 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 - Page 294by James Boswell - 1917 - 574 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Comper Gray - 1872 - 422 pages
...[Cap. XXvÜ. 18-24. An GO. religion, almost all our laws. almost all our arts, almost all that «eta us above savages, has come to us from the shores of the M edite iranean." — Dr. Johnson. " We often see, against some storm, a silence in the heavens. the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1873 - 620 pages
...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,...from the shores of the Mediterranean.' The General observod, that 'TilF. SUDHUKANEAN would bo a noble subject for t poem.' We talked of translation. I... | |
 | 1875 - 556 pages
...for it would be, perhaps, difficult to obtain." — Glasgow Kvening Citizen, April 15, 1875. " All our religion, almost all our law, almost all our arts,...from the shores of the Mediterranean. The General [Paoli] observed that ' the Mediterranean would be a noble subject for a poem.1" — Boswcll's Life... | |
 | Jakob Olaus Løkke - 1875 - 556 pages
...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«. THOMAS GRAY. 1716—1771. Thomas Gray var fadt i London 1716. Han fik sin Uddannelse i Kton og Cambridge;... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - 768 pages
...were the four great empires of the world : the Assyrian, the Persian, the Grecian, and the Roman. All rsial discourses DR. S. JOHNSON : Bosu'elFs Johnson, year 1776. deposition without debasement and dissolution. Her glory,... | |
 | Robert Morris - 1879 - 784 pages
...were the four great empires of the world — the Assyrian, the Persian, the Greek, and the Roman. All our religion, almost all our law, almost all our arts, almost all that sets us above the savage, have come to us from these shores. Here, at Promontorium Album, this White Cape (Ras-cl-Abyad,... | |
 | Robert George Hobbes - 1893 - 594 pages
...all the great nations of the world flourished, and all the great events of history took place. " 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." And we cannot sail far on this sea without viewing land. Yonder... | |
 | Rev. A. Scott (of Rothbury.) - 1894 - 154 pages
...religion being patriarchial, was in life and death symbolic. Dr. Johnson remarks : All our religion, almost all our arts, almost all that sets us above...has come to us from the shores of the Mediterranean. Here race has succeeded race ; the sceptre has passed from nation to nation through the historical... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1899 - 224 pages
...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." Paoli, who as a Corsican must have rejoiced in this, remarked : " The Mediterranean would be a noble... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1900 - 450 pages
...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,...Mediterranean ' would be a noble subject for a poem." — Croker's Boswell, vol. iii. p. 400. 202. This passage would, perhaps, be read without emotion,... | |
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