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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Side 8
... fingular forms , fome at rett , and others in rapid motion . These phan- toms , in proportion as the light increafes , feem to become more aërial ; till at last , before the rifing of the fun , they wholly difappear . The Sicilians ...
... fingular forms , fome at rett , and others in rapid motion . These phan- toms , in proportion as the light increafes , feem to become more aërial ; till at last , before the rifing of the fun , they wholly difappear . The Sicilians ...
Side 13
... fingular , that they ftill retain the fame name . The fate of Catania has been very remarkable , and will even appear fabulous . It is fituated im- mediately at the foot of this great volcano , and has been several times deftroyed by it ...
... fingular , that they ftill retain the fame name . The fate of Catania has been very remarkable , and will even appear fabulous . It is fituated im- mediately at the foot of this great volcano , and has been several times deftroyed by it ...
Side 20
... fingular fate of the beautiful coun- try near Hybla , at no great diftance . It was fo ce- lebrated for its fertility , and particularly for its honey , that it was called Mel Paffi , till it was overwhelmed overwhelmed by the lava of ...
... fingular fate of the beautiful coun- try near Hybla , at no great diftance . It was fo ce- lebrated for its fertility , and particularly for its honey , that it was called Mel Paffi , till it was overwhelmed overwhelmed by the lava of ...
Side 50
... fingular fociety is originally founded on the wild and romantie principles of chivalry , they have never been able to abolish fingle combats ; but they have laid them under fuch restrictions as greatly leffen their danger . The ...
... fingular fociety is originally founded on the wild and romantie principles of chivalry , they have never been able to abolish fingle combats ; but they have laid them under fuch restrictions as greatly leffen their danger . The ...
Side 55
... fingular echo , fomething in the manner of our whispering gallery at St. Paul's , though more difficult to be accounted for . If a perfon ftands at the west gate , and another places himfelf on the cornice , at the moft diftant part of ...
... fingular echo , fomething in the manner of our whispering gallery at St. Paul's , though more difficult to be accounted for . If a perfon ftands at the west gate , and another places himfelf on the cornice , at the moft diftant part of ...
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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