Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania, Volume 1J. Mawman, 1820 - 532 pages |
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Page viii
... Mountain with its various Phenomena - Journey to Giardini - Ascent to Taormina - Magnificence of its Site - Immense Theatre - Prospect of Etna , and the Faro Straits - Cape Alessio - Messina - Sirocco Wind - Journey to Palermo ...
... Mountain with its various Phenomena - Journey to Giardini - Ascent to Taormina - Magnificence of its Site - Immense Theatre - Prospect of Etna , and the Faro Straits - Cape Alessio - Messina - Sirocco Wind - Journey to Palermo ...
Page ix
... Mountain --- Departure and Passage over the Isthmus --- Megara --- 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 ...
... Mountain --- Departure and Passage over the Isthmus --- Megara --- 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 ...
Page xii
... Mountain Roads --- Devitzianà --- Heavy Rains --- Miseries of an Albanian Cottage --- Flute of an Eagle's Wing --- Adventure at the Acheron --- Return towards Ioannina --- Village of Vareatis --- Manner of killing Fowls --- Scenery of ...
... Mountain Roads --- Devitzianà --- Heavy Rains --- Miseries of an Albanian Cottage --- Flute of an Eagle's Wing --- Adventure at the Acheron --- Return towards Ioannina --- Village of Vareatis --- Manner of killing Fowls --- Scenery of ...
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Thomas Smart Hughes. CITY AND NOBLESSE . fantastic summits of that grand semicircle of mountains , which sur- round the " conca d'oro , " that " golden shell , " in which Sicilian poets represent Palermo as set like a beauteous pearl ...
Thomas Smart Hughes. CITY AND NOBLESSE . fantastic summits of that grand semicircle of mountains , which sur- round the " conca d'oro , " that " golden shell , " in which Sicilian poets represent Palermo as set like a beauteous pearl ...
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... mountains . Agrigentum , in its site , possessed something of the magnificent pecu- liar to itself . Nature traced out its plan in a vast platform of rock ; Art Strabo erred in calling it an Ionian colony : it was planted by the people ...
... mountains . Agrigentum , in its site , possessed something of the magnificent pecu- liar to itself . Nature traced out its plan in a vast platform of rock ; Art Strabo erred in calling it an Ionian colony : it was planted by the people ...
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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