 The temple and the village were deeply bosomed in a thick grove of laurels and cypresses, which reached as far as a circumference of ten miles, and formed in the most sultry summers a cool and impenetrable shade. A thousand streams of the purest water,...  The Ladies' Companion - Page 1241857Full view - About this book
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 504 pages
...cypresses, which reached as far as a circumference of ten miles, and formed in the most sultry summers a cool and impenetrable shade. A thousand streams...peaceful grove was consecrated to health and joy, to luxury and love. The vigorous youth pursued, like Apollo, the object of his desires ; and the blushing... | |
 | Seven wonders - 1854 - 384 pages
...miles in circumference. It was composed of laurels and cypress, which formed in the most sultry summers a cool and impenetrable shade. A thousand streams...peaceful grove was consecrated to health and joy, to luxury and love. At the present day, the prevailing plan of Persian gardens is that of long parallel... | |
 | Theodore Alois Buckley - 1854 - 332 pages
...in circumference. It was composed of laurels and cypress, which formed in the most -sultry summers a cool and impenetrable shade. A thousand streams...were gratified with harmonious sounds and aromatic odors ; and the peaceful grove was consecrated to health and joy, to luxury and love. At the present... | |
 | John Kitto - 1854 - 928 pages
...cypresse* which readied as far as a circumference of ten miles, and formed in the most sultry summers a cool and impenetrable shade. A thousand streams,...from every hill, preserved the verdure of the earth ami the temperature of the air' (Gibbon, ch. xxiii.). Hence Antioch was called Epidaphnes ('A/riox*'1?... | |
 | John Aiton - 1856 - 488 pages
...cypresses, which reached as far as a circumference of ten miles, and formed, in the most sultry summers, a cool and impenetrable shade. A thousand streams...verdure of the earth and the temperature of the air." All the writers of antiquity who mention Antioch talk of its celebrity throughout the then known world,... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1857 - 584 pages
...Tho Grove of Urentes, in Syria, must have been enchanting ; it was nine miles in circumference. 1'rom Gibbon's description we learn that " its laurels and...shade. A thousand streams of the purest water, issuing front THE NATIONAL MAGAZINE. every hill, preserved the verdure of the earth add the temperature of... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1857 - 586 pages
...Syria, must have been enchanting ; it was nine miles in circumference. From Gibbon's descrip- • tion we learn that " its laurels and cypress formed, in...thousand streams of the purest water, issuing from THE NATIONAL MAGAZINE. every hill, preserved the verdure of the earth and the temperature of the air... | |
 | LYMAN COLEMAN - 1860 - 192 pages
...cypresses, which reached as far as a circumference of ten miles, and formed, in the most sultry summers, an impenetrable shade. A thousand streams of the purest...verdure of the earth and the temperature of the air." Antioch was celebrated for its refinements in the arts, and the cultivation of literature and philosophy.... | |
 | Lyman Coleman - 1860 - 218 pages
...cypresses, which reached as far as a circumference of ten miles, and formed, in the most sultry summers, an impenetrable shade. A thousand streams of the purest...verdure of the earth and the temperature of the air." Antioch was celebrated for its refinements in the arts, and the cultivation of literature and philosophy.... | |
 | Patrick Fairbairn - 1866 - 1056 pages
...cypresses, which reached as far ay a circumference of ten miles, and formed in the most sultry summers a cool and impenetrable shade. A thousand streams...temperature of the air ; the senses were gratified witli harmonious sounds and aromatic odours ; and the peaceful grove was consecrated to health and... | |
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