An Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries from the Time of Columbus to the Present Period, Bind 16Bradford, 1803 |
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... Guyenne . The artful monarch exhaust- ed , in vain , all his treacherous policy to gain his brother ; and their interview , like most others between princes , was unaccompanied with any lasting or beneficial effect . It is only twenty ...
... Guyenne . The artful monarch exhaust- ed , in vain , all his treacherous policy to gain his brother ; and their interview , like most others between princes , was unaccompanied with any lasting or beneficial effect . It is only twenty ...
Side 240
... Guyenne , Gas- cony , and many inferior provinces in full sove- reignty from his father Edward III .; he brought his royal captive , John , king of France , to this city , after the battle of Poitiers in 1356 ; and held his court and ...
... Guyenne , Gas- cony , and many inferior provinces in full sove- reignty from his father Edward III .; he brought his royal captive , John , king of France , to this city , after the battle of Poitiers in 1356 ; and held his court and ...
Side 244
... Guyenne under Charles VII . who reconquered it , and forever re - annexed it to the dominions of France . I continued my journey from Agen on Thurs- day evening the 8th , and at Layrac I once more crossed the Garonne . The passage is ...
... Guyenne under Charles VII . who reconquered it , and forever re - annexed it to the dominions of France . I continued my journey from Agen on Thurs- day evening the 8th , and at Layrac I once more crossed the Garonne . The passage is ...
Side 253
... Guyenne , and in every respect they bear a resemblance to the Spaniards . This place is a city and bishopric , but the meanest , I believe , in France . The cathedral is a wretched edifice , very ancient , built in a barbarous style ...
... Guyenne , and in every respect they bear a resemblance to the Spaniards . This place is a city and bishopric , but the meanest , I believe , in France . The cathedral is a wretched edifice , very ancient , built in a barbarous style ...
Side 255
... in- elegant effect . The complexions of both sexes are considerably darker than in Guyenne ; and they speak a jargon , called the Basque , which has scarce any affinity either with the French , Spanish WRAXALL'S TOUR . 255.
... in- elegant effect . The complexions of both sexes are considerably darker than in Guyenne ; and they speak a jargon , called the Basque , which has scarce any affinity either with the French , Spanish WRAXALL'S TOUR . 255.
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Adour agreeable Agrigentum ancient antiquity appears arches architecture Avignon Barcelona beautiful Bretagne Brydone building built called Cardinal of Guise castle Catalonia Catania cathedral Catherine of Medicis celebrated Charles Charles VII church convent court covered distance dress Duke edifice elegant erected eruption Etna expence feet fertile France Garonne Gothic grand Grenada Guyenne Henry Henry II hill honour horses houses hundred inhabitants inscription island king kingdom lava leagues likewise lofty Loire Louis XI magnificent marble ment miles monument morning Mount Etna mountain noble palace Palermo passed peasants plain port prince prospect province reign remains residence rich river road rock Roman Rosolia round royal ruins saint scarcely shew Sicilian Sicily side situation soon Spain Spanish spot stands stone streets summit thousand tion tomb tower town travellers trees vale Vaucluse visited walk walls whole wind wine woods