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... harbour ; the other Valletta , or the Great Harbour . On entering the latter , the attention of the stranger will MALTA . xxxvii.
... harbour ; the other Valletta , or the Great Harbour . On entering the latter , the attention of the stranger will MALTA . xxxvii.
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... harbour , containing the yards of private ship- wrights , and several capacious stores . On the right , or western side of the harbour , commencing with Fort St. Elmo , and entirely covering the hill , is the city of Valletta , the ...
... harbour , containing the yards of private ship- wrights , and several capacious stores . On the right , or western side of the harbour , commencing with Fort St. Elmo , and entirely covering the hill , is the city of Valletta , the ...
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... harbour , and a long extent of horizon seaward : in fine weather Sicily may be distinctly seen . - On the ground - floor of the Palace , a room , formerly used as a kitchen , has been fitted up as a chapel for the English residents ...
... harbour , and a long extent of horizon seaward : in fine weather Sicily may be distinctly seen . - On the ground - floor of the Palace , a room , formerly used as a kitchen , has been fitted up as a chapel for the English residents ...
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... harbour to that of Marsamuscetta ; they were in- tended as a place of refuge . Surrounding Senglea and Vittoriosa , on the western side of the great harbour , are the celebrated fortifi- cations called the Cottonera lines , from the ...
... harbour to that of Marsamuscetta ; they were in- tended as a place of refuge . Surrounding Senglea and Vittoriosa , on the western side of the great harbour , are the celebrated fortifi- cations called the Cottonera lines , from the ...
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... harbour . Beyond is the dyke constructed by Capt . Hunn , by which much valuable land has been reclaimed from a state of marsh at the head of the harbour . Coradino gives its name to the Great Coradino Tank , erected in the years 1841 ...
... harbour . Beyond is the dyke constructed by Capt . Hunn , by which much valuable land has been reclaimed from a state of marsh at the head of the harbour . Coradino gives its name to the Great Coradino Tank , erected in the years 1841 ...
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Acropolis Albanian ancient city antiquity appear arches ascends Asia Minor Athens beautiful Bosphorus building built called Cape castle celebrated Cephissus Chalcis church coast columns Constantinople contains Corfu crosses descends distance English entrance extends feet foot formerly fortress gardens gate Greece Greek ground Gulf harbour height hill Hotel houses inhabitants inscriptions Ionian Ionian Islands island Kalamata Kara-hissar Kastro Khan lake land leaving lofty Malta marble Messrs miles monastery mosque moun Mount mountains Nauplia opposite palace Pasha Patras Pausanias piastres picturesque plain port promontory Pyrgo remains residence ridge rising river road lies road passes rock rocky Roman route ruins scenery Sfakian shore side situated slope Smyrna spot stands steamers steep stone stream Sultan summit Syra tains temple theatre thence tion Tokat tombs towers town traveller Turkish Turks Valletta valley Venetian village walls whence wine wood Yuzgat
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Page 398 - Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis; And ships by thousands lay below, And men in nations; — all were his! He counted them at break of day, And when the sun set, where were they?
Page 80 - tis haunted, holy ground; No earth of thine is lost in vulgar mould, But one vast realm of wonder spreads around, And all the Muse's tales seem truly told, Till the sense aches with gazing to behold The scenes our earliest dreams have dwelt upon; Each hill and dale, each deepening glen and wold Defies the power which crush'd thy temples gone: Age shakes Athena's tower, but spares gray Marathon.
Page 80 - And where are they? and where art thou, My country? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now, The heroic bosom beats no more ! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine?
Page 81 - Fill high the bowl with Samian wine ! Our virgins dance beneath the shade — I see their glorious black eyes shine ; But gazing on each glowing maid, My own the burning tear-drop laves To think such breasts must suckle slaves. 16 Place me on Sunium's marbled steep, Where nothing, save the waves and I, May hear our mutual murmurs sweep ; There, swan-like, let me sing and die...
Page 397 - THE isles of Greece ! the isles of Greece ! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, — Where grew the arts of war and peace, — Where Delos rose and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set...
Page 38 - If thou regret'st thy youth, why live ? The land of honourable death Is here. Up, to the field, and give Away thy breath ! Seek out (less often sought than found) A soldier's grave, for thee the best ! Then look around, and choose thy ground, And take thy rest ! PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY.
Page 398 - You have the Pyrrhic dance as yet, Where is the Pyrrhic phalanx gone ? Of two such lessons, why forget The nobler and the manlier one...
Page 398 - Trust not for freedom to the Franks — They have a king who buys and sells; In native swords and native ranks The only hope of courage dwells: But Turkish force and Latin fraud Would break your shield, however broad.
Page 102 - Slow sinks, more lovely ere his race be run, Along Morea's hills the setting sun: Not, as in northern climes, obscurely bright, But one unclouded blaze of living light!
Page 398 - What, silent still? and silent all? Ah! no — the voices of the dead Sound like a distant torrent's fall, And answer, "Let one living head, But one arise — we come, we come!