Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania: 1 (1820)Mawman, 1820 - 532 pages |
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Page 41
... extremity of the island , where I found the fountain , in the very situation which he designates , protected by a bastion of the wall from the encroachment of the sea , but diminished in size , and possessing neither its sweet waters ...
... extremity of the island , where I found the fountain , in the very situation which he designates , protected by a bastion of the wall from the encroachment of the sea , but diminished in size , and possessing neither its sweet waters ...
Page 54
... extremity of danger . With the intrepidity of genius he set the first example of carrying war into the heart of Libya , whilst a strong Car- thaginian army was at the gates of his own capital ; and , but for do- mestic treachery , he ...
... extremity of danger . With the intrepidity of genius he set the first example of carrying war into the heart of Libya , whilst a strong Car- thaginian army was at the gates of his own capital ; and , but for do- mestic treachery , he ...
Page 55
... extremity of the island to Plemmyrium , a distance of one mile . Fancy eagerly retraced the various scenes which occurred in that last and memorable conflict upon this spot ; the gloomy silence of the forlorn Athenians on one side , cut ...
... extremity of the island to Plemmyrium , a distance of one mile . Fancy eagerly retraced the various scenes which occurred in that last and memorable conflict upon this spot ; the gloomy silence of the forlorn Athenians on one side , cut ...
Page 58
... extremity of the island ‡ , in a chalice , which with flowers , honey , frankincense , and other aromatics , they cast into the sea as soon as this shield was on the point of vanishing from the view . According to tradition Archimedes ...
... extremity of the island ‡ , in a chalice , which with flowers , honey , frankincense , and other aromatics , they cast into the sea as soon as this shield was on the point of vanishing from the view . According to tradition Archimedes ...
Page 82
... extremity , for the purpose of forming works of contravallation against the Athenians . Apollo seems , under this title , to have had the continental city in some mea- sure under his patronage , as his sister had the island ; hence it ...
... extremity , for the purpose of forming works of contravallation against the Athenians . Apollo seems , under this title , to have had the continental city in some mea- sure under his patronage , as his sister had the island ; hence it ...
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