Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania: 1 (1820)Mawman, 1820 - 532 pages |
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Page 23
... course of military operations : it appeared as if Heaven itself had interposed to protect the ashes of a virtuous prince ; for as the barbarians were on the point of demolish- ing the sepulchre , they were terrified into forbearance by ...
... course of military operations : it appeared as if Heaven itself had interposed to protect the ashes of a virtuous prince ; for as the barbarians were on the point of demolish- ing the sepulchre , they were terrified into forbearance by ...
Page 34
... were anxious for death as a relief : they of course entered without reserve into the plans of the rioters , who supplied them with instruments to file off their irons , EXECUTION AT PALERMO . 35 through the grated windows next.
... were anxious for death as a relief : they of course entered without reserve into the plans of the rioters , who supplied them with instruments to file off their irons , EXECUTION AT PALERMO . 35 through the grated windows next.
Page 37
... course towards Syracuse , through Palagonia and Lentini . Near this latter place , amidst the ruins of ancient Leontium , we observed a great number of excava- tions in chasms of the rock , similar to those with which Castro Giovanni ...
... course towards Syracuse , through Palagonia and Lentini . Near this latter place , amidst the ruins of ancient Leontium , we observed a great number of excava- tions in chasms of the rock , similar to those with which Castro Giovanni ...
Page 46
... course of the ramparts , computed at about two miles in circuit , observing that they still retain near the base considerable remains of the old Greek masonry , formed of immense blocks , and closely joined without cement : I also ...
... course of the ramparts , computed at about two miles in circuit , observing that they still retain near the base considerable remains of the old Greek masonry , formed of immense blocks , and closely joined without cement : I also ...
Page 59
... course to a quarter of the town called Resalibra , at no great distance from the fortifications , where we saw the fragments of two fine Doric columns in a dwelling house upon the site of Diana's ancient temple . Their proportions were ...
... course to a quarter of the town called Resalibra , at no great distance from the fortifications , where we saw the fragments of two fine Doric columns in a dwelling house upon the site of Diana's ancient temple . Their proportions were ...
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