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... Song . For this purpose he has given copious extracts from his Journal ; and though he is sensible that he might , by revising the original de- scriptions , have corrected many inaccuracies of expres- sion , yet he has chosen to leave ...
... Song . For this purpose he has given copious extracts from his Journal ; and though he is sensible that he might , by revising the original de- scriptions , have corrected many inaccuracies of expres- sion , yet he has chosen to leave ...
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... song — from yonder oak , whose giant arms , Scath'd by the storms of ages , shoot athwart The torrent's foaming eddy , reach thy harp , And though around its frame the ivy twines , B. 5 10 And the wild winds have rudely swept the ...
... song — from yonder oak , whose giant arms , Scath'd by the storms of ages , shoot athwart The torrent's foaming eddy , reach thy harp , And though around its frame the ivy twines , B. 5 10 And the wild winds have rudely swept the ...
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... song of ancient times , th ' immortal tale Of bold heroic deeds , and firm resolve And dauntless enterprise ; whose kindling eyes Flash indignation on the servile lays Of minions crouching at a tyrant's throne , But glow with transport ...
... song of ancient times , th ' immortal tale Of bold heroic deeds , and firm resolve And dauntless enterprise ; whose kindling eyes Flash indignation on the servile lays Of minions crouching at a tyrant's throne , But glow with transport ...
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... song , And I will lead you by a varied way 60 O'er riven rocks , that lean upon the breast Of the dark billow , by the yawning gulph Of hideous caverns , thro ' the shade of woods , And scenes immortalis'd in Grecian strains . How bleak ...
... song , And I will lead you by a varied way 60 O'er riven rocks , that lean upon the breast Of the dark billow , by the yawning gulph Of hideous caverns , thro ' the shade of woods , And scenes immortalis'd in Grecian strains . How bleak ...
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... songs of servile praise 145 To swell thy triumph ? Shall she hail the chief Who treads exulting on the prostrate neck Of Liberty , and rolls his savage eye To blast the germs of science and of art ? 150 No - she shall ne'er degrade her ...
... songs of servile praise 145 To swell thy triumph ? Shall she hail the chief Who treads exulting on the prostrate neck Of Liberty , and rolls his savage eye To blast the germs of science and of art ? 150 No - she shall ne'er degrade her ...
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Acropolis Æschylus Alpheus amidst ancient Greek Apoll appearance Athenæus Athenian Athens battle beautiful beneath breast Breathing brow called cave Cephissus columns Corinth dance dark deep Delphi descended distance Doric Eschyl Eurip Euripides Eurotas ev'ry flow'ry gloom Grecian Greece hand Herod hill Homer Hymettus Ioannina Journal Lucian marble miles modern Greek mountains mournful Mycenae o'er Olympus Parnassus Pasha pass Paus Pausanias Peneus Pindus Piræus plain Pnyx poets pow'r rais'd Rhod river rock rocky Romaic round rugged ruin'd ruins sacred says scenes shade shores side situated song spear stone Strabo stream summit temple Theatre thee Theseus Thessaly thou thro Thucyd Thucydides Tiryns tomb tow'rs town trees tripod Turkish Turks vale vale of Tempe viii walls warriors wave whilst wild wood Xenoph Xenophon Γαρ δε εις εκ εν επι ες και μὲ μεν τε τὴν τῶν
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Page 276 - ... abode : but she is pursued even here, and threatened with destruction. The inundation of lawless power, after .covering the whole earth, threatens to follow us here ; and we are most exactly, most critically placed, in the only aperture where it can be successfully repelled, in the Thermopylae of the universe.
Page 237 - From the lines, the galleys, and the bridge, the Ottoman artillery thundered on all sides; and the camp and city, the Greeks and the Turks, were involved in a cloud of smoke, which could only be dispelled by the final deliverance or destruction of the Roman empire.
Page 237 - In that fatal moment the Janizaries arose, fresh, vigorous, and invincible. The sultan himself on horseback, with an iron mace in his hand, was the spectator and judge of their...
Page 187 - Each to the appointed station steers his course; And through the night his naval force each chief Fix'd to secure the passes. Night advanced, But not by secret flight did Greece attempt To escape. The morn, all beauteous to behold, Drawn by white steeds bounds o'er the...
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Page 239 - For to famous men all the earth is a sepulchre: and their virtues shall be testified, not only by the inscription in stone at home, but by an unwritten record of the mind, which more than of any monument will remain with every one for ever.
Page 276 - Qua ex urbe cum tot viri disertissimi prodierint, eorum potissimum scriptis ab adolescentia pervolvendis, didicisse me libens fateor quicquid ego in literis profeci. Quod si mihi tanta vis dicendi accepta ab illis et quasi transfusa inesset, ut exercitus nostros et classes ad liberandam ab Ottomannico tyranno...
Page 138 - The flowering smilax* also is there " in great abundance ; which running up the " acclivities of the hills, and spreading the " close texture of its leaves and tendrils on all " sides, perfectly covers and shades them ; so *•' that no part of the bare rock is seen ; but " the whole is hung with the verdure of a " thick, inwoven herbage, presenting the most " agreeable spectacle to the eye.