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
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1856 - 376 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 Mediterra' nean.' The general observed, that ' The Mediterranean' would he a noble subject for a poem."... | |
 | 1856 - 358 oldal
...clustered around that centre, and as Dr. Johnson remarked in one of his recorded conversations : " All our religion, almost all our law, almost all our arts, almost all that sets us above savages has como to us from the shores of the Mediterranean." There race has succeeded race ; the sceptre has passed... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1858 - 740 oldal
...were the four great empires of the world, the Assyrian, the Persian, llin Grecian, and the Roman. All our religion, almost all our law, almost all our arts, almost all that sets ua above savages, has come to us from the shores of the Mediterranean." The General observed, that... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1859 - 942 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, almost all that Bets us above savages, have Melbourne is very considerable, embracing all the articles that enter into... | |
 | John George Sheppard - 1861 - 822 oldal
...travelling," was Johnson's comment on the remark, " is to see the shores of the Mediterranean. All our religion, almost all our law, almost all our arts,...come to us from the shores of the Mediterranean."* Who does not remember the eloquent apostrophe of Byron t But long before Byron, it had been described... | |
 | Sir Daniel Wilson - 1862 - 646 oldal
...the great empires of the Old World clustered around that centre, and as Dr. Johnson remarked : " All our religion, almost all our law, almost all our arts,...come to us from the shores of the Mediterranean." There race has succeeded race ; the sceptre has passed from nation to nation, through the historical... | |
 | Sir Daniel Wilson - 1862 - 524 oldal
...Johnson remarked : " All our religion, almost all our law, almost all our art*, almost all that sete us above savages, has come to us from the shores of the Mediterranean." There race has succeeded race ; the sceptre has passed from nation to nation, tlirough the historical... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 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,...has come to us from the shores of the Mediterranean. — Johnson, 505. You may translate books of science exactly, you may also translate history, in so... | |
 | Edward Isidore Sears - 1872
...great empires of the world, the Assyrian, the Persian, the Greek, and the Roman. All our religion, almost all our arts, almost all that sets us above...come to us from the shores of the Mediterranean."* it is the most illustrious sea oil the face of the globe in whatever light we consider it, whether... | |
 | sir Daniel Wilson - 1865 - 1016 oldal
...the great empires of the Old World clustered around that centre, and as Dr. Johnson remarked : " All our religion, almost all our law, almost all our arts, almost all that sets us above savages, lias come to us from the shores of the Mediterranean." There race has succeeded race ; the sceptre... | |
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