 We are all Greeks. Our laws, our literature, our religion, our arts, have their root in Greece. But for Greece — Rome, the instructor, the conqueror, or the metropolis, of our ancestors, would have spread no illumination with her arms, and we might...  Four Centuries of English Letters: Selections from the Correspondence of One ... - Page 509edited by - 1880 - 573 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1822 - 82 pages
...their ruin, is something perfectly inexplicable to a mere spectator of the shews of this mortal scene. We are all Greeks. Our laws, our literature, our religion, our arts, have their root in Greece. But for Greece — Rome, the instructor, the conqueror, or the metropolis of our ancestors,... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - Poets, English - 1840 - 396 pages
...their ruin, is something perfectly inexplicable to a mere spectator of the shows of this mortal scene. We are all Greeks. Our laws, our literature, our religion, our arts, have their root in Greece. But for Greece — Rome the instructor, the conqueror, or the metropolis of our ancestors,... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1840 - 258 pages
...letter. Ever most faithfully yours, " PBS MY DEAR TLETTER LXII. TO CT, ESQ. Pisa, April llth, 1822. 1 HAVE, as yet, received neither the * * *, nor his metaphysical companions — Time, my lord, lias a wallet an, his back, and I suppose he has bagged them by the way. As he has had a good deal... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1845 - 246 pages
...a piece of this letter. Ever most faithfully yours, PBS LETTER To • • LXI1I. Pisa, April 11th, 1822. My DEAR * » — I have, as yet, received neither...companions — Time, my Lord, has a wallet on his bad; and I suppose he has bagged them by the way. As he has had a good deal of alms for oblivion out... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1845 - 186 pages
...of this letter. Ever most faithfully yours, PBS LETTER LXIII. To • • EKJ. Pita, April nth. 1823. MY DEAR » » — I have, as yet, received neither...nor his metaphysical companions — Time, my Lord, ha» a wallet on his back, and I suppose he has bagged them by the way. As he has had a good deal of... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - Fore-edge painting - 1847 - 578 pages
...piece of this letter. Ever most faithfully yours, PBS LETTER LXIIL To •* Be» Pita, April 4th, 182 >. MY DEAR • • — I have, as yet, received neither...nor his metaphysical companions — Time, my Lord, lias a walltl on his bad; and I suppose he has bagged them by the way. As he has had a good deal of... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1847 - 638 pages
...their ruin, is something perfectly inexplicable to a mere spectator of the shows of this mortal scene. We are all Greeks. Our laws, our literature, our religion, our arts, have their root in Greece. But for Greece—Rome the instructor, the conqueror, or the metropolis of our ancestors,... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1849 - 406 pages
...their ruin, is something perfectly inexplicable to a mere spectator of the shows of this mortal scene. We are all Greeks. Our laws, our literature, our religion, our arts, have their root in Greece. But for Greece — Rome the instructer, the conqueror, or the metropolis of our ancestors,... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1865 - 854 pages
...their ruin, is something perfectly inexplicable to a mere spectator of the shows of this mortal scene. We are all Greeks. Our laws, our literature, our religion, our arts. have their root in Greece. Bnt for Greece — Rome the instructor, the conqueror, or the metropolis of our ancestors,... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1865 - 834 pages
...their ruin, is something perfectly inexplicable to a mere spectator of the shows of this mortal scene. We are all Greeks. Our laws, our literature, our religion, our arts. have their root in Greece. But for Greece—Rome the instructor, the conqueror, or the metropolis of our ancestors,... | |
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