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1.Narrative of a Journey through Syria and Palestine in 1851 and 1852.By Lieut.Van de Velde. 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1854.
1.Narrative of a Journey through Syria and Palestine in 1851 and 1852.By Lieut.Van de Velde. 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1854.
2. The old name for Corinth. The famous rock of the Acropolis is 1800 feet high, and is a most prominent object from Athens, and all the open country to the east.
2. The old name for Corinth. The famous rock of the Acropolis is 1800 feet high, and is a most prominent object from Athens, and all the open country to the east.
3. The landscape here described is well known to travellers, being on the road between Corinth and Mycenæ. The Apesantian mount, with its broad, flat, tabular summit, overhangs Nemea, where three magnificent Corinthian pillars are all that remain to proclaim, amid the solitude, the once splendid worship of Nemean Jove. The defile ofTretusis described by Pausanias (ii. 15), and by Colonel Mure in his Travels.
3. The landscape here described is well known to travellers, being on the road between Corinth and Mycenæ. The Apesantian mount, with its broad, flat, tabular summit, overhangs Nemea, where three magnificent Corinthian pillars are all that remain to proclaim, amid the solitude, the once splendid worship of Nemean Jove. The defile ofTretusis described by Pausanias (ii. 15), and by Colonel Mure in his Travels.
4. The temple of Juno, near Mycenæ, of which the remains have lately been discovered.
4. The temple of Juno, near Mycenæ, of which the remains have lately been discovered.
5. The well-known ruins of Tiryns, at the head of the Argolic gulf, between Nauplia and Argos. The “galleries” make a fine figure in illustrated tours; but Tiryns, situated on a low elliptical hillock, will disappoint the traveller. Not soMycenæ, of which the remains are truly sublime, and well worthy to be associated for ever with the memory of the “king of men.”
5. The well-known ruins of Tiryns, at the head of the Argolic gulf, between Nauplia and Argos. The “galleries” make a fine figure in illustrated tours; but Tiryns, situated on a low elliptical hillock, will disappoint the traveller. Not soMycenæ, of which the remains are truly sublime, and well worthy to be associated for ever with the memory of the “king of men.”
6. The old name of Ægina, whose maritime strength and commercial dignity are celebrated by Pindar. (Ol. viii.)
6. The old name of Ægina, whose maritime strength and commercial dignity are celebrated by Pindar. (Ol. viii.)
7. Naxos.
7. Naxos.
8. The climate of Rhodes is delightful. The Atabyrian mount is mentioned by Pindar, in the famous ode to Diagoras (ol. vii.),αλλ ὦ Ζεῦ πάτερ νὡτοισιν Αταβυριου. κ. τ. λ.
8. The climate of Rhodes is delightful. The Atabyrian mount is mentioned by Pindar, in the famous ode to Diagoras (ol. vii.),αλλ ὦ Ζεῦ πάτερ νὡτοισιν Αταβυριου. κ. τ. λ.
9. On the subject ofLycia, and the topography of this part of the poem, it is perhaps superfluous to refer our readers to Sir Charles Fellowes’ works, and the travels, in the same district, of Professor Edward Forbes, now of this city.
9. On the subject ofLycia, and the topography of this part of the poem, it is perhaps superfluous to refer our readers to Sir Charles Fellowes’ works, and the travels, in the same district, of Professor Edward Forbes, now of this city.
10. A warlike people in Lycia mentioned by Homer—Σολύμοισι κυδαλἰμοισι.
10. A warlike people in Lycia mentioned by Homer—Σολύμοισι κυδαλἰμοισι.
11. So Homer. Arrian, in his life of Alexander (ii. 5), alludes to this plain, or one bearing the same name, near the river Pyramus in Cilicia.
11. So Homer. Arrian, in his life of Alexander (ii. 5), alludes to this plain, or one bearing the same name, near the river Pyramus in Cilicia.
12. Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners’ Report, 1853.
12. Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners’ Report, 1853.
13.Of the Plurality of Worlds; an Essay. Also a Dialogue on the same subject.Second Edition. Parker and Son, 1854.More Worlds than One, the Creed of the Philosopher, and the Hope of the Christian.By SirDavid Brewster, K.H., D.C.L. Murray, 1854.The Planets: Are they Inhabited Worlds?Museum of Science and Art. ByDionysius Lardner, D.C.L., Chapters i., ii., iii., iv. Walton and Maberly, 1854.
13.Of the Plurality of Worlds; an Essay. Also a Dialogue on the same subject.Second Edition. Parker and Son, 1854.
More Worlds than One, the Creed of the Philosopher, and the Hope of the Christian.By SirDavid Brewster, K.H., D.C.L. Murray, 1854.
The Planets: Are they Inhabited Worlds?Museum of Science and Art. ByDionysius Lardner, D.C.L., Chapters i., ii., iii., iv. Walton and Maberly, 1854.
14.Herschel,Astron., § 592.—[We quote from the first edition.]
14.Herschel,Astron., § 592.—[We quote from the first edition.]
15.Age of Reason.
15.Age of Reason.
16.More Worlds than One, p. 199.
16.More Worlds than One, p. 199.
17.Ibid., p. 202.
17.Ibid., p. 202.
18.More Worlds than One, p. 230.
18.More Worlds than One, p. 230.
19.Essay(2d edition), p. 261.
19.Essay(2d edition), p. 261.
20.Dialogue, p. 37.
20.Dialogue, p. 37.
21.Essay, pp. 133, 134.
21.Essay, pp. 133, 134.
22.Ibid., pp. 299, 300.
22.Ibid., pp. 299, 300.
23.Ibid., pp. 308, 309.
23.Ibid., pp. 308, 309.
24. Psalm cxv. 16.
24. Psalm cxv. 16.
25. Isaiah, xlii. 5.
25. Isaiah, xlii. 5.
26. Isaiah, xlv. 12, 18.
26. Isaiah, xlv. 12, 18.
27.More Worlds than One, p. 17.
27.More Worlds than One, p. 17.
28.Essay, p. 359.
28.Essay, p. 359.
29.Essay, p. 359.
29.Essay, p. 359.
30.Ibid., pp. 94, 95.
30.Ibid., pp. 94, 95.
31.Ibid., pp. 98, 99.
31.Ibid., pp. 98, 99.
32.Ibid., p. 103.
32.Ibid., p. 103.
33.Ibid., p. 104.
33.Ibid., p. 104.
34.Essay, p. 360.
34.Essay, p. 360.
35.Ibid., p. 360 (Professor Owen).
35.Ibid., p. 360 (Professor Owen).
36.Ibid., p. 362.
36.Ibid., p. 362.
37.Ibid., pp. 364, 365.
37.Ibid., pp. 364, 365.
38.Essay, pp. 370, 371.
38.Essay, pp. 370, 371.
39.Essay, pp. 371, 372.
39.Essay, pp. 371, 372.
40.Ibid., pp. 375, 376.
40.Ibid., pp. 375, 376.
41. Matt. xvi. 26, 27.
41. Matt. xvi. 26, 27.
42.Dialogue, pp. 53, 54.
42.Dialogue, pp. 53, 54.
43.Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands. By MrsHarriet Beecher Stowe. 2 vols. London: 1854.
43.Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands. By MrsHarriet Beecher Stowe. 2 vols. London: 1854.
44.An Apology for the Colouring of the Greek Court.ByOwen Jones. London, 1854.
44.An Apology for the Colouring of the Greek Court.ByOwen Jones. London, 1854.
45. White marble.—This contempt of white marble is about as wise as Walpole’s contempt of white teeth, which gave rise to his well-known expression, “The gentlemen with the foolish teeth.” Yet though a people have been known to paint their teeth black, white teeth, as white marble, will keep their fashion.
