 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 sivua
...scattered along it's steep and woody hanks, attested the unskilfulness, the terrours, and the devotien of the Grecian navigators, who, after the example...explored the dangers of the inhospitable Euxine. On these hanks, tradition long preserved the memory of the palace of Phineus, .infested by the obscene harpies;... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 864 sivua
...indignantly supported the yoke of an ignominious CHAP' history, than in the fables, of antiquity *. A crowd ' of temples and of votive altars profusely...palace of Phineus, infested by the obscene harpies t; and of the sylvan reign of Amycus, who defied the son of Leda to the combat of the Cestus. The streights... | |
 | Charles Greenstreet Addison - 1838 - 278 sivua
...its steep and wooded banks, attested the unskilfulness, the terrors, and the devotion of the Greek navigators, who, after the example of the Argonauts,...palace of Phineus infested by the obscene harpies, and of the sylvan reign of A my ens, who defied the son of Leda to the combat of the Centaurs,"* The... | |
 | Charles Greenstreet Addison - 1838 - 492 sivua
...its steep and wooded banks, attested the unskilfulness, the terrors, and the devotion of the Greek navigators, who, after the example of the Argonauts,...palace of Phineus infested by the obscene harpies, and of the sylvan reign of Amycus, who defied the son of Leda to the combat of the Centaurs." * The... | |
 | Charles Greenstreet Addison - 1838 - 476 sivua
...its steep and wooded banks, attested the unskilfulness, the terrors, and the devotion of the Greek navigators, who, after the example of the Argonauts, explored the dangers of the inhospitable THE BOSPHORUS. 261 Euxine. On these banks tradition long preserved the memory of the palace of Phineus... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 466 sivua
...appellation of Bosphonis, a name not less celebrated in the history than in the fables of antiquity.3 A crowd of temples and of votive altars, profusely...the inhospitable Euxine. On these banks tradition Iqng preserved the memory of the palace of Phineus, infested by the obscene harpies ;4 and of the sylvan... | |
 | William Jackson Brodribb - 1879 - 298 sivua
...appellation of Bosporus, a name not less celebrated in the history, than in the fables, of antiquity. A crowd of temples and of votive altars profusely...palace of Phineus, infested by the obscene harpies ; and of the sylvan reign of Amycus, who defied the son of Leda to the combat of * the cestus. The... | |
 | James Cotter Morison - 1879 - 220 sivua
...appellation of Bosphorus, a name not less celebrated in the history than in the fables of antiquity. A crowd of temples and of votive altars, profusely...Grecian navigators, who, after the example of the Ar0-on. mts, explored the dangers of the inhospitable Euxine. On these banks tradition long preserved... | |
 | Blackie and son, ltd - 1880 - 406 sivua
...appellation of Bosphorus, a name not less celebrated in the history than in the fables of antiquity. A crowd of temples and of votive altars profusely scattered along its steep and woody banks a tested the unskilfulness, the terrors, and the devotion of the Grecian navigators, who, after the... | |
 | 1883 - 528 sivua
...appellation of Bos'phorus, a name not less celebrated in the history than in the fables of antiquity. A crowd of temples and of votive altars, profusely...palace of Phineus, infested by the obscene Harpies; and of the sylvan reign of Am'ycus, who defied the son of Leda to the combat of the cestus. The straits... | |
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The winding channel through which the waters of the Euxine flow with a rapid and incessant course towards the Mediterranean received the appellation of Bosphorus, a name not less celebrated in the history than in the fables of antiquity. A crowd of temples... 
