Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania: 1 (1820)Mawman, 1820 - 532 pages |
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... feet in length by 120 in height and 160 in breadth * ; and when he wishes to give an asto- nishing proof of its magnitude , he observes that a man could shelter himself in the strigæ or fluting of the columns . Although no shaft either ...
... feet in length by 120 in height and 160 in breadth * ; and when he wishes to give an asto- nishing proof of its magnitude , he observes that a man could shelter himself in the strigæ or fluting of the columns . Although no shaft either ...
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... feet , and its breadth forty . Some sup- pose this to have been the temple of Proserpine , to which Pindar may allude , when he calls Agrigentum the seat of Proserpine * ; ( Deposqóvas dos ) others consider it as a joint temple of ...
... feet , and its breadth forty . Some sup- pose this to have been the temple of Proserpine , to which Pindar may allude , when he calls Agrigentum the seat of Proserpine * ; ( Deposqóvas dos ) others consider it as a joint temple of ...
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... feet long , four broad , and three deep . At a much less expence than our exca- vation cost , we purchased a large box full of antique pottery , from the peasants , who brought them to the convent , from whom we also procured several ...
... feet long , four broad , and three deep . At a much less expence than our exca- vation cost , we purchased a large box full of antique pottery , from the peasants , who brought them to the convent , from whom we also procured several ...
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... feet in perpendi- cular height , in view of the whole dominion over which she reigned * . Here we first beheld the gigantic Etna , that " pillar of the heavens , " as the Grecian poet calls it , towering aloft into the region of mid ...
... feet in perpendi- cular height , in view of the whole dominion over which she reigned * . Here we first beheld the gigantic Etna , that " pillar of the heavens , " as the Grecian poet calls it , towering aloft into the region of mid ...
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... feet of Theodora : the ultimate fate of the bishop and abbot is un- known ; but the ladies have been recovered by their respective cities , and reinstated in their former honours * . The castle , after its capture , was completed by the ...
... feet of Theodora : the ultimate fate of the bishop and abbot is un- known ; but the ladies have been recovered by their respective cities , and reinstated in their former honours * . The castle , after its capture , was completed by the ...
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