Peleponnesus are precisely those of the opposite coast of Fife. Nor is the resemblance less striking in the general characteristics of the scene ; for, although we cannot exclaim, " these are the groves of the Academy, and that the Sacred Way !" yet,... Walks in Edinburgh - Page 275by Robert Chambers - 1825 - 276 pagesFull view - About this book
| Adam and Charles Black, Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1851 - 284 pages
...Firth of Forth we behold the JEgesui Sea ; in Inchkeith, jEgina ; and the hills of the Peloponnesus are precisely those of the opposite coast of Fife....the Sacred Way ! " yet, as on the Attic shore, we certainlv here behold — -" A country rich and gay, Broke into Mils with balmy odours crowned, And... | |
| Gazetteers - 1856 - 972 pages
...frith of Forth we behold the ./Egean sea; in Inch-Keith, A'gina: und the hills of the Peloponnesus are precisely those of the opposite coast of Fife....striking in the general characteristics of the scene." E. presents, from almost every point whence it can be viewed such scenic and architectural ¡iroii|iings... | |
| 1865 - 396 pages
...Firth of Forth, we behold the jEgean sea ; in Inch Keith, jffigina; and the hills of the Peloponnesus are precisely those of the opposite coast of Fife....country rich and gay, Broke into hills with balmy odours crown'd, And joyous oaks and groves, mountains and streams, And clustering towns, and monuments of... | |
| James Thomson - 1880 - 548 pages
...main, 1 The Pyramids. - The tyrants of Egypt. Ionian or ^gean, tempered kind ; Light, airy soils ; a country rich, and gay ; Broke into hills with balmy odours crowned, And, bright with purple harvest, joyous vales ; Mountains, and streams, where verse spontaneous flowed ;... | |
| Francis Hindes Groome - Scotland - 1882 - 330 pages
...the Firth of Forth we behold the jEgean Sea ; in Inchkeith, ./Egina ; and the hills of Peloponnesus are precisely those of the opposite coast of Fife....Nor is the resemblance less striking in the general characteristies of the scene ; for, although we cannot exclaim, "These are the groves of the Academy,... | |
| James Thomson - English poetry - 1908 - 556 pages
...Clear sunny climates, by the breezy main, go Ionian or Aegean, tempered kind : Light, airy soils : a country rich and gay, Broke into hills with balmy odours crowned, And, bright with purple harvest, joyous vales : Mountains and streams where verse spontaneous flowed, Whence... | |
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