Travels in Sicily, Greece and AlbaniaJ. Mawman, 1820 - 532 pages |
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Page vi
... give a more exclusive attention to studies connected with a profession adopted subsequently to his Travels ; but that wish has been prevented by several causes with which it is not necessary to make the Public acquainted . Whatever may ...
... give a more exclusive attention to studies connected with a profession adopted subsequently to his Travels ; but that wish has been prevented by several causes with which it is not necessary to make the Public acquainted . Whatever may ...
Page 10
... give them these amusements , with bread and iced water , and the care of politics will scarcely ever spoil their ... gives it in the original ; for it is too shocking to translate . MANNERS OF THE SICILIAN CAPITAL . 11 Inebriety is a 2.
... give them these amusements , with bread and iced water , and the care of politics will scarcely ever spoil their ... gives it in the original ; for it is too shocking to translate . MANNERS OF THE SICILIAN CAPITAL . 11 Inebriety is a 2.
Page 15
... to Plato , Var . Hist . lib . ii . Athenæus gives a curious account of a large building at Agrigentum , called the Trireme , adapted to the purposes of public luxury . 16 TEMPLES AND OTHER ANTIQUITIES . had but to perfect.
... to Plato , Var . Hist . lib . ii . Athenæus gives a curious account of a large building at Agrigentum , called the Trireme , adapted to the purposes of public luxury . 16 TEMPLES AND OTHER ANTIQUITIES . had but to perfect.
Page 18
... give an asto- nishing proof of its magnitude , he observes that a man could shelter himself in the strigæ or fluting of the columns . Although no shaft either in whole or in part now remains , I was able to prove the truth of this ...
... give an asto- nishing proof of its magnitude , he observes that a man could shelter himself in the strigæ or fluting of the columns . Although no shaft either in whole or in part now remains , I was able to prove the truth of this ...
Page 31
... gives it so delightful a temperature during the violent heats of summer , that many foreigners and Sicilian families retire thither in that season . The town has a very singular and pictu- resque appearance , being every where ...
... gives it so delightful a temperature during the violent heats of summer , that many foreigners and Sicilian families retire thither in that season . The town has a very singular and pictu- resque appearance , being every where ...
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