New Voyages and Travels: Consisting of Originals and Translations, Volume 4Sir R. Phillips and Company, 1820 - Voyages and travels |
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Page 49
... seemed overjoyed at meeting with persons to con- verse with on these subjects . The physiognomy of all the individuals in this sanctuary of the sciences denoted the bene- ficial influence of instruction , in a physical and moral point ...
... seemed overjoyed at meeting with persons to con- verse with on these subjects . The physiognomy of all the individuals in this sanctuary of the sciences denoted the bene- ficial influence of instruction , in a physical and moral point ...
Page 54
... seemed emu- lous to solicit our attention , by the multitude of seductions with which they are enriched . Among the rest , is that immense sera- glio , constructed , originally , upon a plan of grandeur propor- tioned to the vastness of ...
... seemed emu- lous to solicit our attention , by the multitude of seductions with which they are enriched . Among the rest , is that immense sera- glio , constructed , originally , upon a plan of grandeur propor- tioned to the vastness of ...
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... seemed to have traversed ages with so much rapidity , to say to those who now behold them - I am the work of one of the most ancient people on earth : I have seen 3000 years pass before me ; 3000 years have not impaired my grandeur , my ...
... seemed to have traversed ages with so much rapidity , to say to those who now behold them - I am the work of one of the most ancient people on earth : I have seen 3000 years pass before me ; 3000 years have not impaired my grandeur , my ...
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... seemed to increase upon me in their magnitude ; and when I was close to the build- ing , I was satisfied that the proportions are larger than those of the temple of Pæstum . The front which , from its situation , facing as it does the ...
... seemed to increase upon me in their magnitude ; and when I was close to the build- ing , I was satisfied that the proportions are larger than those of the temple of Pæstum . The front which , from its situation , facing as it does the ...
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... seemed as if it had been negligently split from ear to ear , and hair and beard dark , thick , knotted , and filthy , you have this guard before you . Notwithstanding this unpromising appearance , nature had given this man a heart ...
... seemed as if it had been negligently split from ear to ear , and hair and beard dark , thick , knotted , and filthy , you have this guard before you . Notwithstanding this unpromising appearance , nature had given this man a heart ...
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Agrigentum Albanians Amalthea ancient antiquity Aous appears Apsus arms Arpino Arpinum arrived banks beautiful bishop Cæsar called Catania Cattaro celebrated Christian church Cicero coast columns Conitza Constantinople course covered crater descended discovered distance east edifice emperor encamped entered Epirus Etna eyes favour feet four Greek ground Haliacmon height hills horse hour hunters inhabitants Janina Janissaries journey lake land latter lava leagues Mahometan ment miles Montenegrines monuments mosque Mount mountains nature night observed orator Ortygia palace Palermo passed Peneus person Pindus plain Pompey port present priest principal quarter Ragusa remarkable road rock Roman Rome route ruins seen Segeste seraglio shore Sicily side situated soil stone stream Sultan summit temple Thessaly tion tomb town trees Trikala Turkey Turkish Turks valley Venetico village vladika Voioussa VOYAGES and TRAVELS walls White River woods