Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania, Volume 1Mawman, 1820 - 393 pages |
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Page 40
... Epipolæ and the range of Hyblæan mountains . We found our host of the golden Lion an obliging well - informed man , and a great sportsman , who owed his residence and occupation at Syracuse to his favourite diversion : Catania was his ...
... Epipolæ and the range of Hyblæan mountains . We found our host of the golden Lion an obliging well - informed man , and a great sportsman , who owed his residence and occupation at Syracuse to his favourite diversion : Catania was his ...
Page 63
... Epipolæ , independent of a great multitude who were employed in cutting and drawing the stone . Let us suppose , therefore , that he took on an average one out of every family , and supposing each family to 64 COMPENDIOUS HISTORY OF ...
... Epipolæ , independent of a great multitude who were employed in cutting and drawing the stone . Let us suppose , therefore , that he took on an average one out of every family , and supposing each family to 64 COMPENDIOUS HISTORY OF ...
Page 81
... Epipolæ , and all the venerable re- mains of Syracuse . Nor does he fail to add the date of each succced- ing visit . It were devoutly to be wished by all lovers of taste , that he would rest contented with those rational expectations ...
... Epipolæ , and all the venerable re- mains of Syracuse . Nor does he fail to add the date of each succced- ing visit . It were devoutly to be wished by all lovers of taste , that he would rest contented with those rational expectations ...
Page 83
... from the Portus Trogiliorum over Epipolæ , between the castle of Labdalus and the walls of Tycha , across the Lysimelian marsh to the edge of the great harbour . ( See the Map . ) 84 HEXAPYLON - MARCELLUS WEEPING . sion of their city M 2.
... from the Portus Trogiliorum over Epipolæ , between the castle of Labdalus and the walls of Tycha , across the Lysimelian marsh to the edge of the great harbour . ( See the Map . ) 84 HEXAPYLON - MARCELLUS WEEPING . sion of their city M 2.
Page 84
... Epipolæ , a distance of nearly four miles , in the almost incredible space of twenty days . A ride of about five miles over a rugged rock brought us to the W. or rather to the N. W. extremity of the city walls , where the natural ...
... Epipolæ , a distance of nearly four miles , in the almost incredible space of twenty days . A ride of about five miles over a rugged rock brought us to the W. or rather to the N. W. extremity of the city walls , where the natural ...
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