Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania, Volume 1J. Mawman, 1820 - 532 pages |
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Page 53
... extremely elegant , some very ludicrous , and others indescrib- ably indecent nothing in the character of the ancients appears more extraordinary than that coarseness of ideas which could tolerate the public representation of such ...
... extremely elegant , some very ludicrous , and others indescrib- ably indecent nothing in the character of the ancients appears more extraordinary than that coarseness of ideas which could tolerate the public representation of such ...
Page 104
... extremely small recess which was quite filled by our party , and is nothing more than the termination or finish of a long circuitous channel , or mechanical contrivance , about six feet deep , which runs along the top of the whole ...
... extremely small recess which was quite filled by our party , and is nothing more than the termination or finish of a long circuitous channel , or mechanical contrivance , about six feet deep , which runs along the top of the whole ...
Page 123
... extremely soft and sweet , and the instruments were the work of his own hands . He was a very intelligent youth , and Mr. Parker pur- chased his reeds at a price which amply rewarded his ingenuity . During the whole of this tour we saw ...
... extremely soft and sweet , and the instruments were the work of his own hands . He was a very intelligent youth , and Mr. Parker pur- chased his reeds at a price which amply rewarded his ingenuity . During the whole of this tour we saw ...
Page 140
... extremely dif * Who are called by Homer , ödev kopówvtes , ( II . B. 542. ) They are said to have cut it thus , to prevent the enemy from seizing them in front . This tonsure was also called the Theseis , from the hero Theseus , who ...
... extremely dif * Who are called by Homer , ödev kopówvtes , ( II . B. 542. ) They are said to have cut it thus , to prevent the enemy from seizing them in front . This tonsure was also called the Theseis , from the hero Theseus , who ...
Page 155
... extremely small . Athenæus , however , has pre- served the memory of an invention by a native musician named Pytha- goras which I think deserves insertion , because it tends to throw some Middleton's Life of Cic . vol . iii . p . 315 ...
... extremely small . Athenæus , however , has pre- served the memory of an invention by a native musician named Pytha- goras which I think deserves insertion , because it tends to throw some Middleton's Life of Cic . vol . iii . p . 315 ...
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