The Shores and Islands of the Mediterranean, Volumen 1Fisher, Son & Company, 1840 - 156 páginas |
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... celebrated exploits . There the human mind has appeared with the brightest lustre ; the greatest excellence in art , the most valuable discoveries in science , the most splendid military achievements , the most extended commercial ...
... celebrated exploits . There the human mind has appeared with the brightest lustre ; the greatest excellence in art , the most valuable discoveries in science , the most splendid military achievements , the most extended commercial ...
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... celebrated whirlpool called now the Galofaro , but anciently Charybdis , is formed outside the Braccio di St. Ranierre , a tongue of land enclosing the harbour of Messina in Sicily , and has , with more reason than Scylla , been clothed ...
... celebrated whirlpool called now the Galofaro , but anciently Charybdis , is formed outside the Braccio di St. Ranierre , a tongue of land enclosing the harbour of Messina in Sicily , and has , with more reason than Scylla , been clothed ...
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... celebrated is that in the grand port of Tarento , called the Little Sea , and near the mouth of the Galesus . It ascends in such a volume , and with such impetuosity , that it may be taken up without the least impregnation of salt . The ...
... celebrated is that in the grand port of Tarento , called the Little Sea , and near the mouth of the Galesus . It ascends in such a volume , and with such impetuosity , that it may be taken up without the least impregnation of salt . The ...
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... celebrated for its vast extent , sumptuous church , noble and fine - toned organ , comprehensive museum , ancient mosaics , and unbounded riches . The lava of the dreadful eruption of 1669 , which overwhelmed the homes of thirty ...
... celebrated for its vast extent , sumptuous church , noble and fine - toned organ , comprehensive museum , ancient mosaics , and unbounded riches . The lava of the dreadful eruption of 1669 , which overwhelmed the homes of thirty ...
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... celebrated . Homer ascribes its first settlement to the Hyperians , and says that Phæace was succeeded by Alcinous , the son of Nausithous , who received and treated Ulysses with so much hospitality . About 700 years before the siege of ...
... celebrated . Homer ascribes its first settlement to the Hyperians , and says that Phæace was succeeded by Alcinous , the son of Nausithous , who received and treated Ulysses with so much hospitality . About 700 years before the siege of ...
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Página 99 - Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.
Página 60 - Not that fair field Of Enna, where Proserpine gathering flowers, Herself a fairer flower, by gloomy Dis Was gather'd, which cost Ceres all that pain To seek her through the world...
Página 72 - Sublime tobacco ! which from east to west Cheers the tar's labour or the Turkman's rest ; Which on the Moslem's ottoman divides His hours, and rivals opium and his brides ; Magnificent in Stamboul, but less grand, Though not less loved, in Wapping or the Strand ; Divine in hookas, glorious in a pipe, When tipp'd with amber, mellow, rich, and ripe ; Like other charmers, wooing the caress More dazzlingly when daring in full dress ; Yet thy true lovers more admire by far...
Página 26 - " sequitur fortunam, ut semper, et odit damnatos. idem populus, si Nurtia Tusco favisset, si oppressa foret secura senectus 75 principis, hac ipsa Seianum diceret hora Augustum. iam pridem, ex quo suffragia nulli vendimus, effudit curas ; nam qui dabat olim imperium fasces legiones omnia, nunc se continet atque duas tantum res anxius optat, 80 panem et circenses."
Página 60 - And, as the Cretan labyrinth of old, With wandering ways, and many a winding fold, Involved the weary feet, without redress, In a round error, which denied recess ; So fought the Trojan boys in warlike play, Turn'd and return'd, and still a different way.
Página 48 - The Tyrians, landing near this holy ground, And digging here, a prosperous omen found : From under earth a courser's head they drew, Their growth and future fortune to foreshow. This fated sign their foundress Juno gave Of a soil fruitful and a people brave.