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...of Burgundy are as old as the age of the Antonines.6 3. The olive, in the western Thc olive. world, followed the progress of peace, of which it was considered...Africa were strangers to that useful plant ; it was * See Homer Odyss. I. ix, v. 358. ' Plin. Hist. Natur. 1. xiv. * Strab. Geograph. 1. iv, p. 223. The...

...the Academy.* Athens (it may be observed) had olive woods when they were unknown in other parts, and two centuries * after the foundation of Rome both Italy and Africa were strangers to that useful plant.5 The olive, according to Pindar,' was brought from the shores of the Danube to those of the...

...Burgundy are The olive. a8 0\([ as the age of the Antonines07. 3. The olive, in the western world, followed the progress of peace, of which it was considered as the symbo1. Two centuries after the foundation of Rome, both Italy and Africa were strangers to that useful...

...Decline and Fall, chap, ii., where he quotes Pliny for this fact : " The olive in the western " world followed the progress of peace, of which it was "...those countries, and, at length, carried into the heart " of Spain and Gaul. The timid errors of the an" cients, that it required a certain degree of...

...suppliant carried a wreath of olive in his hands : Prseferimus manibus vittas et verba precantum. . * Of its introduction into the western world, Mr. Gibbon...in those countries, and at length carried into the heart of Spain, and Gaul. The timid errors of the ancients, in supposing that it required a certain...

...of Burgundy are as old as the age of the The olive. Antonines.6 3. The olive, in the western world, followed the progress of peace, of which it was considered...the symbol. Two centuries after the foundation of • It is not improbable that the (3 reeks and Phoenicians introduced some new arts and productions...

...of Burgundy are as old as the age of the AntoThe olive, nines.97 3. The olive, in the western world, followed the progress of peace, of which it was considered...centuries after the foundation of Rome, both Italy ami Africa were strangers to that useful plant ; it was naturalized M It is not improbable that the...

...the old world, was the companion as well as the iymbol of peace. Two centuries after the foundaiijii of Rome, both Italy and Africa were strangers to that useful plant; it was naturalized in those ountries, am] at length carried into the heart of Spain and Gaul. The timid errors of the ancients...

...country from Egypt. The olive, in the western world, followed the progress of peace, of which it was the symbol. Two centuries after the foundation of...in those countries, and at length carried into the heart of Spain and Gaul. The use of artificial grasses was familiar to the farmers both of Italy and...