Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania, Volume 1J. Mawman, 1820 - 532 pages |
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Page 16
... situations for gates , whilst numerous little eminences scattered about within , seemed as if designed for the ad- vantageous display of noble edifices * . Imagination can scarcely conceive a more glorious prospect than that which the ...
... situations for gates , whilst numerous little eminences scattered about within , seemed as if designed for the ad- vantageous display of noble edifices * . Imagination can scarcely conceive a more glorious prospect than that which the ...
Page 17
... situation near the sea - gate , did very probably form part of the ancient forum of this great commercial city . But of all the edifices which Agrigentum , or perhaps any other state could boast , none exceeded in magnitude and grandeur ...
... situation near the sea - gate , did very probably form part of the ancient forum of this great commercial city . But of all the edifices which Agrigentum , or perhaps any other state could boast , none exceeded in magnitude and grandeur ...
Page 41
... situation which he designates , protected by a bastion of the wall from the encroachment of the sea , but diminished in size , and possessing neither its sweet waters , nor those sacred fish , which even in the extremity of famine were ...
... situation which he designates , protected by a bastion of the wall from the encroachment of the sea , but diminished in size , and possessing neither its sweet waters , nor those sacred fish , which even in the extremity of famine were ...
Page 43
... situation of the fountain itself to have been changed by the same causes , and that it formerly existed in the vicinity of Diana's temple ; in which opinion I should be inclined to coincide , did not Cicero's description so accurately ...
... situation of the fountain itself to have been changed by the same causes , and that it formerly existed in the vicinity of Diana's temple ; in which opinion I should be inclined to coincide , did not Cicero's description so accurately ...
Page 74
... situation of the different parts of ancient Syracuse , than many pages of description . The old church of San Giovanni is now a subterranean crypt , over which a modern chapel has been erected . Its architecture is massive and plain ...
... situation of the different parts of ancient Syracuse , than many pages of description . The old church of San Giovanni is now a subterranean crypt , over which a modern chapel has been erected . Its architecture is massive and plain ...
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