 | James Boswell - 1807 - 526 oldal
...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...MEDITERRANEAN would be a noble subject for a poem." We talked of translation. I said, I could not def1ne it, nor could I think of a similitude to illustrate... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 228 oldal
...were the four great Empires of the world; the Assyrian, the Persian, the Grecian, and the Roman. Ail our religion, almost all our law, almost all our arts,...come to us from the shores of the Mediterranean." It was observed, that ' THE MEDITERRANEAN would be a noble subject for a poem.' He upon all occasions... | |
 | 1813 - 1102 oldal
...On those shores were situated the four great empires of the world—the Assyrian, the Persian, the Grecian, and the Roman: all our religion, almost all...come to us from the shores of the Mediterranean.' There are few, we imagine, who have not felt the justice of this observation; and it may perhaps be... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1813 - 540 oldal
...On those shores were situated the four great empires of the world — the Assyrian, the Persian, the Grecian, and the Roman : all our religion, almost...come to us from the shores of the Mediterranean.' There are few, we imagine, who have not felt the justice of this observation; and it may perhaps be... | |
 | Edward Daniel Clarke - 1814 - 430 oldal
...of ]he world ; the Assyrian, the Persian, Greek, and Roman. All our religion, almost alt our laws, almost all our arts, almost all that sets us above...come to us from the shores of the Mediterranean." Yet, in exploring countries so Minuted, among the ruins of ancient cities, aud in the very midst of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1816 - 500 oldal
...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...Our arts, almost all that sets us above savages, has eome to us from the shores of the Mediterranean." The General observed, that " THE MEDITERRANEAN would... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 536 oldal
...Mediterranean. On those shores were the foer great Empires of the world; the Assyrian, the Persian, the Grecian, and the Roman. — All our religion, almost...MEDITERRANEAN would be a noble subject for a poem. We talked of translation. I said, I could not define it, nor could I think of a similitude to illustrate... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 520 oldal
...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...the Mediterranean." The General observed, that "THE MEDITERBANEAN would be a noble subject for a poem." We talked of translation. I said, I could not define... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 372 oldal
...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...arts, almost all that sets us above savages, has come from the shores of the Mediterranean." General Paoli observed, " The Mediterranean would be a noble... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 378 oldal
...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...MEDITERRANEAN would be a noble subject for a poem." We talked of translation. I said, I could not define it, nor could I think of a similitude to illustrate... | |
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... A man who has not been in Italy is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not having seen what it is expected a man should see. The grand object of travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean. On those shores were the four great empires... 
