 In the centre of the edifice, the arena, or stage, was strewed with the finest sand, and successively assumed the most different forms. At one moment it seemed to rise out of the earth, like the garden of the Hesperides, and was afterwards broken into...  A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities - Page 78edited by - 1873 - 1293 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - Books - 1777 - 588 pages
...ò'iS'ereui forms. A: one jnoment it ict-uitd u> tue out out of the earth, like the garden of the Hefperides, and was afterwards broken into the rocks and caverns of Thrace. The fubterraBeous pipes conveyed an inexhauftible fupply of water; and what liad juli before appeared a... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1806 - 530 pages
...different forms. At one moment it seemed to rise out of the earth, like the garden of the Hesperides, and was afterwards broken into the rocks and caverns...deep *. In the decoration of these scenes, the Roman em* perors displayed their wealth and liberality; and we reacl on various occasions, that the whole... | |
 | Hunting - 1812 - 428 pages
...different forms. At one moment it seemed to rise out of the earth, likt the garden of the Hesperides, and was afterwards broken into the rocks and caverns...what had just before appeared a level plain, might suddenly be converted into a wide lake, covered with armed vessels, and replenished with monsters of... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...seemed to rise out of the earth, like the garden of the Hesperides ; at another, it exhibited the rugged rocks and caverns of Thrace. The subterraneous pipes...a level plain, might be suddenly converted into a vi ide lake, covered with armed vessels, and replenished with the monsters of the deep. In the decorations... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1816 - 472 pages
...different forms. At one moment it seemed to rise out of the earth, like the garden of the Hesperides, and was afterwards broken into the rocks and caverns...suddenly converted into a wide lake, covered with armed 92 Maffei, 1. ii. c. 2. The height was very touch exaggerated by the ancients. It reached almost to... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1817 - 416 pages
...rise out of the earth, like the garden of the Hesperides ; at another, it exhibited the rugged roeks and caverns of Thrace. The subterraneous pipes conveyed...replenished with the monsters of the deep. In the decorations of these scenes the Roman Emperors displayed their wealth and liberality ; and we read,... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...seemed to rise out of the earth, like the garden of the Hesperides ; at another, it exhibited the rugged rocks and caverns of Thrace. The subterraneous pipes...replenished with the monsters of the deep. In the decorations of these scenes, the Roman emperors displayed their wealth and liberality ; and we read,... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 398 pages
...ri«e out of the earth, like the garden of the Hesperides; at another, it exhibited the rugged racks and caverns of Thrace. The subterraneous pipes conveyed...converted into a wide lake, covered with armed vessels, anil replenished with the monsters of the deep. In the decoraiions ot these scenes the Roman Emperors... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1820 - 510 pages
...different forms. At one moment it seemed to rise out of the earth, like the garden of the Hesperides, and was afterwards broken into the rocks and caverns...supply of water; and what had just before appeared a level-plain might be suddenly converted into a wide lake, covered with armed vessels, and replenished... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1820 - 434 pages
...seemed to rise out ofthe earth, like the garden of the Hesperides ; at another, it exhibited the ragged rocks and caverns of Thrace. The subterraneous pipes...; and what had just before appeared a level plain, mightbe suddenly converted into a wide lake, covered with armed vessels, and replenished with the monsters... | |
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