The race of her inhabitants had been always the same ; nor could she tell whence they had sprung ; no foreign land had sent them ; they had not forced their way within her confines by a violent irruption. She traced the stream of her population in a backward... Greece: Pictorial, Descriptive, and Historical - Page 72by Christopher Wordsworth - 1844 - 356 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charles Anthon - Classical dictionaries - 1841 - 800 pages
...land had never been inundated by tides of immigration. The race of her inhabitants had been always the same ; nor could she tell whence they had sprung...confines by a violent irruption. She traced the stream pf her population in a backward course, through many 332 generations, till at last it hid itself, like... | |
| Charles Anthon - Classical dictionaries - 1848 - 1482 pages
...land had never been inundated by tides of immigration. The race of her inhabitants had been always the same ; nor could she tell whence they had sprung ; no foreign lam) had sent them ; they had not forced their way within her confines by a violent irruption. She... | |
| Edward Pococke - Buddhism - 1852 - 444 pages
...the soil. Attica, secure in her sterility, boasted that her land had never been inundated by these tides of immigration. She had enjoyed a perpetual...land had sent them ; they had not forced their way withiu her confines by violent irruption. She traced the stream of her population in a backward course,... | |
| Charles Anthon - Classical dictionaries - 1855 - 1490 pages
...land had never been inundated by tides of immigration. The race of her inhabitants had been always the same ; nor could she tell whence they had sprung ; no foreign land had gent them ; they had not forced their way within her confines by a violent irruption. She traced the... | |
| Edward Pococke - Buddhism - 1856 - 444 pages
...the soil. Attica, secure in her sterility, boasted that her land had never been inundated by these tides of immigration. She had enjoyed a perpetual...they had not forced their way within her confines by violent irruption. She traced the stream of her population in a backward course, through many generations,... | |
| Christopher Wordsworth - Greece - 1868 - 530 pages
...inhabitants had been ever the same ; none could tell whence they had sprung ; no foreign land had sent them. She traced the stream of her population in a backward...generations, till at last it hid itself, like one of her owu brooks, in the recesses of her own soil. This belief, that her people was indigenous, was expressed... | |
| Charles Anthon - Classical dictionaries - 1869 - 1482 pages
...land had never been inundated by tides of immigration. The race of her inhabitants had been always the same ; nor could she tell whence they had sprung...her population in a backward course, through many 232 generationĀ«, till at last it hid itself, like one of her own brooks, in the recesses of her own... | |
| Greek language - 1878 - 312 pages
...those tides of immigration. She had experienced no such change : she had enjoyed a perpetual calm. The race of her inhabitants had been ever the same...whence they had sprung : no foreign land had sent them. She traced the stream of her population in a backward course through many generations, till at last... | |
| Charles Anthon - Classical dictionaries - 1881 - 1486 pages
...land had never been inundated by tides of immigration. The race of her inhabitants had been always the same ; nor could she tell whence they had sprung : no foreign land had sen! them ; they had not forced their way within lier confines by a violent irruption. She traced the... | |
| Edmund Clarence Stedman - American poetry - 1885 - 592 pages
...sterility, boasted that her land had never been inundated by these tides of immigration," and that "she traced the stream of her population in a backward course through many generations." With respect to philosophy and economics, and in fields of taste and literary judgment, the trust of... | |
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