Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania, Volume 1J. Mawman, 1820 - 532 pages |
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Page xi
... once flourishing , and the present wretched State of Prevesa --- Conquest by the Venetians --- Ruin by Ali Pasha --- Miserie of the Inhabitants , & c .--- Visit to the Vai- vode --- Inscription in the Wall of a Gateway --- Turkish ...
... once flourishing , and the present wretched State of Prevesa --- Conquest by the Venetians --- Ruin by Ali Pasha --- Miserie of the Inhabitants , & c .--- Visit to the Vai- vode --- Inscription in the Wall of a Gateway --- Turkish ...
Page 7
... some of these advantages might have remained to our unfortunate allies at the conclusion of the war , whereas that constitution , so beautiful in theory , which rose at once , like a 8 MANNERS OF THE SICILIAN CAPITAL . fairy - palace.
... some of these advantages might have remained to our unfortunate allies at the conclusion of the war , whereas that constitution , so beautiful in theory , which rose at once , like a 8 MANNERS OF THE SICILIAN CAPITAL . fairy - palace.
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... once considered a school of music , owed now its principal attraction to the talents of an English lady , who sustained the post of Prima Donna . The orchestra was respectable , and con- tained many amateurs , who volunteered their ...
... once considered a school of music , owed now its principal attraction to the talents of an English lady , who sustained the post of Prima Donna . The orchestra was respectable , and con- tained many amateurs , who volunteered their ...
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... once into a deceitful world without the guidance of example or experience , with few accomplishments either useful or ornamental , but with minds imbued in all the frivolities of superstition , eager only to make themselves compensation ...
... once into a deceitful world without the guidance of example or experience , with few accomplishments either useful or ornamental , but with minds imbued in all the frivolities of superstition , eager only to make themselves compensation ...
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... once flourishing island , and still attest , even in their fall , that unrivalled taste and grandeur of sentiment , which distin- guished the Grecian colonies no less than their mother - country . 66 Having crossed the island in two ...
... once flourishing island , and still attest , even in their fall , that unrivalled taste and grandeur of sentiment , which distin- guished the Grecian colonies no less than their mother - country . 66 Having crossed the island in two ...
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