A Hand-book for Travellers in the Ionian Islands, Greece, Turkey, Asia Minor, and ConstantinopleJ. Murray, 1845 - 408 páginas |
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... walls is a comfortable inn . The chief town of the island is Rabbato , a large and populous town , with good houses , and several churches , situated under the citadel . The population of Gozo is 16,000 . The island is much frequented ...
... walls is a comfortable inn . The chief town of the island is Rabbato , a large and populous town , with good houses , and several churches , situated under the citadel . The population of Gozo is 16,000 . The island is much frequented ...
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... walls ; and excavations among its ruins have afforded various specimens of ancient ornaments , me- dals , vases , and fragments of statues . The town of Samos was situated in a valley extending 8 m . between the mountains and the sea on ...
... walls ; and excavations among its ruins have afforded various specimens of ancient ornaments , me- dals , vases , and fragments of statues . The town of Samos was situated in a valley extending 8 m . between the mountains and the sea on ...
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... walls of the town . 4 old ship guns and a dismounted 36 - pounder , were the only cannon to be found ; he had not am- munition for a month's siege , and every kind of provision was extremely scarce . Yet here , thus destitute and ...
... walls of the town . 4 old ship guns and a dismounted 36 - pounder , were the only cannon to be found ; he had not am- munition for a month's siege , and every kind of provision was extremely scarce . Yet here , thus destitute and ...
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... walls are about 2 m . in circuit , extending round the summit of the hill , with an Acropolis . The walls 8 ft . in thickness , and well built , were protected by square towers at equal distances , and the city had 2 gates . On the S ...
... walls are about 2 m . in circuit , extending round the summit of the hill , with an Acropolis . The walls 8 ft . in thickness , and well built , were protected by square towers at equal distances , and the city had 2 gates . On the S ...
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... walls does not exceed 1 m . There were square towers all round the town , but neither they nor the gates are perfect . There are scarcely any remains or inscriptions within the walls which can lead to the dis- covery of its ancient name ...
... walls does not exceed 1 m . There were square towers all round the town , but neither they nor the gates are perfect . There are scarcely any remains or inscriptions within the walls which can lead to the dis- covery of its ancient name ...
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Acropolis Albanian ancient city antiquity appear arches ascends Asia Minor Athens beautiful Bosphorus building built called Cape castle celebrated Cephissus Chalcis church coast columns Constantinople contains Corfu crosses descends distance English entrance extends feet foot formerly fortress gardens gate Greece Greek ground Gulf harbour height hill Hotel houses inhabitants inscriptions Ionian Ionian Islands island Kalamata Kara-hissar Kastro Khan lake land leaving lofty Malta marble Messrs miles monastery mosque moun Mount mountains Nauplia opposite palace Pasha Patras Pausanias piastres picturesque plain port promontory Pyrgo remains residence ridge rising river road lies road passes rock rocky Roman route ruins scenery Sfakian shore side situated slope Smyrna spot stands steamers steep stone stream Sultan summit Syra tains temple theatre thence tion Tokat tombs towers town traveller Turkish Turks Valletta valley Venetian village walls whence wine wood Yuzgat
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Página 398 - 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 80 - tis haunted, holy ground; No earth of thine is lost in vulgar mould, But one vast realm of wonder spreads around, And all the Muse's tales seem truly told, Till the sense aches with gazing to behold The scenes our earliest dreams have dwelt upon; Each hill and dale, each deepening glen and wold Defies the power which crush'd thy temples gone: Age shakes Athena's tower, but spares gray Marathon.
Página 80 - And where are they? and where art thou, My country? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now, The heroic bosom beats no more ! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine?
Página 81 - Fill high the bowl with Samian wine ! Our virgins dance beneath the shade — I see their glorious black eyes shine ; But gazing on each glowing maid, My own the burning tear-drop laves To think such breasts must suckle slaves. 16 Place me on Sunium's marbled steep, Where nothing, save the waves and I, May hear our mutual murmurs sweep ; There, swan-like, let me sing and die...
Página 397 - THE isles of Greece ! the isles of Greece ! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, — Where grew the arts of war and peace, — Where Delos rose and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set...
Página 38 - If thou regret'st thy youth, why live ? The land of honourable death Is here. Up, to the field, and give Away thy breath ! Seek out (less often sought than found) A soldier's grave, for thee the best ! Then look around, and choose thy ground, And take thy rest ! PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY.
Página 398 - You have the Pyrrhic dance as yet, Where is the Pyrrhic phalanx gone ? Of two such lessons, why forget The nobler and the manlier one...
Página 398 - Trust not for freedom to the Franks — They have a king who buys and sells; In native swords and native ranks The only hope of courage dwells: But Turkish force and Latin fraud Would break your shield, however broad.
Página 102 - Slow sinks, more lovely ere his race be run, Along Morea's hills the setting sun: Not, as in northern climes, obscurely bright, But one unclouded blaze of living light!
Página 398 - What, silent still? and silent all? Ah! no — the voices of the dead Sound like a distant torrent's fall, And answer, "Let one living head, But one arise — we come, we come!