 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
 | John McClintock, James Strong - 1867 - 982 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 (Gibbon, ch. xxiii). Hence Antioch was called Epidaphnes ('Avr«>x«ia r) iiri ^afrg, Josephus, Ant.... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1871 - 620 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...preserved the verdure of the earth, and the temperature if the air ; the senses were gratified with harmonious sounds and aromatic odors ; and the peaceful... | |
 | Moses Wolcott Redding, Author of Guide to Mount Moriah - 1875 - 570 pages
...Many streams of the purest water, issuing from the lulls, preserved the rich verdure of the earth, and temperature of the air ; the senses were gratified with harmonious sounds, and aromatic odors. This peaceful grove was consecrated to health, luxury, and love. The vigorous youth pursued... | |
 | 1877 - 208 pages
...cypresses, which reached as far as a circumference of ten miles, and formed, in the most sultry summer, a cool and impenetrable shade. A thousand streams...peaceful grove was consecrated to health and joy, to luxury and love. . . . The soldier and the philosopher wisely avoided the temptations of this sensual... | |
 | R. A. Hammond - 1878 - 512 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 of the purest water, springing from every hill, preserved the verdure of the earth and the temperature of the air : the... | |
 | John De Witt - 1885 - 442 pages
...and cypresses, which formed, in sultry summers, a cool and impenetrable shade. A thousand streams of purest water, issuing from every hill, preserved the...were gratified with harmonious sounds and aromatic odors." But the rites practiced and the pleasures pursued attested only too well the fact, that the... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1887 - 458 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...; the senses were gratified with harmonious sounds ami aromatic odours ; and the peaceful grove was consecrated to health and joy, to luxury and love.... | |
 | John Fordyce (M.A.) - 1888 - 236 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 soldier and the philosopher wisely avoided the temptation of this sensual paradise,... | |
 | Pausanias - 1898 - 472 pages
...circumference of io miles, and formed in the most sultry summers a cool and impenetrable shade. Л thousand streams of the purest water issuing from...peaceful grove was consecrated to health and joy, to luxury and love" (Dcc/iiic und J-ii//, ch. xxiii. vol. 4. p. 118 sqq., ed. 1811). To the authorities... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1901 - 602 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... | |
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