45. White marble.—This contempt of white marble is about as wise as Walpole’s contempt of white teeth, which gave rise to his well-known expression, “The gentlemen with the foolish teeth.” Yet though a people have been known to paint their teeth black, white teeth, as white marble, will keep their fashion.
46. “Circumlitio.”—See Mr Henning’s evidence before Committee of House of Commons on the preservation of stone by application of hot wax penetrating the stone, and his mode of using it, similar to the encaustic process.
46. “Circumlitio.”—See Mr Henning’s evidence before Committee of House of Commons on the preservation of stone by application of hot wax penetrating the stone, and his mode of using it, similar to the encaustic process.
47. In theClouds, Aristophanes makes Socrates swear by the Graces—σοφῶς γε νῆ τάς χαριτας—twitting him, as the scholiast remarks, upon his former employment, alluding to his work of the Graces.—Clouds, 771.
47. In theClouds, Aristophanes makes Socrates swear by the Graces—σοφῶς γε νῆ τάς χαριτας—twitting him, as the scholiast remarks, upon his former employment, alluding to his work of the Graces.—Clouds, 771.
48. “InterstatuasGræci sic distinguunt teste Philandro, ut statuas Deorum vocentἔιδοιλα; Heroumξοἄνα; Regumἄνδριαντας:Sapientumεἴκελα; Bene-meritorum βρενεα; quod tamen discrimen auctoribus non semper observatur.”—Hoffmann’sLexicon.
48. “InterstatuasGræci sic distinguunt teste Philandro, ut statuas Deorum vocentἔιδοιλα; Heroumξοἄνα; Regumἄνδριαντας:Sapientumεἴκελα; Bene-meritorum βρενεα; quod tamen discrimen auctoribus non semper observatur.”—Hoffmann’sLexicon.
49. We do not presume to be critical upon the Bœotian schoolmaster’s Greek; but no modern student would take him for an authority in prosody. He says the impetuosity of the genius of Homer hurried him into a false quantity in the first line of theIliad, in the wordΘεὰ. Plutarch was forgetful of the rule ofa purumin the vocative. His prejudice is sufficiently shown in his essayOn the Malignity of Herodotus, whom he disliked, because the historian did not speak over favourably of the Bœotians. “Plutarch was a Bœotian, and thought it indispensably incumbent on him to vindicate the cause of his countrymen.”—Beloe’sHerod.
49. We do not presume to be critical upon the Bœotian schoolmaster’s Greek; but no modern student would take him for an authority in prosody. He says the impetuosity of the genius of Homer hurried him into a false quantity in the first line of theIliad, in the wordΘεὰ. Plutarch was forgetful of the rule ofa purumin the vocative. His prejudice is sufficiently shown in his essayOn the Malignity of Herodotus, whom he disliked, because the historian did not speak over favourably of the Bœotians. “Plutarch was a Bœotian, and thought it indispensably incumbent on him to vindicate the cause of his countrymen.”—Beloe’sHerod.
50. The “devotion”—the estimation in which the Athenians held their gods, at the very time of their building magnificent temples, and of their highest perfection in art, we may fairly gather from their dramatic performances. If Zeus himself was treated with little reverence, other deities to whom they erected statues fared worse. Bacchus is exhibited on the stage as a coward—Hercules as a glutton.—VideAristophanes and Euripides. So much for the motives invented for the Athenians by Mr Jones. Had such motives been appealed to, not a drachma would have been obtained.
50. The “devotion”—the estimation in which the Athenians held their gods, at the very time of their building magnificent temples, and of their highest perfection in art, we may fairly gather from their dramatic performances. If Zeus himself was treated with little reverence, other deities to whom they erected statues fared worse. Bacchus is exhibited on the stage as a coward—Hercules as a glutton.—VideAristophanes and Euripides. So much for the motives invented for the Athenians by Mr Jones. Had such motives been appealed to, not a drachma would have been obtained.
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