Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania, Volume 1Mawman, 1820 - 393 pages |
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Page 10
... respecting the idolatrous superstitions imposed upon the people of this country , instead of pure and genuine Christianity . He gives it in the original ; for it is too shocking to translate . MANNERS OF THE SICILIAN CAPITAL . 11 ...
... respecting the idolatrous superstitions imposed upon the people of this country , instead of pure and genuine Christianity . He gives it in the original ; for it is too shocking to translate . MANNERS OF THE SICILIAN CAPITAL . 11 ...
Page 13
... given us very scanty information respecting the government , laws , and commerce of this extraordinary people : from * Vide Mitford , Hist . of Greece , c . xxix . § 3 . 14 ANCIENT REPUBLIC OF AGRIGENTUM , thinly - scattered notices.
... given us very scanty information respecting the government , laws , and commerce of this extraordinary people : from * Vide Mitford , Hist . of Greece , c . xxix . § 3 . 14 ANCIENT REPUBLIC OF AGRIGENTUM , thinly - scattered notices.
Page 14
... respecting the population of this city , seems nearest the truth , amounting to 800,000 souls : of these about 20,000 were citizens , 180,000 free set- tlers , and the rest slaves : this is nearly two - thirds of the whole population of ...
... respecting the population of this city , seems nearest the truth , amounting to 800,000 souls : of these about 20,000 were citizens , 180,000 free set- tlers , and the rest slaves : this is nearly two - thirds of the whole population of ...
Page 52
... respecting the eminent character recorded in this in- scription : one of the most remarkable things to be observed in it is a total change of the Syracusan dialect † , from its ancient broad Doric to the Ionic forms ; which , together ...
... respecting the eminent character recorded in this in- scription : one of the most remarkable things to be observed in it is a total change of the Syracusan dialect † , from its ancient broad Doric to the Ionic forms ; which , together ...
Page 99
... respecting the ladies here designated as queens . They have been alternately pro- nounced independent monarchs , wives of tyrants , priestesses of Bac- chus , and celestial deities . Many coins of Philistis are preserved in the cabinets ...
... respecting the ladies here designated as queens . They have been alternately pro- nounced independent monarchs , wives of tyrants , priestesses of Bac- chus , and celestial deities . Many coins of Philistis are preserved in the cabinets ...
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