 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,...  Johnson: His Characteristics and Aphorisms - Página 159por James Hay - 1884 - 173 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 526 páginas
...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...come to us from the shores of the Mediterranean." The General observed, that " THE MEDITERRANEAN would be a noble subject for a poem." We talked of translation.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 228 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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... | |
 | William Bengo Collyer - 1813 - 448 páginas
...general, Ham has been the servant of his brethren: and it is worthy of remark, that the four grand empires of the world, the Assyrian, the Persian, the Grecian, and the Roman, descended, the two former from Shem, and the two latter from Japheth.* We are afterwards introduced... | |
 | Edward Daniel Clarke - 1814 - 430 páginas
...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... | |
 | Edward Daniel Clarke - 1814 - 428 páginas
...grand object of travelling is to see the shorts of the Mediterranean. On those shores," said he, " were the four great empires of the world ; the Assyrian, the Persian, Greek, and Roman. All our religion, almost all our laws, almost all our arts, almost all that sets... | |
 | James Boswell - 1816 - 500 páginas
...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 páginas
...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,...has come to us from the shores of the Mediterranean. The General observed, that "THE MEDITERRANEAN would be a noble subject for a poem. We talked of translation.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 550 páginas
...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...has come to us from the shores of the Mediterranean. The General observed, that "THE MEDITERRANEAN would be a noble subject for a poem. We talked of translation.... | |
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