 Where on the ^Egean shore a city stands, Built nobly ; pure the air, and light the soil ; Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence, native to famous wits, Or hospitable, in her sweet recess, City, or suburban, studious walks and shades...  Preparatory Greek Course in English - Page 35by William Cleaver Wilkinson - 1882 - 294 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1909 - 504 pages
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 | Richard Meadowcourt - 1748 - 56 pages
...hofpitable, in her fweet Recefs City or Suburban, ftudious Walks and Shades j See there the Olive-Grove of Academe, Plato's Retirement, where the Attic Bird Trills her thick-warbled Notes the Summer long j In our Saviour's next Reply to Satan are fome judicious Reflections on over-much Reading, which deferve... | |
 | John Milton - English poetry - 1759 - 420 pages
...native to famous wits Or hofpitable, in her fweet recefs, City' or fuburban, ftudious walks and fhades; See there the olive grove of Academe, Plato's retirement, where the Attic bird 245 Trills her thick-warbled notes the fummerlong; There flow'ry hill Hymettus with the found Of bees... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 262 pages
...native to famous wits Or hofpitable, in her fweetrecefs. City' or fuburban, ftudious walks and fhades ; See there the olive grove of Academe,. Plato's retirement, where the Attic bird 145 Trills her thick-warbled notes the fummer long ; There flow'ry hill Hymettus with the found Of... | |
 | John Milton - English poetry - 1785 - 360 pages
...him was called Academic. See tnteni, regionem perflafle, Diogenes Laertius, and Stanley in • 167 See there the olive grove of Academe, Plato's retirement, where the Attic bird 245 Trills her thick-warbled notes the fummer long; There flow'ry hill Hymettus with the found Of bees... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...Greece, mother of arts z40 And eloquence, native to famous wits Or hospitable, in her sweet recess. City' or suburban, studious walks and shades ; See...Academe, Plato's retirement, where the Attic bird z45 Trills her thick-warbled notes the summer long; There flowery hill Hymettus with the sound Of bees... | |
 | William Tasker - Classical literature - 1798 - 264 pages
...know, are much enamoured of the poetical philofophy of Plato — take the poet's own words — " See the olive grove of Academe, " Plato's retirement ;...the attic bird " Trills her thick-warbled notes the fummer long." Ariftotle Ariftotle is another of your old favourites; — Mark— " there Jliffus rolls... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...Greece, mother of arts 240 And eloquence, native to famous wits Or hospitable, in her sweet recess. City' or suburban, studious walks and shades ; See...invites To studious musing ; there Ilissus rolls His whisp'ring stream; within the walls then view The schools of ancient sages ; his who bred 251 Gieat... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence, native to famous wits Or hospitable, in her sweet recess, City or suburban, studious walks and shades. See there...olive grove of Academe, Plato's retirement, where the Attick bird Trills her thick-warbled notes the summer long; There flowery hitl Hymettus, with the sound... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...ef Greece, mother of aits And eloquen£p, native to famous \vits Or hospitable, in her sweet recess, City or suburban, studious walks and shades. See there...olive grove of Academe, Plato's retirement, where the Attick bird Trills her thick-warbled notes the summer long; There flowery hj|l Hymettus, with the sound... | |
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