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 9
... summit , from whence , at particular times , is- sues a piercing cold wind with such violence , that it is difficult to approach it . Taurominum , once so famous , is reduced to an insignificant burgh ; yet its remains of anti- quity ...
... summit , from whence , at particular times , is- sues a piercing cold wind with such violence , that it is difficult to approach it . Taurominum , once so famous , is reduced to an insignificant burgh ; yet its remains of anti- quity ...
Side 10
... over that track , though so far distant from the summit or principal crater . On their way to the village of Piedmonte , they noticed several very considerable craters , and stones of a large size , 10 BRYDONE'S TOUR .
... over that track , though so far distant from the summit or principal crater . On their way to the village of Piedmonte , they noticed several very considerable craters , and stones of a large size , 10 BRYDONE'S TOUR .
Side 20
... summit . It has , therefore , generally happened , that after shaking the mountain and its vicinity for some time , it at last bursts open its side ; and this is denomi- . nated an eruption . At first it sends forth only a thick smoke ...
... summit . It has , therefore , generally happened , that after shaking the mountain and its vicinity for some time , it at last bursts open its side ; and this is denomi- . nated an eruption . At first it sends forth only a thick smoke ...
Side 21
... summit , bursts the side of the crater , and the eruption is at once declared . Recupero assured our author , that he saw , in an eruption of Etna , large rocks of fire discharg- ed to the height of some thousand feet , with a noise ...
... summit , bursts the side of the crater , and the eruption is at once declared . Recupero assured our author , that he saw , in an eruption of Etna , large rocks of fire discharg- ed to the height of some thousand feet , with a noise ...
Side 27
... summit of the mountain , rearing its tre- mendous head , and vomiting out torrents of smoke . It appeared , indeed , altogether inacces- sible , from the vast extent of the fields of snow and ice that surrounded it . The Cyclops increas ...
... summit of the mountain , rearing its tre- mendous head , and vomiting out torrents of smoke . It appeared , indeed , altogether inacces- sible , from the vast extent of the fields of snow and ice that surrounded it . The Cyclops increas ...
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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