 | Demosthenes - 1861 - عدد الصفحات: 432
...celebrated the intellectual achievements of Athens ; none so well as Milton : 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, native to famous wits Or hospitable,... | |
 | John Milton - 1862 - عدد الصفحات: 568
...more, ere we leave this specular mount Westward, much nearer by south-west ; behold Where on th' jEgean shore a city stands Built nobly, pure the air, and light the soil, Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence, native to lamous wits, Or hospitable,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - عدد الصفحات: 788
...more, ere we leave this specular mount, Westward, much nearer by south-west; behold Where on the ^gean shore a city stands, 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,... | |
 | Philip Smith - 1864 - عدد الصفحات: 620
...supremacy of Greece, was ATHENS. It is needless to describe the well-known site, " Where on the ;Ega;au shore a city stands, Built nobly ; pure the air and light the soil ; Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence, native to famous wits." The great Ionian... | |
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