Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania: 1 (1820)Mawman, 1820 - 532 pages |
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Page 9
... Italian language is so disgustingly accommo- dated : they are easy of access , civil to foreigners , and ready to devote their whole time to their service ; though time , by the bye , is a possession to which they attach the least ...
... Italian language is so disgustingly accommo- dated : they are easy of access , civil to foreigners , and ready to devote their whole time to their service ; though time , by the bye , is a possession to which they attach the least ...
Page 62
... Italy , who ceded it in their turn to a Corinthian colony , led by Archias , one of the descendants of Hercules , in the second year of the eleventh Olympiad : by them it was named Ortygia , or Quail - Island , and dedicated to Diana ...
... Italy , who ceded it in their turn to a Corinthian colony , led by Archias , one of the descendants of Hercules , in the second year of the eleventh Olympiad : by them it was named Ortygia , or Quail - Island , and dedicated to Diana ...
Page 66
... Italy , Rhodes , Alexandria , Carthage , and every other maritime power of the Mediterranean , is confined to a petty trade carried on by a few small trabaccole . Such is modern Syra- cuse ! Yet the sky which canopies it is still ...
... Italy , Rhodes , Alexandria , Carthage , and every other maritime power of the Mediterranean , is confined to a petty trade carried on by a few small trabaccole . Such is modern Syra- cuse ! Yet the sky which canopies it is still ...
Page 85
... It is compounded of an Italian and an Arabic word , monte , and gibel , each of which sig- nifies a height or mountain . Mongibello , the modern name of Etna , has the same etymology . 86 PLAN AND MASONRY OF HEXAPYLON . the stone -
... It is compounded of an Italian and an Arabic word , monte , and gibel , each of which sig- nifies a height or mountain . Mongibello , the modern name of Etna , has the same etymology . 86 PLAN AND MASONRY OF HEXAPYLON . the stone -
Page 103
... Vinum Pollianum was transplanted from Italy by Pollio , an Argive by birth , and tyrant of Syracuse ( Athenæus I. c . 31 ) . Near fifty different sorts of wine are still 2 104 ASCENT TO THE CHAMBER OF DIONYSIUS . quired all.
... Vinum Pollianum was transplanted from Italy by Pollio , an Argive by birth , and tyrant of Syracuse ( Athenæus I. c . 31 ) . Near fifty different sorts of wine are still 2 104 ASCENT TO THE CHAMBER OF DIONYSIUS . quired all.
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