Journal of a Voyage Up the Mediterranean: Principally Among the Islands of the Archipelago, and in Asia Minor, Including Many Interesting Particulars Relative to the Greek Revolution ... ; to which is Added An Essay of the Fanariotes, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - 423 pages |
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Page 23
... to which the officers of the Cambrian were invited . The chief beau- ties of Cadiz had been collected ; and , on the * In Malta these extraordinary offerings are very common . 24 SPANISH SONGS . whole , there was a sprightly.
... to which the officers of the Cambrian were invited . The chief beau- ties of Cadiz had been collected ; and , on the * In Malta these extraordinary offerings are very common . 24 SPANISH SONGS . whole , there was a sprightly.
Page 24
... whole , there was a sprightly and novel assem- blage . Abundance of French officers were present : of whom the General had the air and manners of an English gentleman . This was so striking , that it was noticed by most of our party ...
... whole , there was a sprightly and novel assem- blage . Abundance of French officers were present : of whom the General had the air and manners of an English gentleman . This was so striking , that it was noticed by most of our party ...
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... whole length of one side of the square . Here are upwards of seven- teen thousand stand of arms , besides a great variety of ancient weapons which belonged to the knights of St. John . Three suits of mail armour worn by Wevercourt , a ...
... whole length of one side of the square . Here are upwards of seven- teen thousand stand of arms , besides a great variety of ancient weapons which belonged to the knights of St. John . Three suits of mail armour worn by Wevercourt , a ...
Page 32
... whole mountain was of an intense blue , save that a broad belt of white clouds girded its centre ; presently they ascended to the summit , and formed themselves into a wreath , one point of which touched the apex of the mountain ...
... whole mountain was of an intense blue , save that a broad belt of white clouds girded its centre ; presently they ascended to the summit , and formed themselves into a wreath , one point of which touched the apex of the mountain ...
Page 34
... whole of this day was employed in working out of the strait . We twice reached the Faro Point and were drawn back by the current , of which the celebrated SCYLLA , is , I presume , to bear the blame . The vortex of Charybdis , situated ...
... whole of this day was employed in working out of the strait . We twice reached the Faro Point and were drawn back by the current , of which the celebrated SCYLLA , is , I presume , to bear the blame . The vortex of Charybdis , situated ...
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Amongst anchor ancient ANECDOTE antiquity appearance arrival ascended beautiful beneath boat brig Calamata called Cambrian CAPITAN PACHA Captain Hamilton Captain Panajotti CARIGNAN chafing-dish character church considerable consul curious dishes dragoman English EXCURSION feeling Floriana four Friday Genoa gilded goat grand master GREEK PIRATE head heard heart Herculaneum island knights of Malta ladies Lord Byron magnificent Malta Maltese Maltese brig marble ment miles Mistico MODERN GREEK LITERATURE morning Mosch Mount Vesuvius mountains Naples Napoli o'clock observed officers Pacha painted perhaps pillars pistols Pompeii present Puzzuoli RELATED BY TOURNEFORT remarkable returned rock ruins sail scene Scio Sedecui seems sent Seringapatam ship shore side SINGULAR STORY RELATED Sir Manley Power Smyrna stone SULEIMAN AGA summit temple thing Thursday tion town Tuesday tumulus Turkish Turks vessels Vroucolacas Wednesday whole wind
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Page 88 - She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from ocean, Rising with her tiara of proud towers At airy distance, with majestic motion, A ruler of the waters and their powers...
Page 265 - tis the mind that makes the body rich ; And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, So honour peereth in the meanest habit. What, is the jay more precious than the lark, Because his feathers are more beautiful ? Or is the adder better than the eel, Because his painted skin contents the eye...
Page 280 - Wherein we can show the poet is worthy to have it before any other competitors, among whom principally to challenge it step forth the moral philosophers, whom methinks I see coming towards me with a sullen gravity, as though they could not abide vice by daylight, rudely clothed for to witness outwardly their contempt of outward things, with books in their hands against glory, whereto they set their names, sophistically speaking against subtlety, and angry with any man in whom they see the foul fault...
Page 49 - ... s'est retrouvé tout entier. Les peintures, les bronzes, étaient encore dans leur beauté première, et tout ce qui peut servir aux usages domestiques, est conservé d'une manière effrayante. Les amphores sont encore préparées pour le festin du jour suivant; la farine qui allait être pétrie, est encore là; les restes d'une femme sont encore ornés des parures qu'elle portait dans le jour de fête que le volcan a troublé, et ses bras desséchés ne remplissent plus le bracelet de pierreries...
Page 284 - The love of praise, howe'er conceal'd by art, Reigns, more or less, and glows, in every heart : The proud, to gain it, toils on toils endure ; The modest shun it, but to make it sure.
Page 284 - It aids the dancer's heel, the writer's head, And heaps the plain with mountains of the dead ; Nor ends with life ; but nods in sable plumes, Adorns our hearse, and flatters on our tombs.
Page 348 - In the month of May, namely, on May-day in the morning, every man, except impediment, would walk into the sweet meadows and green woods, there to rejoice their spirits with the beauty and savour of sweet flowers, and with the harmony of birds, praising God in their kind...
Page 49 - Jamais des édifices exposés à l'air ne se seraient ainsi maintenus , et ce souvenir enfoui s'est retrouvé tout entier. Les peintures, les bronzes étaient encore dans leur beauté première, et tout ce qui peut servir aux usages domestiques est conservé d'une manière effrayante. Les amphores...
Page 124 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Page 121 - Chalcis' walls, and strong Eretria ; The Isteian fields, for generous vines renown'd, The fair Carystos, and the Styrian ground ; Where Dios from her towers o'erlooks the plain, And high Cerinthus views the neighbouring main. Down their broad shoulders falls a length of hair ; Their hands dismiss not...