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... That from Tarientum, and Brandusium, 1885 He could so quickly cut the Ionian Sea, 1886 And take in Troine. You haue heard on’t (Sweet?) 1887... ...hey liu’d in: In his Liuery 3309 Walk’d Crownes and Crownets: Realms & Islands were 3310 As plates dropt from his pocket. 3311 Dol. C...

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...esort the nobles from the neighbouring isles; From Samos, circled with the Ionian main, Dulichium, and Zacynthas’ sylvan reign; Ev’n with presumptuous... ...k could close, The long historian of my country’s woes; Back to thy native islands might’st thou sail, And leave half heard the melancholy tale. Nine ... ...the riding fleets; He next their princes’ lofty domes admires, In separate islands, crown’d with rising spires; And deep entrenchments, and high walls... ...age flows. None match’d this hero’s wealth, of all who reign O’er the fair islands of the neighbouring main. Nor all the monarchs whose far dreaded sw... ...ll covering earth shall bury deep in dust! Then distant from the scatter’d islands steer, Nor let the night retard thy full career; Thy heavenly guard...

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...sed acts ‘for build- ing additional places of worship in the highlands and islands of Scotland.’ These acts may be looked upon as one section in that ... ... tribute and professed obedience; and Corsica, Sardinia, with the Balearic Islands, were dependent upon his possessions in Italy and Spain. His moral ... ...RN GREECE MODERN GREECE MODERN GREECE ‘Journal of a Tour in Greece and the Ionian Islands.’ By WILLIAM MURE, of Caldwell. 1842 1842 1842 1842 1842 W H... ...CE MODERN GREECE MODERN GREECE ‘Journal of a Tour in Greece and the Ionian Islands.’ By WILLIAM MURE, of Caldwell. 1842 1842 1842 1842 1842 W HAT ARE ... ...nger? And we give it as no hasty or fanciful opin- ion, that the South Sea islands (which Bougainville held to be in a state of considerable civilizat... ...quare—as a matter of some moment for Homeric disputes—were these habits of Ionian colonies, or exclusively of Greece Proper? But enough of the repulsi... ... swer that, if anywhere, it will be found in the most sterile of the Greek islands. Yet, even there the bare probability of such a result will have be...

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...n T ait was a favourite with Sir Thomas Maitland, High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands – King Tom as he was called – who frequently took passage in... ... was a favourite with Sir Thomas Maitland, High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands – King Tom as he was called – who frequently took passage in the La... ...el of his own, hunting out pirates, ‘then very notorious’ in the Lee- ward Islands, cruising after slavers, or carrying dollars and provisions for the... ...e ro- mance of engineering. And first from the cruise of 1859 in the Greek Islands and to Alexandria, take a few traits, inci- dents and pictures. ‘Ma... ...nearly so pretty as grass. Many little churches, glittering white, dot the islands; most of them, I believe, abandoned during the whole year with the ... ... flanked with two glistening little churches, fronted by beautiful distant islands; when suddenly, to my horror, I 85 Robert Louis Stevenson discover...

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...-boats; explain how the first modern humans managed to migrate to the Pacific islands and Australia 75,000 years ago. Using the bones and skins of t... ...ession. All of the first attempts of colonization were situated on the outer islands of North America, not on the continent itself and all the first... ...nent of America. They timidly established footholds and toeholds on the outer islands first before they ever set foot on the American continent. Yo... ...w its enemies? Look at how long it took for Columbus to reach the Caribbean Islands. Again: his first maiden voyage took longer than any ship has... ...staple food on their return home. And what’s more, the sailors living on the islands were taught to eat it raw… and began liking it. The cuttings o... ...irst Western city: Ur, and Babylon, and Assyria, and Egypt and Persia and the Ionian coast and Greece: you will find the same myths cropping up in d... ... Knot. Croesus’ father was Alyattes II who was the first King to oppress the Ionian Greek cities and create an Empire that became richer than the o... ... became richer than the older Empires of Babylon and Egypt. Why? Because the Ionian Greeks were independent robbers and traders and businessmen. T...

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...t was Mount AEtna, some the highlands, Of Candia, Cyprus, Rhodes, or other islands. Meantime the current, with a rising gale, Still set them o... ...words would pose, Although she told him, in good modern Greek, With an Ionian accent, low and sweet, That he was faint, and must not talk, but... ...r degradation. Still o’er his mind the influence of the clime Shed its Ionian elegance, which show’d Its power unconsciously full many a time,... ... is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires’ ‘Islands of the Blest.’ The mountains look on Marathon ... ... But Juan, who had still his mind o’erflowing With Haidee’s isle and soft Ionian face, Felt the warm blood, which in his face was glowing, Ru... ...down for joy or sorrow Not only in mere talking, but the press. Man In islands is, it seems, downright and thorough, More than on continents— ... ...at bring Lochaber back to eyes that roam O’er far Atlantic continents or islands, The calentures of music which o’ercome All mountaineers wi...

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...cks, and Thyestes in his turn left it to Agamemnon to bear, that over many islands and all Argos he should be lord. Thereon he leaned and spake his sa... ...he heroes and their horses were raging in battle. There the Boiotians, and Ionians with trailing tunics, and Lokrians and Phthians and illustrious Epe...

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... therefore, epic poetry shows two diver- gent tendencies. In Ionia and the islands the epic poets fol- lowed the Homeric tradition, singing of romanti... ...tia, a new form of epic sprang up, which for the romance and pathos of the Ionian School substituted the practical and matter-of-fact. It dealt in mor... ...three contributory causes. First, it is likely that before the rise of the Ionian epos there existed in Boeotia a purely popular and indig- enous poet... ...er, of Aeolic origin like Hesiod, who clearly was well acquainted with the Ionian epos, would naturally see that the only outlet for his gifts lay in ... ...ater than the Cyclic poems. It cannot be definitely assigned either to the Ionian or Continental schools, for while the romantic element is very stron... ...hese men to behave orderly and righteously. The Delian part is exclusively Ionian and insular both in style and sympathy; Delos and no other is Apollo... ... them dwell at the ends of earth. And they live untouched by sorrow in the islands of the blessed along the shore of deep swirling Ocean, happy heroes... ...led Medea. (ll. 963-968) And now farewell, you dwellers on Olympus and you islands and continents and thou briny sea within. Now sing the company of g... ...hey ruled over the famous T yrenians, very far off in a recess of the holy islands. (ll. 1017-1018) And the bright goddess Calypso was joined to Odyss...

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...ans. Utterly unbecoming. And which are the soft or drinking harmonies? The Ionian, he replied, and the Lydian; they are termed ‘relaxed.’ Well, and ar... ...cept upon compulsion, fancying that they are already dwelling apart in the islands of the blest. Very true, he replied. Then, I said, the business of ... ... in their place to be governors of the State, then they will depart to the Islands of the Blest and dwell there; and the city will give them public me...

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...of the colonies. Why does no one ever hear a breath of disloyalty from the Islands in the British Channel? By race, religion, and geographical positio... ... nothing which hinders prime ministers to be made from those insignificant islands. The same system was commenced in reference to the colonies general... ...entative Government vice of the British crown opened to the natives of the Ionian Islands, we should hear no more of the desire for union with Greece.... ...e Government vice of the British crown opened to the natives of the Ionian Islands, we should hear no more of the desire for union with Greece. Such a...

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...y principles con sent to their being applied to Ireland, or India, or the Ionian Islands. How have they treated those who did attempt so to apply the... ...iples con sent to their being applied to Ireland, or India, or the Ionian Islands. How have they treated those who did attempt so to apply them? But ...