Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania, Volume 1Mawman, 1820 - 1 pages |
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Page vii
... Appearance of the same- Pass the fortified Isthmus - Quarrels of the Sicilians - Small Harbour - Hotel of the Leon d'oro - History of our Host - Visit to Arethusa - Account of Arethusa and Alpheus - Cas- tello di Maniace ...
... Appearance of the same- Pass the fortified Isthmus - Quarrels of the Sicilians - Small Harbour - Hotel of the Leon d'oro - History of our Host - Visit to Arethusa - Account of Arethusa and Alpheus - Cas- tello di Maniace ...
Page xii
... Appearance of the City and Environs , & c .--- Site of Ambracia --- Castle of Ambracus --- Siege of Ambracia by the Romans --- Acropolis --- Religious Ceremonies in the Greek Church --- Present from the old Albanian Governor ...
... Appearance of the City and Environs , & c .--- Site of Ambracia --- Castle of Ambracus --- Siege of Ambracia by the Romans --- Acropolis --- Religious Ceremonies in the Greek Church --- Present from the old Albanian Governor ...
Page 4
... appearance of * The gardens in the suburbs of Palermo , and the conca d'oro , are unrivalled in beauty . " La città di Palermo ( says Bisaccione , Lib . i . Mem . Hist . ) , ha d'intorno una corona di monti , che rendono il piano et la ...
... appearance of * The gardens in the suburbs of Palermo , and the conca d'oro , are unrivalled in beauty . " La città di Palermo ( says Bisaccione , Lib . i . Mem . Hist . ) , ha d'intorno una corona di monti , che rendono il piano et la ...
Page 5
... appeared a pattern of conjugal virtue and do- mestic felicity : its members were sensible , well - informed , and polite ; educated in the English system , and able to converse in our language with nearly as much fluency as in their own ...
... appeared a pattern of conjugal virtue and do- mestic felicity : its members were sensible , well - informed , and polite ; educated in the English system , and able to converse in our language with nearly as much fluency as in their own ...
Page 8
... appeared to us very insipid . The opera , which was once considered a school of music , owed now its principal attraction to the talents of an English lady , who sustained the post of Prima Donna . The orchestra was respectable , and ...
... appeared to us very insipid . The opera , which was once considered a school of music , owed now its principal attraction to the talents of an English lady , who sustained the post of Prima Donna . The orchestra was respectable , and ...
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