Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania: 1 (1820)Mawman, 1820 - 532 pages |
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... considerable height above the surrounding territory ; its perpendicular precipices formed the basis for walls ; ravines penetrating into the interior offered most commodious situations for gates , whilst numerous little eminences ...
... considerable height above the surrounding territory ; its perpendicular precipices formed the basis for walls ; ravines penetrating into the interior offered most commodious situations for gates , whilst numerous little eminences ...
Page 22
... considerable These rivers are accurately distinguished by Polybius , lib . ix . c . 27. They are mistaken by the modern antiquaries of Girgenti . + Large remains seem to have existed in the days of Fazzello . ( Prior . Decad . lib . vi ...
... considerable These rivers are accurately distinguished by Polybius , lib . ix . c . 27. They are mistaken by the modern antiquaries of Girgenti . + Large remains seem to have existed in the days of Fazzello . ( Prior . Decad . lib . vi ...
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... considerable time , however , elapsed before we could force our way through the immense crowd of Sicilian peasants who had been waiting for ingress and egress ever since the dawn of day : their impetuosity and irascibility of temper ...
... considerable time , however , elapsed before we could force our way through the immense crowd of Sicilian peasants who had been waiting for ingress and egress ever since the dawn of day : their impetuosity and irascibility of temper ...
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... considerable remains of the old Greek masonry , formed of immense blocks , and closely joined without cement : I also remarked several ancient wells , cut in the rock , between the fortifications and the sea . When I returned to the ...
... considerable remains of the old Greek masonry , formed of immense blocks , and closely joined without cement : I also remarked several ancient wells , cut in the rock , between the fortifications and the sea . When I returned to the ...
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... considerable number of cells or troughs for the accommodation of bathers . I take this to have been a suda- torium , or sweating - room , as the walls still retain marks of the flues which conducted heat into the apartment : having ...
... considerable number of cells or troughs for the accommodation of bathers . I take this to have been a suda- torium , or sweating - room , as the walls still retain marks of the flues which conducted heat into the apartment : having ...
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