Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania, Volume 1Mawman, 1820 - 1 pages |
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... discovered only a few common lamps and funereal vessels , most of them broken , and lying buried in a fine greasy mould , with which the tombs were partly filled : these receptacles were generally constructed of large square stones , in ...
... discovered only a few common lamps and funereal vessels , most of them broken , and lying buried in a fine greasy mould , with which the tombs were partly filled : these receptacles were generally constructed of large square stones , in ...
Page 43
... discovered favourite ; the * " Quædam flumina odio maris ipsa subeunt vada , sicut Arethusa Fons Syracusanus , in quo red- duntur jacta in Alpheum qui per Olympiam fluvius Peloponnesiaco littori infunditur . " Nat . Hist . lib . ii ...
... discovered favourite ; the * " Quædam flumina odio maris ipsa subeunt vada , sicut Arethusa Fons Syracusanus , in quo red- duntur jacta in Alpheum qui per Olympiam fluvius Peloponnesiaco littori infunditur . " Nat . Hist . lib . ii ...
Page 44
... discovered by the Catanians , against an eruption of lava : being spread out before the torrent , it has the power of arresting its progress , or turning its direction . This surprising quality was discovered exactly one year after her ...
... discovered by the Catanians , against an eruption of lava : being spread out before the torrent , it has the power of arresting its progress , or turning its direction . This surprising quality was discovered exactly one year after her ...
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... discovered , belonging probably to those stupendous granaries mentioned by Livy * , which , together with the admirable walls and towers , with which Dio- nysius surrounded the island , and the impregnable fortress which he built upon ...
... discovered , belonging probably to those stupendous granaries mentioned by Livy * , which , together with the admirable walls and towers , with which Dio- nysius surrounded the island , and the impregnable fortress which he built upon ...
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... discovered in the year 1804 by the Cavaliere Landolina , whilst he was excavating some baths in Acradina . The goddess appears in the act of ascending from the bath , and drawing gracefully with her left hand the folding drapery around ...
... discovered in the year 1804 by the Cavaliere Landolina , whilst he was excavating some baths in Acradina . The goddess appears in the act of ascending from the bath , and drawing gracefully with her left hand the folding drapery around ...
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