 The country was a plain throughout, as even as the sea, and full of wormwood; and if any other kind of shrubs or reeds grew there, they had all an aromatic smell, but no trees could be seen. Bustards and ostriches, antelopes and wild asses, appeared to...  The Anabasis - Pàgina 24per Xenophon - 1830Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Edward Gibbon - 1804 - 502 pàgines
...and which is described by one of the companions of his expedition, the sage and heroic Xenophon.47 " The " country was a plain throughout, as even as the sea, and " full of wormwood ; and if any other kind of shrubs or " reeds grew there, they had all an aromatic smell; but " no trees... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 864 pàgines
...and which is described by one of the companions of his expedition, the sage and heroic Xenophon *. " The country was a plain " throughout, as even as the sea, and full of worm" wood; and if any other kind of shrubs or reeds " grew there, they had all an aromatic smell;... | |
 | 1827 - 608 pàgines
...is dull and uninteresting ; the traveller bears testimony to the accuracy of Xenophon's description. The country was a plain throughout, as even as the sea, and full of wormwood ; if any other kind of shrubs or weeds grew there, they hare all an aromatic smell : but no trees appeared. Of wild... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1827 - 620 pàgines
...cake, was served to us out of a li ttle tin case. This was the travelling fare of one of the richest a plain throughout, as even as the sea, and full of wormwood : if any other kind of shrubs or reeds grew there, they had all an aromatic smell ; but no trees appeared. Of wild... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1827 - 602 pàgines
...of the country was the same in the age of Xenophon; as, in the Anabasis, he thus describes it:—" The country was a plain throughout, as even as the sea, and full of wormwood; and if any other kind of shrubs or reeds grew there, they had all an aromatic smell; but no trees could... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1827 - 526 pàgines
...described by one of the companions of nis expedition, the sage and heroic Xenophona. "The C I1 A P. country was a plain throughout, as even as the sea, and full of wormwood ; and if any other kind of shrubs or reeds grew there, they had all an aromatic smell; but no trees... | |
 | George Fairholme - 1833 - 538 pàgines
...plains by Xenophon, in his Anabasis, 2200 years ago, is strikingly correct. " The country," says he, " was a plain throughout, as even as the sea, " and full of worm-wood : if any other kind of " shrubs or reeds grew there, they had all an " aromatic smell : but no trees appeared. Of... | |
 | 1863 - 622 pàgines
...beautiful animals, which he must have seen during his march over these very plains. Tbe country,' says he, 'was a plain throughout, as even as the sea, and full of wormwood. . . . The asses, when they were pursued, having gained ground on the horses, stood still (for they... | |
 | Robert Mignan - 1839 - 328 pàgines
...abundantly. We found that the description of these plains, as given by Xenophon, was strikingly accurate. " The country was a plain throughout, as even as the sea, and full of wormwood : if any other kind of shrubs or reeds grew there, they had all an aromatic smell ; but no trees appeared. Of wild... | |
 | William Ainsworth - 1844 - 286 pàgines
...Mesopotamia. Keeping the river Euphrates on their right hand, they made in five days' march through a desert thirty-five parasangs. ' The country was a plain throughout,...even as the sea, and full of wormwood ; if any other kind of shrubs or roods grew there, they had all an aromatic smell, but no trees appeared.' This description... | |
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