 | 1853 - 334 pagina’s
...representations of the CEdipus of Sophocles and the Jphigenia of Euripides ; and that his pupils .SSschines and Demosthenes contended for the crown of patriotism...with the founders of the Stoic and Epicurean sects. The ingenious youth of Attica enjoyed the benefits of their domestic education, which was communicated... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1853 - 372 pagina’s
...terminus, Gibbon goes on: — 'And that his pupils, ./Eschines and Demosthenes, contended for the orown of patriotism in the presence of Aristotle, the master...with the founders of the Stoic and Epicurean sects.' Now then, reader, you are arrived at that station from which you overlook the whole of Greek literature,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 440 pagina’s
...representations of the (Edipus of Sophocles and the Iphigenia of Euripides; and that his pupils jEschines and Demosthenes contended for the crown of patriotism...Athens with the founders of the Stoic and Epicurean sects.144 The ingenuous youth of Attica enjoyed the benefits of their domestic education, which was... | |
 | William Smith - 1854 - 1318 pagina’s
...influence upon the buildings of the city. They are characterized by Milton in his noble lines: — " Where on the Aegean shore a city stands Built nobly, pure the air, and liy/it the toil." The plain of Athena is barren and destitute of vegetation, with the exception... | |
 | 1858 - 674 pagina’s
...man ; next, with reference to the lower terminus, Gibbon goes on : " And that his pupils ^Bschines and Demosthenes contended for the crown of patriotism...Athens with the founders of the Stoic and Epicurean sects."'}1 Some such longitude we may assign, without much latitude, to the once famous and highly... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1861 - 638 pagina’s
...reference to the lower tenninus, Gibbon goes on : " And that his pupils, ^Eschines and Demoshenes, contended for the crown of patriotism in the presence...with the founders of the Stoic and Epicurean sects." Now then, reader, you have arrived at that station from which you overlook the whole of Greek literature,... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1862 - 364 pagina’s
...man; next, with reference to the lower terminus, Gibbon goes on: " And that his pupils, -53schines and Demosthenes, contended for the crown, of patriotism...with the founders of the Stoic and Epicurean sects." Now then, reader, you have arrived at that station from which you overlook the whole of Greek literature,... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1862 - 374 pagina’s
...man ; next, with reference to the lower terminus, Gibbon goes on : " And that his pupils, jEschines and Demosthenes, contended for the crown of patriotism...with the founders of the Stoic and Epicurean sects." Now then, reader, you have arrived at that station from which you overlook the whole of Greek literature,... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1862 - 378 pagina’s
...long man; next, with reference to the lower terminus, Gibbon goes on: " And that his pupils, JEschines and Demosthenes, contended for the crown of patriotism...with the founders of the Stoic and Epicurean sects." Now then, reader, you have arrived at that station from which you overlook the whole of Greek literature,... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1864 - 356 pagina’s
...man ; next, with reference to the lower terminus, Gibbon goes on : — and that his pupils, ^Eschines and Demosthenes, contended for the crown of patriotism...with the founders of the Stoic and Epicurean sects.' Now then, reader, you are arfived at that station from which you overlook the whole of Greek literature,... | |
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So far in relation to the upper terminus of the long man; next, with reference to the lower terminus, Gibbon goes on: " And that his pupils, ^Eschines and Demosthenes, contended for the crown of patriotism in the presence of Aristotle, the master of Theophrastus,... 
