Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania, Volume 1Mawman, 1820 - 1 pages |
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Page viii
... tion of that City - Expedition to the Rocks of the Cyclopes - Ascent up Mount Etna- Description of the Mountain with its various Phenomena - Journey to Giardini - Ascent to Taormina - Magnificence of its Site - Immense Theatre ...
... tion of that City - Expedition to the Rocks of the Cyclopes - Ascent up Mount Etna- Description of the Mountain with its various Phenomena - Journey to Giardini - Ascent to Taormina - Magnificence of its Site - Immense Theatre ...
Page xi
... tion --- Second Visit to Nicopolis --- Purchase of Antiquities --- Embark on the Ambracian Gulf --- Actium --- Dogana of Salagora --- Serai --- Construction of a new Road to Arta --- Wild Fowl and Swans upon the Gulf ... 371 408 Nii ...
... tion --- Second Visit to Nicopolis --- Purchase of Antiquities --- Embark on the Ambracian Gulf --- Actium --- Dogana of Salagora --- Serai --- Construction of a new Road to Arta --- Wild Fowl and Swans upon the Gulf ... 371 408 Nii ...
Page 4
... tion , a fine piazza , called the " Quattro Cantonieri . " It contains many superb edifices , profusely adorned with native marbles , amongst which the following deserve particular observation : -The college of the Je- suits , at this ...
... tion , a fine piazza , called the " Quattro Cantonieri . " It contains many superb edifices , profusely adorned with native marbles , amongst which the following deserve particular observation : -The college of the Je- suits , at this ...
Page 6
... tion of power more adapted to the peculiar character of a people . Be this as it may , no words can describe the scenes which daily oc- curred upon the introduction of the representative system in Sicily . The house of parliament ...
... tion of power more adapted to the peculiar character of a people . Be this as it may , no words can describe the scenes which daily oc- curred upon the introduction of the representative system in Sicily . The house of parliament ...
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... tion , which in the end turned out quite as delusive to the people as its prototype , for all these valuable lots invariably find their way , by some fatality or instinct , into royal pockets . A hundred tickets , neatly rolled up in ...
... tion , which in the end turned out quite as delusive to the people as its prototype , for all these valuable lots invariably find their way , by some fatality or instinct , into royal pockets . A hundred tickets , neatly rolled up in ...
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