But the farther we progressed into the plain, the more we began to admire its chief characteristics, the more we were impressed by its mountain barriers. ' As the city of Athens,' says Mr. Wordsworth, ' was both protected from external aggression, and... The Greece of the Greeks - Página 26por G. A. Perdicaris - 1845Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Christopher Wordsworth (bp. of Lincoln) - 1839 - 512 páginas
...sea on the east in the same manner as Mount ^Egaleos does on the west. Thus, as the City of Athens was both protected from external aggression, and also...were called — which stretched from the town to its harbours, so was the Plain of Athens defended from invasion and maintained in communication with the... | |
| Christopher Wordsworth - 1844 - 502 páginas
...sea on the east, in the same manner as Mount jEg.ileos does on the west. Thus, as the City of Athens was both protected from external aggression, and also connected with the sea by means of its Long Walls,—as they were called—which stretched from the town to its harbours, so was the Plain of Athens... | |
| G. A. Perdicaris - 1845 - 326 páginas
...idolatrous devotion over their domestic altars, ie their firesides and their stoves. Yet at this season, and in this hour, we were not only without fire, but promenading...is, by its mountain bulwarks, namely, by Parnes and JDgaleos to the west, and by Pentelicus and Hymettus on the east ; and thus, the hand of nature had... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1846 - 548 páginas
...by the public road, which winds its way through groves and vineyards to the city of the ' blue-eyed goddess.' But the farther we progressed into the plain,...is, by its mountain bulwarks, namely, by Parnes and ^Egaleos to the west, and by Pentelicus and Hymettus on the east; and thus, the hand of nature had... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1846 - 550 páginas
...we began to admire its chief characteristics, the more we were impressed by its mountain harriers. ' As the city of Athens,' says Mr. Wordsworth, ' was...— that is, by its mountain bulwarks, namely, by Faroes and ^Egaleos to the west, and by Pentelicus and Hymettus on the east ; and thus, the hand of... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1846 - 546 páginas
...the more we were impressed by its mountain barriers. ' As the city of Athens,' says Mr. Wordsworth, 1 was both protected from external aggression, and also...is, by its mountain bulwarks, namely, by Parnes and ^Egaleos to the west, and by Pentelicus and Hymettus on the east ; and thus, the hand of nature had... | |
| Christopher Wordsworth - 1853 - 614 páginas
...of which sinks into the sea on the east, in the same manner as Mount ^Egaleos does on the west. l25 connected with the sea by means of its long walls, — as they were called, — which stivtched from the town to its harbours, so was the PLAIN of Athens defended from invasion and maintained... | |
| Christopher Wordsworth - 1859 - 560 páginas
...^Egaleos does on the west. Thus, as the CITY of Athens was protected from external aggression, and connected with the sea by means of its Long Walls,...were called, — which stretched from the town to its harbours, so was the PLAIN of Athens defended from invasion and maintained in communication with the... | |
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