Travels in Sicily, Greece and AlbaniaJ. Mawman, 1820 - 532 pages |
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Thomas Smart Hughes. ΤΟ ROBERT TOWNLEY PARKER , ESQ . OF CUERDEN HALL , IN THE COUNTY OF LANCASTER , THESE VOLUMES ARE DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR , IN TOKEN OF HIS SINCERE REGARD . PREFACE . IT is not intended to detain the Reader a 2.
Thomas Smart Hughes. ΤΟ ROBERT TOWNLEY PARKER , ESQ . OF CUERDEN HALL , IN THE COUNTY OF LANCASTER , THESE VOLUMES ARE DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR , IN TOKEN OF HIS SINCERE REGARD . PREFACE . IT is not intended to detain the Reader a 2.
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... Dedication of Statues --- Historical Remarks upon Nicopolis --- Its Decline , partial Recovery , and Fall --- Return to Prevesa --- Survey of its Fortifications --- Grand Seraglio --- Cruel Extor- tion --- Second Visit to Nicopolis ...
... Dedication of Statues --- Historical Remarks upon Nicopolis --- Its Decline , partial Recovery , and Fall --- Return to Prevesa --- Survey of its Fortifications --- Grand Seraglio --- Cruel Extor- tion --- Second Visit to Nicopolis ...
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... and Exe- cution at Palermo . IN the latter end of the year 1812 , I accompanied the friend to whom these pages are dedicated , in a tour through several countries VOL . I. B 2 ARRIVAL AT GIBRALTAR . bordering on the Mediterranean ,
... and Exe- cution at Palermo . IN the latter end of the year 1812 , I accompanied the friend to whom these pages are dedicated , in a tour through several countries VOL . I. B 2 ARRIVAL AT GIBRALTAR . bordering on the Mediterranean ,
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... dedicated its statue in ivory at Delphi . Elian . Var . Hist . 1. ii . c . 33. The river Hypsas , which flowed on the other side of the city , seems to have a similar derivation ( üoç altitudo ) , and therefore , however bold the ...
... dedicated its statue in ivory at Delphi . Elian . Var . Hist . 1. ii . c . 33. The river Hypsas , which flowed on the other side of the city , seems to have a similar derivation ( üoç altitudo ) , and therefore , however bold the ...
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... dedicated to Concord , being indebted for this extraordinary state of preservation to the piety of those ages which converted it into a Christian church . That of Hercules , the next in order , seems to have been demolished by the ...
... dedicated to Concord , being indebted for this extraordinary state of preservation to the piety of those ages which converted it into a Christian church . That of Hercules , the next in order , seems to have been demolished by the ...
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