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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... lefs than strangers from its baleful effects , which are almost fufh . cient to extinguish every paflion for the time . VOL . XVI . B a fhort a fhort time found themfelves in the middle of the TOUR THROUGH SICILY AND MALTA, ...
... lefs than strangers from its baleful effects , which are almost fufh . cient to extinguish every paflion for the time . VOL . XVI . B a fhort a fhort time found themfelves in the middle of the TOUR THROUGH SICILY AND MALTA, ...
Side 3
... lefs than five hun- dred miles , which requires a very confiderable elevation ; and in fact some say that it is higher than Vefuvius . The ifland of Lipari , from which all the rest take their name , is by far the largest , as well as ...
... lefs than five hun- dred miles , which requires a very confiderable elevation ; and in fact some say that it is higher than Vefuvius . The ifland of Lipari , from which all the rest take their name , is by far the largest , as well as ...
Side 4
... lefs grand in- deed than that of Naples , but it is much more attractive . The key is very beautiful : it is built in the form of a crefcent , and furrounded by a range of magnificent ftructures , four ftories high , and exactly uniform ...
... lefs grand in- deed than that of Naples , but it is much more attractive . The key is very beautiful : it is built in the form of a crefcent , and furrounded by a range of magnificent ftructures , four ftories high , and exactly uniform ...
Side 11
... lefs than feventy - fix feet in circumference , at two feet from the ground . The climate here was more temperate than in the first region of Etna , and the barometer had fallen to 26 deg . 5 min . which indicated an ele- vation of very ...
... lefs than feventy - fix feet in circumference , at two feet from the ground . The climate here was more temperate than in the first region of Etna , and the barometer had fallen to 26 deg . 5 min . which indicated an ele- vation of very ...
Side 30
... lefs than two thousand miles . At Malta , which is near two hundred miles diftant , they perceive all the eruptions from the fecond region ; and that island is often difcovered from about one half of the actual elevation of Etna . The ...
... lefs than two thousand miles . At Malta , which is near two hundred miles diftant , they perceive all the eruptions from the fecond region ; and that island is often difcovered from about one half of the actual elevation of Etna . The ...
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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