Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania, Volume 1Mawman, 1820 - 393 pages |
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Page ix
... Interesting Discovery made there by Mr. Jones -Plain of Eleusis and Saronic Gulf --- First View of Athens --- Arrival there --- Visits of Ceremony from the Inhabitants CHAPTER IX . Walk in Athens --- Pnyx --- Adventure there ...
... Interesting Discovery made there by Mr. Jones -Plain of Eleusis and Saronic Gulf --- First View of Athens --- Arrival there --- Visits of Ceremony from the Inhabitants CHAPTER IX . Walk in Athens --- Pnyx --- Adventure there ...
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... interesting events recorded in the annals of history . Having completed our pre- parations in London , and engaged a servant experienced in foreign travel * , we embarked at Portsmouth , on board His Majesty's ship the Revenge , which ...
... interesting events recorded in the annals of history . Having completed our pre- parations in London , and engaged a servant experienced in foreign travel * , we embarked at Portsmouth , on board His Majesty's ship the Revenge , which ...
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... interesting to us than to behold the struggles of a great people for independence , and to mark the light of reason and truth , gleaming out from beneath that darkness which had so long covered the nation . It was for a long time ...
... interesting to us than to behold the struggles of a great people for independence , and to mark the light of reason and truth , gleaming out from beneath that darkness which had so long covered the nation . It was for a long time ...
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... interesting col- lection , and from thence to the east end of the great plain , where he pointed out to our notice the platform of the temple of Ceres , on the very edge of a tremendous precipice , probably 2000 feet in perpendi- cular ...
... interesting col- lection , and from thence to the east end of the great plain , where he pointed out to our notice the platform of the temple of Ceres , on the very edge of a tremendous precipice , probably 2000 feet in perpendi- cular ...
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... interesting relics of former ages . Early next morning we resumed our researches , under the conduct of the little cicerone . But as we had complained bitterly of our mules on the preceding day , our host procured us a fresh set , and ...
... interesting relics of former ages . Early next morning we resumed our researches , under the conduct of the little cicerone . But as we had complained bitterly of our mules on the preceding day , our host procured us a fresh set , and ...
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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