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 29
... plain ; so that in all probability , those bodies move in regions much beyond the bounds that philosophers have assigned to our atmosphere .. Having contemplated these objects for some time with delight , they again set off , and soon ...
... plain ; so that in all probability , those bodies move in regions much beyond the bounds that philosophers have assigned to our atmosphere .. Having contemplated these objects for some time with delight , they again set off , and soon ...
Side 60
... plains is truly astonishing , and it was with reason the Romans called this island Were it cultiva- " the granary of the empire . " ted to the utmost , it still would be the great granary of Europe . Yet the peasants are poor and ...
... plains is truly astonishing , and it was with reason the Romans called this island Were it cultiva- " the granary of the empire . " ted to the utmost , it still would be the great granary of Europe . Yet the peasants are poor and ...
Side 103
... plains , in the finest state of cultivation , are di- vided by hedges of aloe , christhorn , or wild po- megranate . The inhabitants look respectable in their persons and dress , and the women are comelier than on the French side of the ...
... plains , in the finest state of cultivation , are di- vided by hedges of aloe , christhorn , or wild po- megranate . The inhabitants look respectable in their persons and dress , and the women are comelier than on the French side of the ...
Side 107
... plains , bounded by an amphitheatre of hills , backs it on the west ; the mountain of Monjuich defends it on the south from the unwholesome air of the marshes of the Llobregat ; to the northward , the coast project- ing into the sea ...
... plains , bounded by an amphitheatre of hills , backs it on the west ; the mountain of Monjuich defends it on the south from the unwholesome air of the marshes of the Llobregat ; to the northward , the coast project- ing into the sea ...
Side 115
... plain . The badness of the roads having detained our travellers at Barcelona some days longer than he intended , he set out with his companions to visit Montserrat . For a few miles from Barce- lona , they found the roads most excellent ...
... plain . The badness of the roads having detained our travellers at Barcelona some days longer than he intended , he set out with his companions to visit Montserrat . For a few miles from Barce- lona , they found the roads most excellent ...
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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