A Handbook for Travellers in Greece: Describing the Ionian Islands, Continental Greece, Athens, and the Peloponnesus, the Islands of the Ægean Sea, Albania, Thessaly, and MacedoniaJ. Murray, 1872 - 505 páginas |
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... . The traveller in Greece in the summer months will find it well to establish himself in a boat for a month or two , and sail round the coast , visiting the islands of the Egean , with 16 Introd . h . Yachts , Boats , & c .
... . The traveller in Greece in the summer months will find it well to establish himself in a boat for a month or two , and sail round the coast , visiting the islands of the Egean , with 16 Introd . h . Yachts , Boats , & c .
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... coast of the Adriatic , " writes Dr. Arnold , " is one of those ill - fated portions of the earth which , though placed in immediate contact with civilization , have remained perpetually barbarian . " Northward of the Ambracian Gulf ...
... coast of the Adriatic , " writes Dr. Arnold , " is one of those ill - fated portions of the earth which , though placed in immediate contact with civilization , have remained perpetually barbarian . " Northward of the Ambracian Gulf ...
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... coast of Epirus , Acarnania , and the Pelo- ponnesus , between the parallels of 36 ° and 40 ° N. lat . , and 19 ° and 23 ° E. long . The principal islands , with their area and population , are as follows : - Name . Area in Square Miles ...
... coast of Epirus , Acarnania , and the Pelo- ponnesus , between the parallels of 36 ° and 40 ° N. lat . , and 19 ° and 23 ° E. long . The principal islands , with their area and population , are as follows : - Name . Area in Square Miles ...
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... coast of Epirus - probably in the plain of Butrinto , now so much resorted to by English shooting - parties . The last mention of Corcyra in the ancient authors seems to have been that by Suetonius , who relates that the Em- sang and ...
... coast of Epirus - probably in the plain of Butrinto , now so much resorted to by English shooting - parties . The last mention of Corcyra in the ancient authors seems to have been that by Suetonius , who relates that the Em- sang and ...
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... coast of Corfu * An excellent account of the siege of Corfu in 1716 will be found in the Corps Papers of the Royal Engineers , ' vol . i . , pp . 262-272 . The best special authorities on the antiquities and history of the Island are ...
... coast of Corfu * An excellent account of the siege of Corfu in 1716 will be found in the Corps Papers of the Royal Engineers , ' vol . i . , pp . 262-272 . The best special authorities on the antiquities and history of the Island are ...
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Acarnania Acropolis Albanian ancient city antiquity ascends Athenian Athens Athos Attica beautiful Boeotia building built called castle Cephalonia Chalkis chief Christian church coast columns Constantinople Corfu Corinth Crete crosses descends district Doric eastern English entrance Euboea fortress gate Greece Greek Gulf harbour height Hellenic hill Homer Hotel houses inhabitants Ionian Ionian Islands island isthmus Joánnina Kalamata khan Kyparissia lake Leake marble Mesolonghi Messrs miles modern monastery Mount Mount Athos mountains Nauplia nearly neighbouring northern occupied Parthenon Pasha pass Patras Pausanias Peloponnesus peninsula Piræus plain port portico Prevesa probably Propylæa remains ridge river road rock rocky Roman round route ruins Salonica scenery shore side situated slope Sparta steamer steep stone Strabo summit Syra tains Taygetus temple theatre thence Theseus Thessaly tion towers town traces traveller Turkish Turks valley Venetian village Vostitza walls whence Zante
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Página 138 - Look once more, ere we leave this specular mount, Westward, much nearer by south-west, behold, Where on the ^Egean shore a city stands, Built nobly, pure the air, and light the soil ; Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence, native to famous wits Or hospitable, in her sweet recess, City or suburban, studious walks and shades. See there the olive grove of Academe, Plato's retirement, where the Attic bird Trills her thick-warbled notes the summer long; There flowery hill Hymettus, with...
Página 201 - Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
Página 245 - My days are in the yellow leaf; The flowers and fruits of love are gone; The worm, the canker, and the grief Are mine alone! The fire that on my bosom preys Is lone as some volcanic isle; No torch is kindled, at its blaze — A funeral pile. The hope, the fear, the jealous care, The exalted portion of the pain And power of love, I cannot share, But wear the chain.
Página 34 - In their lowest servitude and depression, the subjects of the Byzantine throne were still possessed of a golden key that could unlock the treasures of antiquity ; of a musical and prolific language, that gives a soul to the objects of sense, and a body to the abstractions of philosophy.
Página 416 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present — advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
Página 138 - Of bees' industrious murmur oft invites To studious musing ; there Ilissus rolls His whispering stream : within the walls then view The schools of ancient sages ; his who bred Great Alexander to subdue the world, Lyceum there, and painted Stoa next...
Página 116 - Ionian blast, Hail the bright clime of battle and of song; Long shall thine annals and immortal tongue Fill with thy fame the youth of many a shore; Boast of the aged! lesson of the young! Which sages venerate and bards adore, As Pallas and the Muse unveil their awful lore.
Página 325 - Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis; And ships by thousands lay below, And men in nations; — all were his! He counted them at break of day, And when the sun set, where were they?
Página 138 - Thence what the lofty grave tragedians taught In chorus or iambic, teachers best Of moral prudence, with delight received In brief sententious precepts, while they treat Of fate, and chance, and change in human life ; High actions and high passions best describing...
Página 325 - The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea. And musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might still be free, For standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave.