Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania, Volume 1J. Mawman, 1820 - 532 pages |
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... Similar Anecdote of Mr. Foresti --- Shooting on the Lake --- Vizir sends a Kaivasi to reside at our House CHAPTER XVI . .. Visit to the Vizir in the Fortress --- Description of the Castron --- Old Serai --- Conversation with Ali ...
... Similar Anecdote of Mr. Foresti --- Shooting on the Lake --- Vizir sends a Kaivasi to reside at our House CHAPTER XVI . .. Visit to the Vizir in the Fortress --- Description of the Castron --- Old Serai --- Conversation with Ali ...
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... similar description , by the common hawkers , through the towns of Sicily , like ballads in England , will justify any expressions he may have used in this and the following pages , respecting the idolatrous superstitions imposed upon ...
... similar description , by the common hawkers , through the towns of Sicily , like ballads in England , will justify any expressions he may have used in this and the following pages , respecting the idolatrous superstitions imposed upon ...
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... similar derivation ( üoç altitudo ) , and therefore , however bold the assertion may appear , I cannot help thinking , that Polybius is wrong , or that Stephens has mistaken him , in deriving the name of the city διὰ τὸ ἐύγειον . + ...
... similar derivation ( üoç altitudo ) , and therefore , however bold the assertion may appear , I cannot help thinking , that Polybius is wrong , or that Stephens has mistaken him , in deriving the name of the city διὰ τὸ ἐύγειον . + ...
Page 17
... similar are the effects of superstition in all ages he observes , that its mouth and chin , though made of bronze , were actually worn by the kisses of its admiring votaries ; " oscula per- spicuo figunt impressa metallo . " By a similar ...
... similar are the effects of superstition in all ages he observes , that its mouth and chin , though made of bronze , were actually worn by the kisses of its admiring votaries ; " oscula per- spicuo figunt impressa metallo . " By a similar ...
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... similar subject upon a temple of Carthage thus offers itself to the admiring eyes of Æneas . " videt Iliacas ex ordine pugnas Belleaque jam famâ totum vulgata per orbem , Atridas , Priamumque , et sævum ambobus Achillem . " Æn . i . 456 ...
... similar subject upon a temple of Carthage thus offers itself to the admiring eyes of Æneas . " videt Iliacas ex ordine pugnas Belleaque jam famâ totum vulgata per orbem , Atridas , Priamumque , et sævum ambobus Achillem . " Æn . i . 456 ...
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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