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 54
... of Agrigentum , and the whole mountain on which it ftands , are com- pofed of a concretion of fea - fhells run together , and cemented by a kind of fand or gravel , now become I 1 become fo hard as to be , perhaps , 54 BRYDONE'S Tour .
... of Agrigentum , and the whole mountain on which it ftands , are com- pofed of a concretion of fea - fhells run together , and cemented by a kind of fand or gravel , now become I 1 become fo hard as to be , perhaps , 54 BRYDONE'S Tour .
Side 55
... ftands at the west gate , and another places himfelf on the cornice , at the moft diftant part of the church , exactly behind the great altar , they can hold a converfa- tion in very low whifpers . For many years this fingularity was ...
... ftands at the west gate , and another places himfelf on the cornice , at the moft diftant part of the church , exactly behind the great altar , they can hold a converfa- tion in very low whifpers . For many years this fingularity was ...
Side 59
... ftands an elegant temple , which , during the fum- mer months , is made ufe of as an orchestra for mufic . The concerts begin at midnight , and at that time the walk is crowded with carriages , and people on foot . The better to favour ...
... ftands an elegant temple , which , during the fum- mer months , is made ufe of as an orchestra for mufic . The concerts begin at midnight , and at that time the walk is crowded with carriages , and people on foot . The better to favour ...
Side 60
... of being very amorous , and not without reason . They are a nation of poets , and a man ftands a poor chance for a mistress , who is not capable of celebrating celebrating her praifes . Soft pieces of mufic and poetry 60 BRYDONE'S TOUR .
... of being very amorous , and not without reason . They are a nation of poets , and a man ftands a poor chance for a mistress , who is not capable of celebrating celebrating her praifes . Soft pieces of mufic and poetry 60 BRYDONE'S TOUR .
Side 81
... ftands near the extremity of a kind of natural amphitheatre , formed by high and rocky moun- tains ; but the intervening country is one of the richest and most beautiful spots in the world . The whole appears a magnificent garden ...
... ftands near the extremity of a kind of natural amphitheatre , formed by high and rocky moun- tains ; but the intervening country is one of the richest and most beautiful spots in the world . The whole appears a magnificent garden ...
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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