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 3
... rifes fuddenly from the fea . It is about ten miles in circumference ; and its crater is abfolute- ly inacceffible . In clear weather it is discovera- ble at the distance of twenty - five leagues , fo that its vifible horizon cannot be ...
... rifes fuddenly from the fea . It is about ten miles in circumference ; and its crater is abfolute- ly inacceffible . In clear weather it is discovera- ble at the distance of twenty - five leagues , fo that its vifible horizon cannot be ...
Side 12
... rifes at once out of the earth , a copious ftream . It is fo cold , and pro- bably fo much impregnated with vitriol , that it is reckoned dangerous to drink it ; and cattle have often been killed by it . A little to the east of the ...
... rifes at once out of the earth , a copious ftream . It is fo cold , and pro- bably fo much impregnated with vitriol , that it is reckoned dangerous to drink it ; and cattle have often been killed by it . A little to the east of the ...
Side 28
... rifes equally on all fides . It is wholly com- pofed of afhes and other burnt materials , dif- charged from the mouth of the volcano within its centre . This conical mountain is of great magnitude ; its circumference cannot be less than ...
... rifes equally on all fides . It is wholly com- pofed of afhes and other burnt materials , dif- charged from the mouth of the volcano within its centre . This conical mountain is of great magnitude ; its circumference cannot be less than ...
Side 42
... rifes at once out of the earth to the fize of a river . The poetical fictions concerning it are nu- merous . Many of the people here believe , to this day , that it is the identical river Arethufa , which finks under ground , near ...
... rifes at once out of the earth to the fize of a river . The poetical fictions concerning it are nu- merous . Many of the people here believe , to this day , that it is the identical river Arethufa , which finks under ground , near ...
Side 131
... rifes directly behind the town , on the fummit of which stands the castle , fortified in the modern ftyle . Behind the caftle - hill is a plain , fome leagues in circumference , and the the gardens of Alicant lie along the fea - fhore ...
... rifes directly behind the town , on the fummit of which stands the castle , fortified in the modern ftyle . Behind the caftle - hill is a plain , fome leagues in circumference , and the the gardens of Alicant lie along the fea - fhore ...
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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