Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania, Volume 1Mawman, 1820 - 393 pages |
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Page vi
... give a more exclusive attention to studies connected with a profession adopted subsequently to his Travels ; but that wish has been prevented by several causes with which it is not necessary to make the Public acquainted . Whatever may ...
... give a more exclusive attention to studies connected with a profession adopted subsequently to his Travels ; but that wish has been prevented by several causes with which it is not necessary to make the Public acquainted . Whatever may ...
Page 10
... give them these amusements , with bread and iced water , and the care of politics will scarcely ever spoil their ... gives it in the original ; for it is too shocking to translate . MANNERS OF THE SICILIAN CAPITAL . 11 Incbriety is a 2.
... give them these amusements , with bread and iced water , and the care of politics will scarcely ever spoil their ... gives it in the original ; for it is too shocking to translate . MANNERS OF THE SICILIAN CAPITAL . 11 Incbriety is a 2.
Page 15
... to Plato , Var . Hist . lib . ii . Athenæus gives a curious account of a large building at Agrigentum , called the Trireme , adapted to the purposes of public luxury . 16 TEMPLES AND OTHER ANTIQUITIES . had but to perfect.
... to Plato , Var . Hist . lib . ii . Athenæus gives a curious account of a large building at Agrigentum , called the Trireme , adapted to the purposes of public luxury . 16 TEMPLES AND OTHER ANTIQUITIES . had but to perfect.
Page 18
... give an asto- nishing proof of its magnitude , he observes that a man could shelter himself in the strigæ or fluting of the columns . Although no shaft either in whole or in part now remains , I was able to prove the truth of this ...
... give an asto- nishing proof of its magnitude , he observes that a man could shelter himself in the strigæ or fluting of the columns . Although no shaft either in whole or in part now remains , I was able to prove the truth of this ...
Page 31
... gives it so delightful a temperature during the violent heats of summer , that many foreigners and Sicilian families retire thither in that season . The town has a very singular and pictu- resque appearance , being every where ...
... gives it so delightful a temperature during the violent heats of summer , that many foreigners and Sicilian families retire thither in that season . The town has a very singular and pictu- resque appearance , being every where ...
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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