Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania, Volume 1J. Mawman, 1820 - 532 pages |
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Page xi
... once flourishing , and the present wretched State of Prevesa --- Conquest by the Venetians --- Ruin by Ali Pasha --- Miseries of the Inhabitants , & c .--- Visit to the Vai- vode --- Inscription in the Wall of a Gateway --- Turkish ...
... once flourishing , and the present wretched State of Prevesa --- Conquest by the Venetians --- Ruin by Ali Pasha --- Miseries of the Inhabitants , & c .--- Visit to the Vai- vode --- Inscription in the Wall of a Gateway --- Turkish ...
Page 7
... some of these advantages might have remained to our unfortunate allies at the conclusion of the war , whereas that constitution , so beautiful in theory , which rose at once , like a 8 MANNERS OF THE SICILIAN CAPITAL . fairy - palace.
... some of these advantages might have remained to our unfortunate allies at the conclusion of the war , whereas that constitution , so beautiful in theory , which rose at once , like a 8 MANNERS OF THE SICILIAN CAPITAL . fairy - palace.
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... once considered a school of music , owed now its principal attraction to the talents of an English lady , who sustained the post of Prima Donna . The orchestra was respectable , and con- tained many amateurs , who volunteered their ...
... once considered a school of music , owed now its principal attraction to the talents of an English lady , who sustained the post of Prima Donna . The orchestra was respectable , and con- tained many amateurs , who volunteered their ...
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... once into a deceitful world without the guidance of example or experience , with few accomplishments either useful or ornamental , but with minds imbued in all the frivolities of superstition , eager only to make themselves compensation ...
... once into a deceitful world without the guidance of example or experience , with few accomplishments either useful or ornamental , but with minds imbued in all the frivolities of superstition , eager only to make themselves compensation ...
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... once flourishing island , and still attest , even in their fall , that unrivalled taste and grandeur of sentiment , which distin- guished the Grecian colonies no less than their mother - country . Having crossed the island in two days ...
... once flourishing island , and still attest , even in their fall , that unrivalled taste and grandeur of sentiment , which distin- guished the Grecian colonies no less than their mother - country . Having crossed the island in two days ...
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Acradina acropolis adorned Albanian amidst amongst ancient antiquity Apollo appearance Arethusa Argive Argos arrived Athenian Athens beautiful called cavern celebrated character church Cicero citadel Cockerell curious Cyclopéan Cyclopes dedicated deity Delphi Dionysius discovered Dodona edifice Epirus excavations feet festival Grecian Greece Greek ground harbour head height honour inhabitants inscription Ioannina island Jupiter magnificent marble Messina modern Molossian monuments Morea mountains Mycena noble observed oracle ornament Ortygia palace pasha Pausan Pausanias plain Plutarch Polybius possession Prevesa probably remains rock Roman ruins sacred scarcely scene scenery seems sepulchre shew Sicilian Sicily side Signore soon spot statue stone stood Strabo summit supposed Syracusan Syracuse tatar temple theatre Thesprotia tion Tiryns tomb tower traveller Turkish Turks tyrant vaivode vizir walls whilst Zacynthus Zante δὲ ἐν ἐπὶ καὶ μὲν τε τὴν τῆς τὸ τὸν τῷ τῶν