...once more, ere we leave this specular mount, Westward, much nearer by south-west ; behold Where on th' jEgean shore a city stands Built nobly, pure the air,...Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence, to famous native wits, Or hospitable, in her sweet recess, City, or suburban, studious walks and shades...

...in the world. I rode on, repeating to myself Milton's beautiful description : " Look ! on the Egean shore a city stands Built nobly; pure the air and light the soils Athens — the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence ; native to famous wits Or hospitable,...

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...in the world. I rode on, repeating to myself Milton's beautiful description : " Look ! on the F.gean a city stands Built nobly ; pure the air and light the soil ; 134 Athens — the eye of firoece, mother of arts And eloquence ; native to unions wits Or hospitable,...

...LOOK once more, ere we leave7 this specular mount, Westward, much nearer by southwest ; behold Where on the jEgean shore a city stands Built nobly ; pure...the soil ; Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts 1 Golden Chersonese — the Aurea Chersonesus, or Golden Peninsula, Malacca. * Taprobane — the island...

...Grtect.] [From Paradise Regained.] Westward, much nearer by southwest, behold, Where on the JEge&n or footstep trace! For though 1 fled him angry, vet...promis'd race, I now Gladly behold though but his utmost wite Or hospitable, in her sweet recess, City or suburban, studious walks and shades. See there the...

...est nisi te scire hoc sciat alter." — PEKSIUS. THE TRIAL OF SOPHOCLES. " Behold Where on th' (Egean shore a city stands Built nobly, pure the air, and...the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence." Par. Eeg. 4, 237. No one, we think, can peruse the history of Athens without sometimes wishing to recall...

...Gretce.] [From Paradise Regained.] Westward, much nearer by southwest, behold, Where on the ,/Egean emp ; I rceess, City or suburban, studious walks and shades. Sec there the olive grove of Academe, Plato's...

...be taken as a specimen of the conduct of the various dialogues. " Behold,'' says Satan, — " Where on the JEgean shore a city stands, Built nobly, pure...mother of arts And eloquence, native to famous wits, And hospitable, in her sweet recess, City or suburban, studious walks and shades; See there the olive...

...appeal, — all upon whom his magic words and mighty thoughts could operate. He spoke to Athens ; and " Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence, native to famous wits Or hospitable," • — was a city just about the size of Boston,, with a population of only 140,000 in all, men, women,...