The Shores and Islands of the Mediterranean, Volume 1Fisher, Son & Company, 1840 - 156 páginas |
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... buildings in that island , which are superior to everything of their age yet discovered . Our views of old Trinacria constitute the most prominent portion of the work , and were originally sketched by Mr. Leitch during two years ...
... buildings in that island , which are superior to everything of their age yet discovered . Our views of old Trinacria constitute the most prominent portion of the work , and were originally sketched by Mr. Leitch during two years ...
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... buildings . The barracks are , of course , extensive , and the naval hospital one of the noblest in Europe . The space between the town and Europa Point is occupied by the Almeda , or Mall — public gardens , and numerous villas , with ...
... buildings . The barracks are , of course , extensive , and the naval hospital one of the noblest in Europe . The space between the town and Europa Point is occupied by the Almeda , or Mall — public gardens , and numerous villas , with ...
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... building was never finished according to the original design . No Roman inscription appears on any part of the ruins ; those that are mentioned by travellers are in Cuphic and Arabic characters : the length of the building , from east ...
... building was never finished according to the original design . No Roman inscription appears on any part of the ruins ; those that are mentioned by travellers are in Cuphic and Arabic characters : the length of the building , from east ...
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... building , and the whole of the east end , are all that remain of the original structure of Walter : the remainder of the church has been rebuilt , and restored at various periods . The heads of the painted windows in the south wall are ...
... building , and the whole of the east end , are all that remain of the original structure of Walter : the remainder of the church has been rebuilt , and restored at various periods . The heads of the painted windows in the south wall are ...
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... buildings are occupied by the respectable classes . Between the first and the ground - floor is the mezzanino , or entresole , used as sleeping - rooms by the trades - people , or poorer classes , who dwell uniformly on the lowest floor ...
... buildings are occupied by the respectable classes . Between the first and the ground - floor is the mezzanino , or entresole , used as sleeping - rooms by the trades - people , or poorer classes , who dwell uniformly on the lowest floor ...
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The Shores and Islands of the Mediterranean, Partes 1-16 George Newenham Wright,Sir Grenville Temple Visualização integral - 1840 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
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.