Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania: 1 (1820)Mawman, 1820 - 532 pages |
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Page 9
... possession to which they attach the least possible value . From the defects of their education proceeds that degrading familiarity with infe- riors which is too prevalent amongst the higher classes . I have seen a Sicilian nobleman , a ...
... possession to which they attach the least possible value . From the defects of their education proceeds that degrading familiarity with infe- riors which is too prevalent amongst the higher classes . I have seen a Sicilian nobleman , a ...
Page 15
... possessed something of the magnificent pecu- liar to itself . Nature traced out its plan in a vast platform of rock ; Art * Strabo erred in calling it an Ionian colony : it was planted by the people of Gela , who derived their origin ...
... possessed something of the magnificent pecu- liar to itself . Nature traced out its plan in a vast platform of rock ; Art * Strabo erred in calling it an Ionian colony : it was planted by the people of Gela , who derived their origin ...
Page 28
... possession of his neat and comfort- able apartments . Nothwithstanding all that may have been said against them , we found the monks of Sicily in these days , with a few exceptions , neither rich nor luxurious . The Benedictines of ...
... possession of his neat and comfort- able apartments . Nothwithstanding all that may have been said against them , we found the monks of Sicily in these days , with a few exceptions , neither rich nor luxurious . The Benedictines of ...
Page 38
... possession of strong fastnesses in the interior of the island * , where , bidding defiance to the weak disorderly police of those times , they subsisted by a regular system of depredation upon the property of their conquerors . From ...
... possession of strong fastnesses in the interior of the island * , where , bidding defiance to the weak disorderly police of those times , they subsisted by a regular system of depredation upon the property of their conquerors . From ...
Page 44
... possessed the Mahometans of their conquest , and built the present fortress after a lapse of two years , the infidels ... possession of its patroness Saint Agatha with her sacred veil , leaving thereby the unfortunate inhabitants exposed ...
... possessed the Mahometans of their conquest , and built the present fortress after a lapse of two years , the infidels ... possession of its patroness Saint Agatha with her sacred veil , leaving thereby the unfortunate inhabitants exposed ...
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