Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania, Volume 1Mawman, 1820 - 1 pages |
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... 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 con- tained many amateurs , who volunteered their services ...
... 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 con- tained many amateurs , who volunteered their services ...
Page 9
... considered quite superfluous , where the only end of a woman's being is to dispose of herself in marriage ; and as marriage is made a matter of traffic , all ideas of mutual attachment , all that refinement which dignifies the ...
... considered quite superfluous , where the only end of a woman's being is to dispose of herself in marriage ; and as marriage is made a matter of traffic , all ideas of mutual attachment , all that refinement which dignifies the ...
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... considered a specimen of the magnificence of the age itself ; but the accounts of both these historians are lamentably deficient : from the latter we learn that its dimensions were on the extensive scale of 340 feet in length by 120 in ...
... considered a specimen of the magnificence of the age itself ; but the accounts of both these historians are lamentably deficient : from the latter we learn that its dimensions were on the extensive scale of 340 feet in length by 120 in ...
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... considered by every state of primary importance : it supplied also delicious fish for the sumptuous public entertainments ; its surface was covered with stately swans and other aquatic birds , whilst the umbrageous walks upon its banks ...
... considered by every state of primary importance : it supplied also delicious fish for the sumptuous public entertainments ; its surface was covered with stately swans and other aquatic birds , whilst the umbrageous walks upon its banks ...
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... considered of such value as to be accepted by the infamous Giovanni Ventimiglia , Marquess of Geraci , from Alphonso King of Arragon and Sicily , as a recompence for his base services to that monarch ; he having decoyed twenty Syracusan ...
... considered of such value as to be accepted by the infamous Giovanni Ventimiglia , Marquess of Geraci , from Alphonso King of Arragon and Sicily , as a recompence for his base services to that monarch ; he having decoyed twenty Syracusan ...
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