Sketches of Naval Life with Notices of Men, Manners and Scenery on the Shores of the Mediterranean in a Series of Letters from the Brandywine and Constitution Frigates, Volumen 2H. Howe, 1829 |
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... short distance North of these , is the theatre : it is at the base of the mountain , and advantage was taken of a natural curve ; so that it was necessary simply to cut the seats into the rock of which it is composed . I counted sixty ...
... short distance North of these , is the theatre : it is at the base of the mountain , and advantage was taken of a natural curve ; so that it was necessary simply to cut the seats into the rock of which it is composed . I counted sixty ...
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... short one , it is true , but still , perhaps , not with- out interest . Affairs there remained in the state in which we left them , till June 5th , when the garrison received orders from General Church , to surrender their post , and ...
... short one , it is true , but still , perhaps , not with- out interest . Affairs there remained in the state in which we left them , till June 5th , when the garrison received orders from General Church , to surrender their post , and ...
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... short distance on my right it was the place of popular assemblies ; was of no great extent , and was formed artificially , the rock having been cut down so as to produce a level area . Its Western boundary , is a straight line of ...
... short distance on my right it was the place of popular assemblies ; was of no great extent , and was formed artificially , the rock having been cut down so as to produce a level area . Its Western boundary , is a straight line of ...
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... short of pow- der , and needed every grain he had . They weighed an- chor early in the forenoon , and steered to the South- ward . I made the family of Canaris a short visit , and then started in search of a donkey . We soon procured ...
... short of pow- der , and needed every grain he had . They weighed an- chor early in the forenoon , and steered to the South- ward . I made the family of Canaris a short visit , and then started in search of a donkey . We soon procured ...
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... short distance East of them , I am informed , are catacombs , similar to those of Milo , and of great extent . They procure from them vases of terra cotta , and lachrymatories of glass . Few things have interested me more than these ...
... short distance East of them , I am informed , are catacombs , similar to those of Milo , and of great extent . They procure from them vases of terra cotta , and lachrymatories of glass . Few things have interested me more than these ...
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Acropolis Adieu anchor ancient Argos arms ascend Athens beautiful boat Bosphorus Caimacam called Captain Patterson character chloride of lime church citadel Constantinople Corinth Dardanelles dark DEAR GEORGE distance Eleusis entrance feelings feet formed Frigate Frigate Constitution give going Greece Greek ground gulf gulf of Corinth half handsome harbour heard height hill horse hour hundred island Janissaries land LETTER look marble Marmora midshipman miles minarets Morea morning moun mountains Mycena Napoli nation Naval Navy never officers Parthenon Pasha passed perhaps Phanar Piræus plain port present probably rich ridge rock ruins sailed scarcely scene sea of Marmora seen sent shew ship shore side Smyrna soon stand stone stopped straits Sultan summit tain temple things tion town travellers Treaty Turkish Turks turn vessels walls West whole wind yards
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Página 27 - These scenes, their story not unknown, Arise, and make again your own ; Snatch from the ashes of your sires The embers of their former fires ; And he who in the strife expires Will add to theirs a name of fear That Tyranny shall quake to hear...
Página 27 - That this is all remains of thee ? Approach, thou craven crouching slave : Say, is not this Thermopylae ? These waters blue that round you lave, Oh, servile offspring of the free ! Pronounce what sea, what shore is this ? The gulf, the rock of Salamis ! These scenes, their story not unknown, Arise, and make again your own ; Snatch...
Página 126 - His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, his Majesty the King of France and Navarre, and his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias...
Página 65 - So like an arrow swift he flew, Shot by an archer strong; So did he fly - which brings me to The middle of my song.
Página 231 - Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honor preferring one another; not slothful in business; fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
Página 130 - Porte, appears still remote, impose upon the High Contracting Parties the necessity of taking immediate measures for an approximation with the Greeks. It is to be understood that this approximation shall be brought about by establishing commercial relations with the Greeks, by sending to them for that purpose, and receiving from them, Consular Agents, so long as there shall exist among them authorities capable of maintaining such relations.
Página 230 - Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; Love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up; Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, Is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Página 128 - Porte shall have a determinate voice. To bring about a complete separation between the individuals of the two nations, and to prevent the collisions which are the inevitable consequence of so long a struggle, the Greeks shall enter upon possession of the Turkish property situated either on the continent, or in the isles of Greece, on the condition of indemnifying the former proprietors, either by the payment of an annual sum, to be added to the tribute which is to be paid to the Porte, or by some...