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... minutes from Kakasialăsi . Before we quitted Thebes , I copied the following inscription , which I had not observed on my former visit : 1 According to Strabo , Oche was the greatest mountain in Eubœa , b . 10. p . 445 . TO THE RUINS OF ...
... minutes from Kakasialăsi . Before we quitted Thebes , I copied the following inscription , which I had not observed on my former visit : 1 According to Strabo , Oche was the greatest mountain in Eubœa , b . 10. p . 445 . TO THE RUINS OF ...
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... minutes beyond which we entered a plain ; probably that which Pausanias * denominates the plain of Athamas . Twenty minutes farther are some traces near the lake which was to our left . At this place is situated one of the katabathra ...
... minutes beyond which we entered a plain ; probably that which Pausanias * denominates the plain of Athamas . Twenty minutes farther are some traces near the lake which was to our left . At this place is situated one of the katabathra ...
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... minutes from the last mentioned traces , we came to the remains of a city as imperfect as the others that we had ... minute in his description of this country , yet he has made several omissions and apparent errors in distances , and has ...
... minutes from the last mentioned traces , we came to the remains of a city as imperfect as the others that we had ... minute in his description of this country , yet he has made several omissions and apparent errors in distances , and has ...
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... minutes more we passed another . The traveller through this country during the winter has to encounter numerous impediments , owing to the want of bridges over the streams , which , descending in frequent masses from the precipitous ...
... minutes more we passed another . The traveller through this country during the winter has to encounter numerous impediments , owing to the want of bridges over the streams , which , descending in frequent masses from the precipitous ...
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... minute investigation . We therefore con- tinued our route ; and about twenty - five minutes from the derbēni , crossed two streams , one of which was warm , the other cold : fifty minutes more brought us to the narrowest part of the ...
... minute investigation . We therefore con- tinued our route ; and about twenty - five minutes from the derbēni , crossed two streams , one of which was warm , the other cold : fifty minutes more brought us to the narrowest part of the ...
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Page 33 - And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought. 24 And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.
Page 159 - Scilicet et tempus veniet, cum finibus illis agricola incurvo terram molitus aratro exesa inveniet scabra robigine pila, aut gravibus rastris galeas pulsabit inanes, grandiaque effossis mirabitur ossa sepulcris.
Page 50 - ... me quidem ipsae illae nostrae Athenae non tam operibus magnificis exquisitisque antiquorum artibus delectant, quam recordatione summorum virorum, ubi quisque habitare, ubi sedere, ubi disputare sit solitus, studioseque eorum etiam sepulcra contemplor.
Page 31 - Isigonus, qui visu quoque effascinent interimantque quos diutius intueantur, iratis praecipue oculis, quod eorum malum facilius sentire puberes; notabilius esse, quod pupillas binas in singulis habeant oculis.
Page 459 - And heaven-bred horror, on the Grecian part, Sat on each face, and sadden'd every heart. As, from its cloudy dungeon issuing forth, A double tempest of the west and north Swells o'er the sea, from Thracia's frozen shore, Heaps waves on waves, and bids the ^Egean r.oar ; This way and that the boiling deeps are toss'd ; Such various passions urged the troubled host.
Page 10 - For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn.
Page 165 - Sounds do not always give us pleasure according to their sweetness and melody, nor do harsh sounds always displease. We are more apt to be captivated or disgusted with the associations which they promote, than with the notes themselves. Thus the shrilling of the field-cricket, though sharp and stridulous, yet marvellously delights some hearers, filling their minds with a train of summer ideas of everything that is rural, verdurous, and joyous.
Page 115 - Nam praeter angustias per quinque milia, qua exiguum iumento onusto iter est, rupes utrimque ita abscisae sunt, ut despici vix sine vertigine quadam simul oculorum animique possit. Terret et sonitus et altitude per mediam 9 vallem fluentis Penei amnis.
Page 462 - Tis thus they sail, pleased with the wanton game, The fish, the sailor, and the ship, the same. But when the swimmers dread some dangers near The sportive pleasure yields to stronger fear.
Page 271 - Of goats are blown to inclose the hoarded wines : The mountain yet retains a mountain's face, And gather'd rubbish heals the hollow space. Of many wonders, which I heard or knew, Retrenching most, I will relate but few : What, are not springs with qualities...