In the fertile bottoms on the Congaree River not far above Columbia, lay the well famed estate of Colonel Wade Hampton, which in 1846 had some sixteen hundred acres of cotton and half as much of corn.
And we believe the famed Marsyas was punished by Apollo for pretending, when he had nothing but his single pipe, and his muzzle to apply to his lips, to contend with the harp and song of the god.
And Pythagoras offered an ox in sacrifice for having completed the lines of a certain geometric diagram; as Apollodotus tells us, When the famed lines Pythagoras devised, For which a splendid ox he sacrificed.
Like to an eagle, famed of sharpest sight Of all that fly beneath the vault of Heav'n Whom, soaring in the clouds, the crouching dove Eludes not.
Koldewey, whose excavations at El-Hibba and Surghul had been more than successful, commenced operations on the Kasr mound at Babylon, the mound which marks the site of the world-famed palace of Nebuchadnezzar.
Many however of the laws embraced in this world-famed code show little or no variation from those in force if not actually systematized in the time of Urukagina.
Come in with me, and let your squires come also, that my sweet spouse, the Lady Tiphaine, may say that she hath seen so famed and gentle a knight.
There is a goodly hostel near the west gate, which is famed for the stewing of spiced pullets," remarked Sir Oliver.
Is this a tongue to be used within the walls of an old and well-famed monastery?
So, too, did the Greeks, and divers other ancient peoples who were famed for their learning.
How say you, Sir William, will you not try the smack of the famed Spanish swine, though we have but the brook water to wash it down?
The famed city-state of Florence may be taken as the best type of the democratic community, controlled by a political leader.
Surely your far-famed Propertius says, 'Love is benefited by many things, a faithful nature and resolute persistence.
As Kuni's troubled soul had derived so much benefit from the short pilgrimage to Altotting, she hoped to obtain far more from a visit to Santiago di Compostella, famed throughout Christendom.
Like Nur Mahal, she was famed as much for her charity as for her beauty.
Where incisions are made in its stem, the far-famed Balm of Mecca flows copiously, but the volatile oil quickly evaporating, leaves a tasteless insipid gum.
The next object was to visit the far-famed volcanic well of Boorchutta, on the frontier of Mentshar, bordering upon the wilderness of Taboo, which was to form the limit of our wanderings.
He made us go round by Our Lady of Loretto, a locality famed for the indulgences granted to its pilgrims.
Towards midday we got as far as Montefiascone, a pretty town famed for its Muscat wine.
On July 18 we reached Botzen, a town of importance, famed for its rich mines.
He is so famed that I expected rare things from him, and seriously I listened to him at first with as much reverence and attention as if he had been St. Paul.
I am more famed in heaven for my works than I could well conceive.
Oh, for the power to call to aid, of mine Own humble Muse, the famed and sacred nine.
Not In famed Pandora's box were such vast ills As lie in human hearts.
For the latter purpose it will rival in color and surface the world-famed satin wood of California.
No long time passed before Edgar and Elfrida were publicly married, and the love romance which had distinguished the life of the famed beauty of Devonshire reached its consummation.
Chief in command, following a squadron of the Royal Horse Guards, rode Lord Roberts, the famed and popular general, who was hailed with an uproar of shouts of "Hurrah for Bobs!
Although the Falklands are famed as a refuge for vessels 'in distress,' there was then no great facilities for repair.
We were now approaching the far-famed Golden Gate, the talk of mariners on seven seas.
No doubt he was, but at the cost of a good deal of harshness towards the tenants on his estates, and he was famed throughout Staffordshire for driving a harder bargain than anyone else this country side.
As soon as the day broke John Stich went in quest of Master Prosser, the leech, a gentleman famed for his skill and learning.
Jimmie Ben, to wit, James son of Benjamin McEwen, was more famed for his prowess as a fighter than for his knowledge of the game of shinny, but every one who saw him play said he was "a terror.
Aurora, rising from her couch beside The famed Tithonus, brought the light of day To men and to immortals.
The famed mosque, built by Aurungzebe on the site of a Hindoo temple, is remarkable for its two octagonal minarets, 232 feet above the Ganges.
From Sulkun the view of the famed fort and palace of Beejaghur is very singular, planted on the summit of an isolated hill of sandstone, about ten miles off.
