 | Actors - 1815 - 162 pages
...Athens insulted by the mindless Ottoman! The days of their glory are as if they had never been, and the island that was then a speck, rude and neglected in the barren ocean, now rivals the wealth of their Commerce, the glory of their Arms, the fame of their Philosophy, the eloquence of their... | |
 | Charles Phillips - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1817 - 234 pages
...the very impression of his footsteps ! The days of their glory are as if they had never been ; and the island that was then a speck, rude and neglected...of their senate, and the inspiration of their bards ! Wno shall say, then, contemplating the past, that England, proud and potent as she appears, may not... | |
 | Charles Phillips - Speeches, addresses, etc., Irish - 1820 - 296 pages
...erased the very impression of his footsteps! The days of their glory are as if they had never been; and the island that was then a speck, rude and neglected...philosophy, the eloquence of their senate, and the Such, sir, is the natural progress of human operations, and such the unsubstantial mockery of human... | |
 | Caleb Bingham - Readers - 1820 - 226 pages
...days of their glory are as if they had never been ; and the island which was then a speck, rude '.nd neglected in the barren ocean, now rivals the ubiquity of their, commerce, the glory of iheir arms, the force of their philosophy, the eloquence of their senate, and the inspiration of their... | |
 | African Americans - 1826 - 238 pages
...by the servile Ottoman. The days of their glory are as if they had never been; and the island which was then a speck, rude and neglected in the barren...ubiquity of their commerce, the glory of their arms, the force of their philosophy, the eloquence of their senate, and the inspiration of their bards ! ' 13.... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - Readers - 1828 - 314 pages
...the very impressions of his footsteps ! The days of their glory are, as if they had never been ; and the island that was then a speck, rude and neglected...England, proud and potent as she appears, may not be what Athens is, and the young America soar to be what Athens was. Who shall say, when the European... | |
 | Caleb Bingham - 1829 - 234 pages
...the servile Ottoman. The days of their glory are as if they had never been ; and the island, which was then a speck, rude and neglected in the barren ocean, now rivals the ubiquityt of their commerce, the glory of their arms, the force of their philosophy, the eloquence... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1833 - 312 pages
...The days of their glory are as if they had never been; and the island, that was then a speck, rude 20 and neglected in the barren ocean, now rivals the...contemplating the past, that England, proud and potent 25 as she appears, may not, one day, be what Athens is, and the young America yet soar to be what Athens... | |
 | Caleb Bingham - Readers - 1837 - 242 pages
...by the servile Ottoman. The days of their glory are as if they had never been; and the island, which was then a speck, rude and neglected in the barren ocean, now rivals the ubiquityt of their commerce, the glory of their arms, the force of their philosophy, the eloquence... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1838 - 316 pages
...The days of their glory are as if they had never been; and the island, that was then a speck, rude 60 and neglected in the barren ocean, now rivals the...contemplating the past, that England, proud and potent 45 as she appears, may not, one day, be what Athens is, and the young America yet soar to be what Athens... | |
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In his hurried march, Time has but looked at their imagined immortality, and all its vanities, from the palace to the tomb, have, with their ruins, erased the very impression of his footsteps ! The days of their glory are as if they had never been ; and... 
