Travels in Sicily, Greece and AlbaniaJ. Mawman, 1820 - 532 pages |
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... contains many superb edifices , profusely adorned with native marbles , amongst which the following deserve particular observation : -The college of the Je- suits , at this time used for the session of parliament ; the cathedral , whose ...
... contains many superb edifices , profusely adorned with native marbles , amongst which the following deserve particular observation : -The college of the Je- suits , at this time used for the session of parliament ; the cathedral , whose ...
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... contain the boldest combina- tions , or the most graceful portraitures of Grecian art : there the sculptor aimed to rival the bard , embodying his ideas in the most animated forms , and giving a local habitation to the characters of his ...
... contain the boldest combina- tions , or the most graceful portraitures of Grecian art : there the sculptor aimed to rival the bard , embodying his ideas in the most animated forms , and giving a local habitation to the characters of his ...
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... contains very few bituminous quali- ties ; we found the surface of the water covered merely with a thick scum or ... containing a beauti- ful plain of turf between them , called La Meta , or the Goal : Nature herself seems to have marked ...
... contains very few bituminous quali- ties ; we found the surface of the water covered merely with a thick scum or ... containing a beauti- ful plain of turf between them , called La Meta , or the Goal : Nature herself seems to have marked ...
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... contain no monuments worthy of particular remark , except a few remains of gates , and bridges across deep ravines , which formed a com- munication between the ancient city and its extensive suburbs , Nea- polis on the east , and the ...
... contain no monuments worthy of particular remark , except a few remains of gates , and bridges across deep ravines , which formed a com- munication between the ancient city and its extensive suburbs , Nea- polis on the east , and the ...
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... containing an interior cella , nor surrounded by a peristyle ; its only external ornament being a pediment supported by two Doric columns between the Antæ , or pilasters , at the angles * : its ἐν the Latins . dwelt under the same roof ...
... containing an interior cella , nor surrounded by a peristyle ; its only external ornament being a pediment supported by two Doric columns between the Antæ , or pilasters , at the angles * : its ἐν the Latins . dwelt under the same roof ...
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