Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries: From the Time of Columbus to the Present Period ...E. Newbery, 1797 |
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... faid to bring him in one thousand pounds annually . It fhould be obferved , that ice and fnow are univerfally used in Sicily by all ranks ; and Etna not only fupplies that ifland , but likewise Malta and P 1 and part of Italy with this ...
... faid to bring him in one thousand pounds annually . It fhould be obferved , that ice and fnow are univerfally used in Sicily by all ranks ; and Etna not only fupplies that ifland , but likewise Malta and P 1 and part of Italy with this ...
Side 22
... faid to have deftroyed the poffeffions of thirty thousand people , and to have reduced them to beggary . It formed feveral hills where there were formerly valleys , and filled up a large lake , of which not a veftige is to be seen . In ...
... faid to have deftroyed the poffeffions of thirty thousand people , and to have reduced them to beggary . It formed feveral hills where there were formerly valleys , and filled up a large lake , of which not a veftige is to be seen . In ...
Side 23
... faid , that fome people in his country could extract gold from them , they wished to acquire this fecret , which , they obferved , would make them the richest peo- ple on earth . Our author , at last , being apprehenfive that he might ...
... faid , that fome people in his country could extract gold from them , they wished to acquire this fecret , which , they obferved , would make them the richest peo- ple on earth . Our author , at last , being apprehenfive that he might ...
Side 24
... faid the moun- taineer , " and all his heretic fubjects likewise ; and if you are of that number , you need not be in fuch a hurry to get thither , you will be fure of it at last . " Soon after this curious conversation , they left ...
... faid the moun- taineer , " and all his heretic fubjects likewise ; and if you are of that number , you need not be in fuch a hurry to get thither , you will be fure of it at last . " Soon after this curious conversation , they left ...
Side 27
... faid to be the ruins of a temple of Vulcan , whose work- shop , as all the world knows , was in Mount Etna . Here they refted for fome time , and made a fresh application to their liqueur bottle . The 1ky was clear , and the immense ...
... faid to be the ruins of a temple of Vulcan , whose work- shop , as all the world knows , was in Mount Etna . Here they refted for fome time , and made a fresh application to their liqueur bottle . The 1ky was clear , and the immense ...
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Adour Agrigentum almoft ancient appears Barcelona beautiful Bretagne built caftle caſtle cathedral Catherine of Medicis celebrated Charles VII church compofed confiderable conftructed diftance drefs Duke elegant Etna faid fame feems feen feet feven feveral fide filk fince fingular fituation fize fmall fome foon fovereign fpot fquare France ftands ftate ftatue ftill ftone ftreets ftyle fuch fummit fuppofed fupported furrounded Gothic greateſt Grenada Henry Henry II hiftory hill himſelf houfes houſe hundred ifland immenfe impoffible infcription inhabitants interfect itſelf king laft lava leagues lefs likewife Loire Louis Louis XI magnificent marble miles moft moſt Mount Etna mountain oppofite paffage paffed palace Palermo perfons pleaſure prefent preferved prince profpect province purpoſe raiſed refidence rifes river road rock Roman round ruins ſcene Sicily ſmall Spain ſpot thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tower town travellers uſed vaft vifited walls whofe whole