A History of Greece: From the Earliest Times to the Roman Conquest, with Supplementary Chapters on the History of Literature and ArtHarper & Bros., 1883 - 708 páginas |
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... land , down which runs from north to south the back - bone of the Apennines . The most easterly , of which Greece B forms the southern part , is in the shape of. INTRODUCTION . - OUTLINES OF GRECIAN GEOGRAPHY . THE EARLIEST INHABITANTS ...
... land , down which runs from north to south the back - bone of the Apennines . The most easterly , of which Greece B forms the southern part , is in the shape of. INTRODUCTION . - OUTLINES OF GRECIAN GEOGRAPHY . THE EARLIEST INHABITANTS ...
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... land Hellas , and themselves Hel- lēnes . It is from the Romans that we have derived the name of Greece ; though why the Romans gave it a different appellation from that used by the natives cannot be determined . It is however a well ...
... land Hellas , and themselves Hel- lēnes . It is from the Romans that we have derived the name of Greece ; though why the Romans gave it a different appellation from that used by the natives cannot be determined . It is however a well ...
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... land . The Ce- phissus , and the streams which descend from the surrounding hills , form in the centre of the country the lake Copaïs , which finds an outlet for its waters through subterraneous channels in the limestone mountains ...
... land . The Ce- phissus , and the streams which descend from the surrounding hills , form in the centre of the country the lake Copaïs , which finds an outlet for its waters through subterraneous channels in the limestone mountains ...
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... land . § 8. The western half of central Greece consists , as already said , of Locris , Ætolia , and Acarnania . Locris , called Ozolian to distinguish it from the eastern district of this name , lies upon the Corinthian gulf , and is a ...
... land . § 8. The western half of central Greece consists , as already said , of Locris , Ætolia , and Acarnania . Locris , called Ozolian to distinguish it from the eastern district of this name , lies upon the Corinthian gulf , and is a ...
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... land tended to produce that large number of independent states which is one of the most striking phænomena in Grecian history . Each of the principal Grecian cities was founded in one of the small plains already described ; and as the ...
... land tended to produce that large number of independent states which is one of the most striking phænomena in Grecian history . Each of the principal Grecian cities was founded in one of the small plains already described ; and as the ...
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Página 209 - Persian's grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations; — all were his I He counted them at break of day — And when the sun set where were they?
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Página 704 - With a full View of the English-Dutch Struggle against Spain, and of the Origin and Destruction of the Spanish Armada. By JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY, LL.D., DCL Portraits.
Página 382 - 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...
Página 408 - Pinching, fingering, and pulling — tempering, selecting, culling, With a nice survey discerning which are green and which are turning, Which are ripe for accusation, forfeiture, and confiscation. Him, besides, the wealthy man, retired upon an easy rent, Hating and avoiding party, noble-minded, indolent, Fearful of official snares, intrigues, and intricate affairs...
Página 383 - 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, in her sweet recess, City or suburban, studious walks and shades. See there the olive grove of Academe, Plato's retirement, where the Attic bird Trills her thick-warbled notes the summer long; There flowery hill Hymettus, with the sound Of bees...
Página 704 - GEBLER (Karl Von). Galileo Galilei and the Roman Curia, from Authentic Sources. Translated with the sanction of the Author, by Mrs. GEORGE STURGE. Demy 8vo. Cloth, price i2,$. GEDDES (James). History of the Administration of John de Witt, Grand Pensionary of Holland.
Página 232 - It is related that she recommended him to introduce mythical narrations into his poems, and that when, in accordance with her advice, he composed a hymn in which he interwove almost all the Theban mythology, she smiled and said, " "We ought to sow with the hand, and not with the whole sack.
Página 197 - The second, which was destined for the Spartans alone, contained the memorable words : — " Go, tell the Spartans, thou that passest by, That here obedient to their laws we lie.
Página 86 - Coward* that in wealth has thriven, May match his offspring with the proudest race : Thus everything is mixed, noble and base." Theognis lost his property in the revolution, and had been driven into exile ; and the following lines show the ferocious spirit which sometimes animated the Greeks in their party struggles. " Yet my full wish, to drink their very blood, Some power divine, that watches for my good, May yet accomplish. Soon may he fulfil My righteous hope — my just and hearty will."f •...