Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania, Volume 1J. Mawman, 1820 - 532 pages |
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... Village of Dramisus --- 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 ...
... Village of Dramisus --- 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 ...
Page 87
... village of Belvedere was chiefly built in the seventeenth century ; no vestige of it now remains except a cistern cut in the living rock at the edge of the precipice , over against the Acræum Lepas , where the Athenians were first stop ...
... village of Belvedere was chiefly built in the seventeenth century ; no vestige of it now remains except a cistern cut in the living rock at the edge of the precipice , over against the Acræum Lepas , where the Athenians were first stop ...
Page 111
... village of Tre Castagne , on our road to Taormina . No language can do justice to the scenery , fertility and ... villages and convents embosomed in thick groves of chesnuts and oriental planes , mossy fountains and transparent streams ...
... village of Tre Castagne , on our road to Taormina . No language can do justice to the scenery , fertility and ... villages and convents embosomed in thick groves of chesnuts and oriental planes , mossy fountains and transparent streams ...
Page 112
... village of Nicolosi , the sun shone bright upon that frightful assemblage of low huts , each of which is built one story high to guard against earthquakes , and is formed , roof and walls , of that dark ferrugineous substance which the ...
... village of Nicolosi , the sun shone bright upon that frightful assemblage of low huts , each of which is built one story high to guard against earthquakes , and is formed , roof and walls , of that dark ferrugineous substance which the ...
Page 119
... villages embosomed in rich foliage- vineyards pregnant with the purple grape - projecting capes and promontories - with the glorious expanse of the dark - blue sea beyond . Viewing this resplendent picture one might be tempted almost to ...
... villages embosomed in rich foliage- vineyards pregnant with the purple grape - projecting capes and promontories - with the glorious expanse of the dark - blue sea beyond . Viewing this resplendent picture one might be tempted almost to ...
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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