A Short Visit to the Ionian Islands, Athens, and the MoreaJ. Murray, 1837 - 399 pàgines |
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Pàgina 13
... Rock , as it is appro- priately called by the residents , is a lofty promontory , inaccessibly steep on the north and east - the sides facing the Mediter- ranean and Spain , and connected with the latter by a low sandy isthmus called ...
... Rock , as it is appro- priately called by the residents , is a lofty promontory , inaccessibly steep on the north and east - the sides facing the Mediter- ranean and Spain , and connected with the latter by a low sandy isthmus called ...
Pàgina 14
... rock on that side being perfectly perpendicular ; and if an enemy should seize it , they are as far from Gibraltar as ever , and might be dis- lodged by heaving the very rocks down upon GIBRALTAR . 15 them from the summit . Some ...
... rock on that side being perfectly perpendicular ; and if an enemy should seize it , they are as far from Gibraltar as ever , and might be dis- lodged by heaving the very rocks down upon GIBRALTAR . 15 them from the summit . Some ...
Pàgina 17
... rock from this looks com- pletely insulated , rising 1300 feet perpen- dicularly , the sea on both sides , with Ape's Hill and the coast of Africa behind ; the latter stretching to the right ends in Ta- rifa point , and still further to ...
... rock from this looks com- pletely insulated , rising 1300 feet perpen- dicularly , the sea on both sides , with Ape's Hill and the coast of Africa behind ; the latter stretching to the right ends in Ta- rifa point , and still further to ...
Pàgina 19
... rock , having now no diffi- culty in procuring the countersign - these * Here and throughout my narrative I call this gar- ment trousers for euphony , though they reach only to the knees , and would be better expressed by a more common ...
... rock , having now no diffi- culty in procuring the countersign - these * Here and throughout my narrative I call this gar- ment trousers for euphony , though they reach only to the knees , and would be better expressed by a more common ...
Pàgina 20
... rock , and bristling with one hundred and twelve pieces of cannon , ( there are altogether above 600 pieces on this face of the fortress . ) From the highest we emerged into the open air , and made a toilsome ascent to the flag - staff ...
... rock , and bristling with one hundred and twelve pieces of cannon , ( there are altogether above 600 pieces on this face of the fortress . ) From the highest we emerged into the open air , and made a toilsome ascent to the flag - staff ...
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
A Short Visit to the Ionian Islands, Athens, and the Morea Edward Giffard Visualització completa - 1837 |
A Short Visit to the Ionian Islands, Athens, and the Morea Edward Giffard Visualització completa - 1838 |
A short visit to the Ionian islands, Athens, and the Morea Edward Giffard Visualització completa - 1837 |
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Acropolis ancient antiquity appearance Argos arrived Athenian Athens beautiful boat called CAPTAIN celebrated church citadel columns Corfu Corinth Delphi distance doubt edifice English Epidaurus Erechtheus Eurotas feet formed fragments gate Gibraltar Greece ground guides harbour hill honour horses Iero interior island Ithome journey King land late lofty Lord Lord Byron Malta Marathon marble ment Messene miles Minerva Mistra modern Greek monument Morea morning Mount mountains Mycenae Napoli night ourselves Pandrosos Parthenon passed Patras Pausanias Peiræus Phigaleia Pittakys plain Post 8vo present pronunciation Pyrgo quarantine rain remains road rock ruins sacred Salamis scene Scheria Second Edition seems shore side sight snow Sparta spot stone stood suppose Taygetus Tegea temple theatre Themistocles Theseus Thucydides tion Tiryns tomb towers town traveller Tripolitza village vols Vourlia walk walls whole Zante καὶ τὸ
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Pàgina 259 - Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona Multi, sed omnes illacrymabiles Urgentur, ignotique longa Nocte, carent quia vate sacro.