 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 of the world ; the Assyrian,...  Life of Johnson - Page 25by James Boswell - 1904Full view - About this book
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 526 pages
...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 Mediterranean." The General observed, that " THE MEDITERRANEAN would be a noble subject for a poem." We talked of translation. I said, I could not def1ne... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 228 pages
...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...Assyrian, the Persian, the Grecian, and the Roman. Ail our religion, almost all our law, almost all our arts, almost all that sets us above savages, has... | |
 | 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 pages
...travelling,' said Dr. Johnson, ' is to see -*- the coasts of the Mediterranean. On those shores were situated the four great empires of the world — the Assyrian,...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... | |
 | 1813 - 1102 pages
...coasts of the Mediterranean. On those shores were situated the four great empires of the world—the Assyrian, the Persian, the Grecian, and the Roman:...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 pages
...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 pages
...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...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 pages
...grand object of travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean. On those shores were the foer great Empires of the world; the Assyrian, the Persian,...the Mediterranean. The General observed, that "THE MEDITERRANEAN would be a noble subject for a poem. We talked of translation. I said, I could not define... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 550 pages
...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 Mediterranean. The General observed, that "THE MEDITERRANEAN would be a noble subject for a poem. We talked of translation. I said, I could not define... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 372 pages
...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...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 pages
...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 Mediterranean." The General observed, that " THE MEDITERRANEAN would be a noble subject for a poem." We talked of translation. I said, I could not define... | |
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