 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,...  Boswell's Life of Johnson - 294. oldalszerző: James Boswell - 1917 - 574 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | James Boswell - 1904 - 726 oldal
...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,...the Mediterranean." The General observed, that ' THE MEDITEBBANEAN would be a noble subject for a poem.' We talked of translation. I said, I could not define... | |
 | James Boswell - 1904 - 1592 oldal
...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,...that sets us above savages, has come to us from the shoresof the Mediterranean.' The General observed, that ' THE MEDITERRANEAN would be a noble subject... | |
 | James Boswell - 1907 - 634 oldal
...four great Empires of the the Assyrian, the Persian, the Grecian, and the Roman. All our religion, aln our law, almost all our arts, almost all that sets us above savages, has conn from the shores of the Mediterranean." The General observed that MEDITERRANEAN would be a noble... | |
 | Charles Thomas-Stanford - 1912 - 380 oldal
...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,...above savages has come to us from the shores of the Mediter18 ranean." The Doctor's aspirations were doubtless confined to its northern shore. If he had... | |
 | James Boswell - 1916 - 370 oldal
...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,...Mediterranean would be a noble subject for a poem." I introduced Aristotle's doctrine in his Art of Poetry, of "the K<iBap(n<s rSiv ITO&JMUTGJI', the purging... | |
 | Frederick Alexander Manchester, William Frederic Giese - 1926 - 924 oldal
...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,...come to us from the shores of the Mediterranean." 35 A literary lady of large fortune was mentioned, as one who did good to many, but by no means "by... | |
 | Frederick Alexander Manchester, William Frederic Giese - 1926 - 926 oldal
....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,...come to us from the shores of the Mediterranean." 35 A literary lady of large fortune was mentioned, as one who did good to many, but by no means "by... | |
 | H. W. F. Saggs - 356 oldal
...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,...come to us from the shores of the Mediterranean.' The good Doctor's geography has stood the test of subsequent discovery better than his history. The beginnings... | |
 | Anthony Julian Tamburri, Paolo Giordano, Fred L. Gardaphé - 1991 - 492 oldal
...elitist emphases of conventional history courses. In the first instance, the rhetoric is fulsome: "All our religion, almost all our law, almost all our arts,...above savages, has come to us from the shores of the Mediterranean."1 This view is highly laudatory, but it omits peasants, women, and contemporary Italians,... | |
 | Liz Heron, Val Williams - 1996 - 548 oldal
...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,...come to us from the Shores of the Mediterranean." He neglected to mention that his travel plans were arranged to coincide with the voyages of his son,... | |
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