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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... iflands , once celebrated for their fertility , chang- ed into barren wastes , and barren wastes into fertile fields and rich vineyards . In fhort , nature feems to have formed this coaft in her most capricious mood , and to have ...
... iflands , once celebrated for their fertility , chang- ed into barren wastes , and barren wastes into fertile fields and rich vineyards . In fhort , nature feems to have formed this coaft in her most capricious mood , and to have ...
Side 3
... ifland of Lipari , from which all the rest take their name , is by far the largest , as well as the moft fertile . By the defcription of Aristotle , it appears that it was in his time what Strombolo is in ours , the conftant lighthouse ...
... ifland of Lipari , from which all the rest take their name , is by far the largest , as well as the moft fertile . By the defcription of Aristotle , it appears that it was in his time what Strombolo is in ours , the conftant lighthouse ...
Side 7
... Such of the number as have enlifted themselves in the fervice of fociety , are known and re- fpe & ted all over the ifland ; and the perfons of thofe thofe they accompany are ever held facred . For this BRYDONE'S TOUR . 7.
... Such of the number as have enlifted themselves in the fervice of fociety , are known and re- fpe & ted all over the ifland ; and the perfons of thofe thofe they accompany are ever held facred . For this BRYDONE'S TOUR . 7.
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... . 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 agreeable luxury . A 16 BRYDONE'S TOUR .
... . 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 agreeable luxury . A 16 BRYDONE'S TOUR .
Side 31
... ifland , and makes a large vifible track , even in the fea and in the air . By degrees this is fhortened , and in a little time is confined to the neighbourhood of Etna . The prefent crater of this immenfe Volcano is about three miles ...
... ifland , and makes a large vifible track , even in the fea and in the air . By degrees this is fhortened , and in a little time is confined to the neighbourhood of Etna . The prefent crater of this immenfe Volcano is about three miles ...
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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