Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania: 1 (1820)Mawman, 1820 - 532 pages |
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... means we escaped the tedious intervention of quarantine . Palermo has been so often and so well described , that I need not enter into a particular detail of its beauties . It is a city worthy of the fine island of which it is the ...
... means we escaped the tedious intervention of quarantine . Palermo has been so often and so well described , that I need not enter into a particular detail of its beauties . It is a city worthy of the fine island of which it is the ...
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... mean- ing , except that it treated generally upon mysteries ; at times the preacher apostrophized a large crucifix , which another monk held behind him in the pulpit , and then the audience seemed affected by a violent sobbing ...
... mean- ing , except that it treated generally upon mysteries ; at times the preacher apostrophized a large crucifix , which another monk held behind him in the pulpit , and then the audience seemed affected by a violent sobbing ...
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... , of Florus is obscure , and there seems as much reason to suppose he means the great harbour as the small one , by the words " portus ille Marmoreus . ” + Diod . Sic . xvi . 553 . VISIT TO ARETHUSA . 41 and assailing him with more.
... , of Florus is obscure , and there seems as much reason to suppose he means the great harbour as the small one , by the words " portus ille Marmoreus . ” + Diod . Sic . xvi . 553 . VISIT TO ARETHUSA . 41 and assailing him with more.
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... means the elder Dionysius preserved his authority till his death ; and even his weak , tyrannical son and successor held it for a long time in perfect security , though each other quarter of the city was in possession of a separate ...
... means the elder Dionysius preserved his authority till his death ; and even his weak , tyrannical son and successor held it for a long time in perfect security , though each other quarter of the city was in possession of a separate ...
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... means of which the Spaniards actually gained possession of the island in the year 1735 . Upon this site stood the famous palace of Dionysius , defended on the land side by a strong fortress , called , from the number of its gates ...
... means of which the Spaniards actually gained possession of the island in the year 1735 . Upon this site stood the famous palace of Dionysius , defended on the land side by a strong fortress , called , from the number of its gates ...
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