Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania, Volume 1Mawman, 1820 - 393 pages |
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... built up the sacred edifice of freedom , or have contented itself with introducing some practical reform into the established system of Sicilian legislature ; for instance , it might have obliged the nominal authorities to correct their ...
... built up the sacred edifice of freedom , or have contented itself with introducing some practical reform into the established system of Sicilian legislature ; for instance , it might have obliged the nominal authorities to correct their ...
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... built , accord- ing to the saying of their great Empedocles , as if they were about to live for ever , and lived as if they expected to die on the morrow † . During this period , those stately edifices arose , whose ruins still com ...
... built , accord- ing to the saying of their great Empedocles , as if they were about to live for ever , and lived as if they expected to die on the morrow † . During this period , those stately edifices arose , whose ruins still com ...
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... built town , containing little worthy of notice , except its extreme poverty , that usual concomitant of a weak and oppressive government : it reckons about 15,000 inhabitants , eleven convents of monks , six of nuns , five parish ...
... built town , containing little worthy of notice , except its extreme poverty , that usual concomitant of a weak and oppressive government : it reckons about 15,000 inhabitants , eleven convents of monks , six of nuns , five parish ...
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... built by Frederic II . King of Sicily . Having ascended the chief tower , which has been converted into a prison , to enjoy the extensive view from its summit , we were induced , by a confused clamour of voices and clanking of chains ...
... built by Frederic II . King of Sicily . Having ascended the chief tower , which has been converted into a prison , to enjoy the extensive view from its summit , we were induced , by a confused clamour of voices and clanking of chains ...
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... built the present fortress after a lapse of two years , the infidels returned in great force , and obliged the governor to evacuate , not only the fort , but the city ; which he did by capitulation , reserving to himself the right of ...
... built the present fortress after a lapse of two years , the infidels returned in great force , and obliged the governor to evacuate , not only the fort , but the city ; which he did by capitulation , reserving to himself the right of ...
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Acradina acropolis admiration adorned Agathocles Agrigentum Albanian amidst amongst Anapus ancient antiquity Apollo appeared Arethusa Argive Argos arrived ascended Athenian Athens beautiful called Catania cavern celebrated Cephalonia character church Cicero citadel curious Cyclopéan Cyclopes dedicated deity Delphi Dionysius discovered edifice Epipolæ erected Etna excavations extraordinary Fazzello feet festival formed Grecian Greece Greek harbour head height honour inhabitants inscription island Jupiter lava magnificent marble Messina modern monument Morea Mount Etna mountains Mycena noble observed ornament Ortygia Palermo pasha Pausan Pausanias plain Plutarch poet Polybius probably remains rock Roman ruins sacred scarcely scene sculpture seems sepulchre shew Sicilian Sicily side Signore soon spot statue stone stood Strabo summit supposed Syracusan Syracuse tatar temple theatre tion Tiryns tomb tower traveller Turkish Turks tyrant vaivode vases walls whilst Zacynthus Zante δὲ ἐν καὶ μὲν τε τὸ τὸν τῶν