Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania: 1 (1820)Mawman, 1820 - 532 pages |
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... noble mansions exhibited most disgusting scenes of penury and meanness . A few families , however , ought , in justice , to be excepted from this general censure : that of the Prince Gram- monte , in particular , appeared a pattern of ...
... noble mansions exhibited most disgusting scenes of penury and meanness . A few families , however , ought , in justice , to be excepted from this general censure : that of the Prince Gram- monte , in particular , appeared a pattern of ...
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... noble edifices * . Imagination can scarcely conceive a more glorious prospect than that which the southern cliff of this great city once displayed , surmounted by a long unbroken line of the finest monuments of Grecian art ! Amongst ...
... noble edifices * . Imagination can scarcely conceive a more glorious prospect than that which the southern cliff of this great city once displayed , surmounted by a long unbroken line of the finest monuments of Grecian art ! Amongst ...
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... noble Agrigentine steeds , which so often bore away the prize of the Olympic games . Between the two temples last mentioned is still seen the celebrated Piscina , a vast reservoir , the con- struction of which employed that portion of ...
... noble Agrigentine steeds , which so often bore away the prize of the Olympic games . Between the two temples last mentioned is still seen the celebrated Piscina , a vast reservoir , the con- struction of which employed that portion of ...
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... noble birth . The annual stipend of our host did not exceed forty - five dollars ; the daily fare in the refectory was of Pythagorean simplicity ; a little shell - fish , eggs , salad , and bread , formed the principal diet , wine being ...
... noble birth . The annual stipend of our host did not exceed forty - five dollars ; the daily fare in the refectory was of Pythagorean simplicity ; a little shell - fish , eggs , salad , and bread , formed the principal diet , wine being ...
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... noble towers , raised for its defence by the celebrated Agathocles , and inscribed with his name † : the great Dionysius furnished it with an excellent arsenal or dock , capable of containing sixty triremes , shut in by gates which ...
... noble towers , raised for its defence by the celebrated Agathocles , and inscribed with his name † : the great Dionysius furnished it with an excellent arsenal or dock , capable of containing sixty triremes , shut in by gates which ...
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