The Shores and Islands of the Mediterranean, Volumen 1Fisher, Son & Company, 1840 - 156 páginas |
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... present the most splendid subject for graphic illustration in the whole range of the Olden World . Placed by nature in the happiest of our zones , as a medium that unites - as a barrier that separates Europe , Asia , and Africa - its ...
... present the most splendid subject for graphic illustration in the whole range of the Olden World . Placed by nature in the happiest of our zones , as a medium that unites - as a barrier that separates Europe , Asia , and Africa - its ...
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... present day , small - craft are endangered by it , and a seventy - four gun ship has been whirled round upon its surface ; but , with proper precaution , all danger may be avoided . The vortex occupies an area of about a hundred feet in ...
... present day , small - craft are endangered by it , and a seventy - four gun ship has been whirled round upon its surface ; but , with proper precaution , all danger may be avoided . The vortex occupies an area of about a hundred feet in ...
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... present , Scylla is only a precipitous rock , rising two hundred feet above sea - level , having a castle on its highest point , and a number of small rocks at its base : the latter were the poetic dogs , and the lashing of the waves ...
... present , Scylla is only a precipitous rock , rising two hundred feet above sea - level , having a castle on its highest point , and a number of small rocks at its base : the latter were the poetic dogs , and the lashing of the waves ...
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... present too sterile an aspect , and , in fact , yield but little produce . Hence it is that the resources and extent of Cephalonia appear so disproportioned . Corn is less gene- rally cultivated here than currants , grapes , and olives ...
... present too sterile an aspect , and , in fact , yield but little produce . Hence it is that the resources and extent of Cephalonia appear so disproportioned . Corn is less gene- rally cultivated here than currants , grapes , and olives ...
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... present a scene of gaiety , variety , and surpassing interest to the traveller who has arrived for the first time from the cool climates of the British Islands . The bay extends nearly nine miles , with a breadth of about five , and ...
... present a scene of gaiety , variety , and surpassing interest to the traveller who has arrived for the first time from the cool climates of the British Islands . The bay extends nearly nine miles , with a breadth of about five , and ...
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admiration adorned Africa Algiers amongst ancient appears Arabs arches architecture Bagaria beautiful Beylik of Tunis breadth building Calabria called capital Carthage Carthaginians castle Catania cathedral celebrated Cephalonia Ceuta chapel character Christian church citadel climate coast columns Corfu Corinthian order decorated emperor enclosed erected Europa Point exquisite feet fleet formed fortress French garrison Gibraltar Gulf harbour hills honour hundred inhabitants Ionian island Isles Ithaca JEMM king knights land Leitch length lofty luxuriant Malta Maltese marble Marina Mediterranean Messina miles Monte Moorish mountain Naples noble Norman object occupied ornaments palace Palermitan Palermo picturesque pillars plain port possession prince reign remains rich rock Roman Rome Rosalia ruins saint SANTA ROSALIA Saracenic Scylla shores Sicilian Sicily side siege Sir Grenville spacious Spaniards splendid stone Strada Straits streets style surface Taormina temple theatre thousand tower town Tunis Tuniseen Valetta Villa visited walls wind Zaghwan Ziza
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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.