Travels in Sicily, Greece and AlbaniaJ. Mawman, 1820 - 532 pages |
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... scarcely can be said relieved , by the introduction of a tragedy , in which rant and declamation take the place of feeling and expression : the only thing that seemed worthy of imitation was a classical attention to the unity of place ...
... scarcely can be said relieved , by the introduction of a tragedy , in which rant and declamation take the place of feeling and expression : the only thing that seemed worthy of imitation was a classical attention to the unity of place ...
Page 10
... scarcely ever spoil their sleep or digestion . The management of the lottery is admirably calculated both to stimulate cupidity and to disappoint it . The capital prizes are held up to public view , like the pictures of a show ...
... scarcely ever spoil their sleep or digestion . The management of the lottery is admirably calculated both to stimulate cupidity and to disappoint it . The capital prizes are held up to public view , like the pictures of a show ...
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... scarcely able to support his authority ; and his salary is so small and badly paid , that the rogue must be poor indeed , who cannot afford to bribe him . There is no such thing known as prison - discipline ; the gaols are literally ...
... scarcely able to support his authority ; and his salary is so small and badly paid , that the rogue must be poor indeed , who cannot afford to bribe him . There is no such thing known as prison - discipline ; the gaols are literally ...
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... scarcely exceeded in size the smallest English county ; not even if we add to its articles of exportation that breed of horses , for which it was so renowned in the great games of Greece , and the sulphur , which is still dug in vast ...
... scarcely exceeded in size the smallest English county ; not even if we add to its articles of exportation that breed of horses , for which it was so renowned in the great games of Greece , and the sulphur , which is still dug in vast ...
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... scarcely conceive a more glorious prospect than that which the southern cliff of this great city once displayed , surmounted by a long unbroken line of the finest monuments of Grecian art ! Amongst them stood six majestic temples , of ...
... scarcely conceive a more glorious prospect than that which the southern cliff of this great city once displayed , surmounted by a long unbroken line of the finest monuments of Grecian art ! Amongst them stood six majestic temples , of ...
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