 | James Boswell - 1807 - 526 páginas
...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...come to us from the shores of the Mediterranean." The General observed, that " THE MEDITERRANEAN would be a noble subject for a poem." We talked of translation.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 228 páginas
...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 páginas
...situated 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...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 - 556 páginas
...tuated 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...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 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 páginas
...were the foer great Empires of the world; the Assyrian, the Persian, the Grecian, and the Roman. — All our religion, almost all our law, almost all our...has come to us from the shores of the Mediterranean. The General observed, that "THE MEDITERRANEAN would be a noble subject for a poem. We talked of translation.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 372 páginas
...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 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 páginas
...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...come to us from the shores of the Mediterranean." The General observed, that " THE MEDITERRANEAN would be a noble subject for a poem." We talked of translation.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 376 páginas
...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 General observed, that " THE MEDITERRANEAN would be a noble subject for a poem." Of a nobleman... | |
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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, almost... 
