 Irish sanctuary has, indeed, endless contrasts to that from the Pagan stronghold, but they are suggestive contrasts, and such as are not without a certain harmony. The plains around both are framed by mountains, of which the Irish are probably the more...  Rambles and Studies in Greece - Pàgina 105per John Pentland Mahaffy - 1876 - 321 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Charles Anderton Read - 1880 - 394 pàgines
...prospect from the Irish sanctuary has, indeed, endless contrasts to that from the Pagan stronghold, Lut they are suggestive contrasts, and such as are not...homes, each in their own country, of religions which civilized, humanized, and exalted the human race ; and if the Irish Acropolis is left in dim obscurity... | |
 | Charles Anderson Read - 1880 - 394 pàgines
...the native colour of the Irish is infinitely more rich. So, again, the soil of Attica is light anil sandy, whereas the Golden Vale of Tipperary is among...homes, each in their own country, of religions which civilized, humanized, and exalted the human race ; and if the Irish Acropolis is left in dim obscurity... | |
 | Francis Patrick Donnelly - 1919 - 328 pàgines
...probably the more picturesque ; and if the light upon the Greek hills is the fairest, the native color of the Irish is infinitely more rich. So, again, the soil of Attica is light and dusty, whereas the Golden Vale of Tipperary is among the richest and greenest in the world. Still,... | |
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