Travels in Sicily, Greece and AlbaniaJ. Mawman, 1820 - 532 pages |
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... carrying Coins upon their Heads --- Visit to Mycena --- Acropolis --- Gate of the Lions --- Homeric Age and Poems --- Treasuries of Atreus --- Defence of the Argive Character CHAPTER VIII . Cross the Plain of Argos --- River Inachus ...
... carrying Coins upon their Heads --- Visit to Mycena --- Acropolis --- Gate of the Lions --- Homeric Age and Poems --- Treasuries of Atreus --- Defence of the Argive Character CHAPTER VIII . Cross the Plain of Argos --- River Inachus ...
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... carried on without any interruption of a green curtain , or dissipation of ideas by musical in- terludes between the acts . Annexed to the opera - house is a fine suite of rooms , called the Conversazione , though from it all ...
... carried on without any interruption of a green curtain , or dissipation of ideas by musical in- terludes between the acts . Annexed to the opera - house is a fine suite of rooms , called the Conversazione , though from it all ...
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... formed where both sexes spit without ceremony upon the floor of a drawing - room , and carry off in their pockets confectionary and other relics of a dinner . VOL . I. • C " 10 MANNERS OF THE SICILIAN CAPITAL . Literature and.
... formed where both sexes spit without ceremony upon the floor of a drawing - room , and carry off in their pockets confectionary and other relics of a dinner . VOL . I. • C " 10 MANNERS OF THE SICILIAN CAPITAL . Literature and.
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... carry off this statue , takes notice of a cir- cumstance , which shews how 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 ...
... carry off this statue , takes notice of a cir- cumstance , which shews how 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 ...
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... carry a crucifix more ponderous than his fellow . Our worthy host was field - marshal on this occasion , and no general ... carried out of the chapel in a state of complete exhaustion : these rallies were accompanied by cries and groans ...
... carry a crucifix more ponderous than his fellow . Our worthy host was field - marshal on this occasion , and no general ... carried out of the chapel in a state of complete exhaustion : these rallies were accompanied by cries and groans ...
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