Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania, Volume 1Mawman, 1820 - 1 pages |
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Page 17
... effects of superstition in all ages he observes , that its mouth and chin , though made of bronze , were actually worn by the kisses of its admiring votaries ; " oscula per- spicuo figunt impressa metallo . " By a similar instance of ...
... effects of superstition in all ages he observes , that its mouth and chin , though made of bronze , were actually worn by the kisses of its admiring votaries ; " oscula per- spicuo figunt impressa metallo . " By a similar instance of ...
Page 21
... effect . Opposite this point , on the other side of the river Hypsas , under a hill called ' il Campo Romano , ' is the site of a spring of petroleum , commemorated by Pliny and Solinus ; but it now contains very few bituminous quali ...
... effect . Opposite this point , on the other side of the river Hypsas , under a hill called ' il Campo Romano , ' is the site of a spring of petroleum , commemorated by Pliny and Solinus ; but it now contains very few bituminous quali ...
Page 25
... effects of damp and frost are rarely felt : but there is good reason to believe , that all the public edifices were coated with a fine cement . From the summit of the Rupe Atenea the eye ranges over one of the finest prospects ...
... effects of damp and frost are rarely felt : but there is good reason to believe , that all the public edifices were coated with a fine cement . From the summit of the Rupe Atenea the eye ranges over one of the finest prospects ...
Page 28
... effects of temperance rather than of luxury : out of their scanty revenues they make a daily distribution of bread or soup to the poor , and afford lodging to those who would otherwise depend upon casual benevolence . Bating therefore ...
... effects of temperance rather than of luxury : out of their scanty revenues they make a daily distribution of bread or soup to the poor , and afford lodging to those who would otherwise depend upon casual benevolence . Bating therefore ...
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... effect , which would probably have been accompanied with such a scene of horror , before any remedy could have been applied . Two companies of a Neapolitan regiment , stationed opposite the public prison , observed the great doors ...
... effect , which would probably have been accompanied with such a scene of horror , before any remedy could have been applied . Two companies of a Neapolitan regiment , stationed opposite the public prison , observed the great doors ...
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