Travels in Sicily, Greece and AlbaniaJ. Mawman, 1820 - 532 pages |
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Page vii
... Rock at Lentini - Eastern Coast of Sicily - Arrival at Syracuse - Gates shut - Sleep on the Edge of the Great Harbour - Appearance of the same— Pass the fortified Isthmus - Quarrels of the Sicilians - Small Harbour - Hotel of the Leon d ...
... Rock at Lentini - Eastern Coast of Sicily - Arrival at Syracuse - Gates shut - Sleep on the Edge of the Great Harbour - Appearance of the same— Pass the fortified Isthmus - Quarrels of the Sicilians - Small Harbour - Hotel of the Leon d ...
Page xi
... Rock --- Anchor in the Dioryctos , opposite Santa Maura --- Description of the Island --- New Works at the Port --- Lover's Leap --- Horrid Stories of Ali Pasha --- Set Sail --- Beautiful Prospect , and Arrival at Prevesa CHAPTER XIV ...
... Rock --- Anchor in the Dioryctos , opposite Santa Maura --- Description of the Island --- New Works at the Port --- Lover's Leap --- Horrid Stories of Ali Pasha --- Set Sail --- Beautiful Prospect , and Arrival at Prevesa CHAPTER XIV ...
Page xiii
... Rocks of Scylla and the Calabrian Coast 136 Serais of Ali Pasha and his two Sons , in Ioannina · - 437 View of Nicolo Argyri's House in Ioannina - 438 Portrait of Ali Pasha View of Ioannina , from the Island of the Lake Portraits of ...
... Rocks of Scylla and the Calabrian Coast 136 Serais of Ali Pasha and his two Sons , in Ioannina · - 437 View of Nicolo Argyri's House in Ioannina - 438 Portrait of Ali Pasha View of Ioannina , from the Island of the Lake Portraits of ...
Page 2
... rock of Gibraltar . This inestimable jewel of the British Crown , and key of those im- portant straits over which " Europe and Afric on each other gaze , " rises so majestically from the waves , amidst scenery so strikingly sub- lime ...
... rock of Gibraltar . This inestimable jewel of the British Crown , and key of those im- portant straits over which " Europe and Afric on each other gaze , " rises so majestically from the waves , amidst scenery so strikingly sub- lime ...
Page 15
... rocks and mountains . Agrigentum , in its site , possessed something of the magnificent pecu- liar to itself . Nature traced out its plan in a vast platform of rock ; Art τε * Strabo erred in calling it an Ionian colony : it was planted ...
... rocks and mountains . Agrigentum , in its site , possessed something of the magnificent pecu- liar to itself . Nature traced out its plan in a vast platform of rock ; Art τε * Strabo erred in calling it an Ionian colony : it was planted ...
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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