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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Side 42
... monument of the ingenuity and magnificence , than of the cruelty of that tyrant . It is a huge cavern , cut out of the solid rock , in the form of the human organ of hearing . The perpendicular height is about eighty feet , and the ...
... monument of the ingenuity and magnificence , than of the cruelty of that tyrant . It is a huge cavern , cut out of the solid rock , in the form of the human organ of hearing . The perpendicular height is about eighty feet , and the ...
Side 57
... monument of Tero , king of Agrigen- tum , one of the first of the Sicilian tyrants , and is nearly entire , though the inscriptions are ob- literated . All these mighty ruins of Agrigentum , and the whole mountain on which it stands ...
... monument of Tero , king of Agrigen- tum , one of the first of the Sicilian tyrants , and is nearly entire , though the inscriptions are ob- literated . All these mighty ruins of Agrigentum , and the whole mountain on which it stands ...
Side 68
... The other riches of this church consist of some bones of St. Peter , and an arm of St. John the Baptist . There is likewise a jaw - bone of prodi- gious efficacy . The monuments of their Norman kings , seve- ral of 68 BRYDONE'S TOUR .
... The other riches of this church consist of some bones of St. Peter , and an arm of St. John the Baptist . There is likewise a jaw - bone of prodi- gious efficacy . The monuments of their Norman kings , seve- ral of 68 BRYDONE'S TOUR .
Side 69
... monuments of the first kings of Sicily . This pile was built by William the Good , whose memory is still held in great veneration among the Sicilians . The Archbishop of Monreale was regarded as a saint , and it appears that he deserved ...
... monuments of the first kings of Sicily . This pile was built by William the Good , whose memory is still held in great veneration among the Sicilians . The Archbishop of Monreale was regarded as a saint , and it appears that he deserved ...
Side 108
... monument . The light - house at the end of the pier is a slender tower , near which ships perform quaran- tine . Another capital work of La Mina , is the ram- part , or great walk on the walls , extending the whole length of the harbour ...
... monument . The light - house at the end of the pier is a slender tower , near which ships perform quaran- tine . Another capital work of La Mina , is the ram- part , or great walk on the walls , extending the whole length of the harbour ...
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