Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania, Volume 1J. Mawman, 1820 - 532 pages |
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... amongst which the following deserve particular observation : -The college of the Je- suits , at this time used for the session of parliament ; the cathedral , whose oriental gothic outside puts to shame its modern interior ; and the ...
... amongst which the following deserve particular observation : -The college of the Je- suits , at this time used for the session of parliament ; the cathedral , whose oriental gothic outside puts to shame its modern interior ; and the ...
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... amongst the higher classes . I have seen a Sicilian nobleman , a court favourite , and superintendant of a royal palace , seated in an old chair at his own door between his cook and butler , to enjoy a social chat in the cool of the ...
... amongst the higher classes . I have seen a Sicilian nobleman , a court favourite , and superintendant of a royal palace , seated in an old chair at his own door between his cook and butler , to enjoy a social chat in the cool of the ...
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... amongst the literati I met with more antiquarians than scholars , and more pedants than either . The middle and lower classes are generally kept in good humour by festivals and processions , or now and then a lottery , for they love ...
... amongst the literati I met with more antiquarians than scholars , and more pedants than either . The middle and lower classes are generally kept in good humour by festivals and processions , or now and then a lottery , for they love ...
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... amongst the common people : the Herculean arm of Cecisbeism has nearly crushed the monster in the higher ranks . No such thing is ever dreamt of in Palermo , as a preventive police , where the streets are lighted by a few glimmering ...
... amongst the common people : the Herculean arm of Cecisbeism has nearly crushed the monster in the higher ranks . No such thing is ever dreamt of in Palermo , as a preventive police , where the streets are lighted by a few glimmering ...
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... amongst the higher classes who received it at all , received it like a toy , which they played with for a time , and then broke to pieces ; and that the populace , having penetration sufficient to discover the weakness of their rulers ...
... amongst the higher classes who received it at all , received it like a toy , which they played with for a time , and then broke to pieces ; and that the populace , having penetration sufficient to discover the weakness of their rulers ...
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