Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania: 1 (1820)Mawman, 1820 - 532 pages |
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... never account for the almost unexampled prosperity of a state whose whole territory scarcely exceeded in size the smallest English county ; not even if we add to its articles of exportation that breed of horses , for which it was so ...
... never account for the almost unexampled prosperity of a state whose whole territory scarcely exceeded in size the smallest English county ; not even if we add to its articles of exportation that breed of horses , for which it was so ...
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... ejus , tribus gigantibus columnisque suffulta diu post superstitit : quam Agrigentina Urbs insignibus suis additam adhuc pro monumento habet . " 20 TEMPLES AND OTHER ANTIQUITIES . architects never placed sculpture D 2.
... ejus , tribus gigantibus columnisque suffulta diu post superstitit : quam Agrigentina Urbs insignibus suis additam adhuc pro monumento habet . " 20 TEMPLES AND OTHER ANTIQUITIES . architects never placed sculpture D 2.
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... never placed sculpture in the pediments of their temples : the fact is so much against him , that we are almost warranted to con- clude the practice to have been universal * . Those lofty and conspicu- ous receptacles were indeed ...
... never placed sculpture in the pediments of their temples : the fact is so much against him , that we are almost warranted to con- clude the practice to have been universal * . Those lofty and conspicu- ous receptacles were indeed ...
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... never takes place , these receptacles are crowded to excess with wretches of the most abandoned character ; and as no classification is thought of , what places do they become to receive the suspected or innocent person , or even him ...
... never takes place , these receptacles are crowded to excess with wretches of the most abandoned character ; and as no classification is thought of , what places do they become to receive the suspected or innocent person , or even him ...
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... never to be obscured entirely during any one day of the year by clouds or tempest * ) he was accustomed to pitch his splendid tent , denying access to all except the companions or the pandars of his lust , or his youthful son , who was ...
... never to be obscured entirely during any one day of the year by clouds or tempest * ) he was accustomed to pitch his splendid tent , denying access to all except the companions or the pandars of his lust , or his youthful son , who was ...
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