 | William Hodges - 1783 - 210 trang
...of long colonades, with open porticoes, and flat roofs, and offer to the eye an appearance fimilar to what we may conceive of a Grecian city in the age of Alexander. The clear, blue, cloudlefs fky, the polifhed white buildings, the bright fandy beach, and the dark green fea, prefent a combination... | |
 | 1793 - 550 trang
...colonades, with open porticoes, and flat roofs, and offer to the eye an appearance fimilar to what' w* we may conceive of a Grecian city in the age of Alexander. The clear, blue, cloudlefs fky, the polifhed white buildings, the bright fandy beach, and the dark, green fea, prefent a combination... | |
 | 1793 - 450 trang
...themfelves upon the (hore. The Englilh town, rifing from within Fort St George, has from the Jefcnption we may conceive of a Grecian city in the age of Alexander. The clear, blue,cloudlefs£ky, the poll (lied white buildings, the bright fandy beach, and the dark green fea,... | |
 | 1793 - 524 trang
...the Engliih with refpeft. - - • * 3 - - flat flat reels, and offer to the eye an appearance fimilar to what we may conceive of a Grecian city in the age of Alexander. The clear, blue, cloudiefs Iky, the polilhed white buildings, the bfight fandy beach, and the dark green fea, prefent... | |
 | John Walker - 1801 - 978 trang
...approack to Alad¡-as, from the fea," ' by« Mr. Hodges, " öfters to the eye an appearance fimilar to what we may conceive of a Grecian city in the age of Alexander. The clear, blue, cloudlcf» iky, tin- poHihed, white buildings, the bright '' f ^ fj'iul MAD finely beach, and the dark... | |
 | John Walker - 1807 - 1002 trang
..." Theapproach to Madras, from the fea," fays Mr. Hodges, " offert to the eye an appearance (imilar to what we may conceive of a Grecian city in the age of AlexWider. The clear, blue, cloudlefi Iky. the polifhed, white buildings, the bright Fft iiwd fandy... | |
 | 1808 - 356 trang
...of long colonades, with open porticoes, and flat roofs, and offer to the eye an appearance similar to what we may conceive of a Grecian city in the age of Alexander. The clear, blue, cloudless sky, the polished white buildings, the bright sandy beach, and the dark green sea, present... | |
 | Richard Brookes - 1812 - 822 trang
..." The approach to Madras, {¡от the sea (says Mr. Hodges) offers to the eye an appearance similar to what we may conceive of a Grecian city in the age of Alexander. The clear, blue, cloudless sky, the polished, white buildings, the bright sandy beach, and the dark green sea, present... | |
 | P. J. Marshall - 2001 - 404 trang
...consist of long colonades with open porticoes, and flat roofs and offer to the eye an appearance similar to what we may conceive of a Grecian city in the age of Alexander. The clear, blue, cloudless sky, the polished white buildings, the bright sandy beach, and the dark green sea, present... | |
 | Hermione De Almeida, George H. Gilpin - 2005 - 364 trang
...of long colonades, with open porticoes, and flat roofs, and offer to the eye an appearance similar to what we may conceive of a Grecian city in the age of Alexander. The clear, blue, cloudless sky, the polished white buildings, the bright sandy beach, and the dark green sea, present... | |
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The clear, blue, cloudless sky, the polished white buildings, the bright sandy beach, and the dark green sea, present a combination totally new to the eye of an Englishman, just arrived from London... 