The Shores and Islands of the Mediterranean, Volumen 1Fisher, Son & Company, 1840 - 156 páginas |
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... 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 coasts have always been peopled by nations , as varied in character ...
... 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 coasts have always been peopled by nations , as varied in character ...
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... whole north - coast of Africa : conferring wealth and independence upon the different powers of Barbary . Nor are the islands less important than the numerous kingdoms that surround the Mediterranean . Sicily , next after the British ...
... whole north - coast of Africa : conferring wealth and independence upon the different powers of Barbary . Nor are the islands less important than the numerous kingdoms that surround the Mediterranean . Sicily , next after the British ...
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... whole Roman people . The grampus , porpoise , and dolphin inhabit the Mediterranean ; and the modern , like the ancient Greeks , retain an extraor- dinary veneration for the last - mentioned species . Independent of the classic ...
... whole Roman people . The grampus , porpoise , and dolphin inhabit the Mediterranean ; and the modern , like the ancient Greeks , retain an extraor- dinary veneration for the last - mentioned species . Independent of the classic ...
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... whole island was anciently divided into four principalities , of one of which Cranii was the capital . Before the massive walls of this little city , Philip of Macedon was subjected to a defeat ; and , in later ages , Flaminius , the ...
... whole island was anciently divided into four principalities , of one of which Cranii was the capital . Before the massive walls of this little city , Philip of Macedon was subjected to a defeat ; and , in later ages , Flaminius , the ...
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... whole promontory , including the fortress and town , occupying a space of one hundred and ninety - seven acres . A dentated ridge divides the promontory longitudinally and unequally ; the portion towards the Mediter- ranean being ...
... whole promontory , including the fortress and town , occupying a space of one hundred and ninety - seven acres . A dentated ridge divides the promontory longitudinally and unequally ; the portion towards the Mediter- ranean being ...
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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.