 ... generally ensued. This was the signal for universal uproar. The president's voice was unheeded and unheard ; the whole house arose, partisans of different antagonists mingled in the affray, when the ground was literally covered with combatants, kicking,...  Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania - Page 7by Thomas Smart Hughes - 1820 - 532 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1834 - 426 pages
...kicking, biting, and scratching, and exhibiting all the evolutions of the old Pancratic contests. Such n state of things could not be expected to last a long...year of its creation, and martial law established." — VoL I. p. 5. 1834.] Moral Aspects of Phrenology. 237 day, that many a gigantic effort is making,... | |
 | 1825 - 686 pages
...Pancratic contests. Such a state of * The Sicilian ounce is equal to 12§. 6d. English. 1T tilings could not be expected to last a long time ; indeed...'• constitutional synod was dissolved in the very Jirst year of its " creation, and martial law established." Mr Hughes thus condudes : — " That constitution,... | |
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