Handbook for Travellers in Greece: Describing the Ionian Islands, the Kingdom of Greece, the Islands of the Aegean Sea, with Albania, Thessaly, and Macedonia |
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Page 13
... length and fre- quency formed , until within the last few years , a serious drawback to the pleasures of an Eastern tour . Every former traveller in the Levant will recall with horror the purgatory of purification which was deemed ...
... length and fre- quency formed , until within the last few years , a serious drawback to the pleasures of an Eastern tour . Every former traveller in the Levant will recall with horror the purgatory of purification which was deemed ...
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... length of time , it is as well to have a written contract with the captain , specifying every par- ticular , stipulating that the contractor is to have the absolute command of the vessel , and prohibiting the crew from entering any port ...
... length of time , it is as well to have a written contract with the captain , specifying every par- ticular , stipulating that the contractor is to have the absolute command of the vessel , and prohibiting the crew from entering any port ...
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... length from N.W. to S.E. is about 40 miles ; the breadth is greatest in the N. , where it is nearly 20 miles , but it gradually tapers towards its S. ex- tremity . The historical name of Cor- cyra appears first in Herodotus . About B.C. ...
... length from N.W. to S.E. is about 40 miles ; the breadth is greatest in the N. , where it is nearly 20 miles , but it gradually tapers towards its S. ex- tremity . The historical name of Cor- cyra appears first in Herodotus . About B.C. ...
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... length , in A.D. 1386 , the inhabitants sent buildings , well - appointed wine - cellars , a deputation to Venice to implore the and abundance of cattle . The hostile soldiers , we are told , while enriching themselves by their ...
... length , in A.D. 1386 , the inhabitants sent buildings , well - appointed wine - cellars , a deputation to Venice to implore the and abundance of cattle . The hostile soldiers , we are told , while enriching themselves by their ...
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... length of the island is 31 English miles ; its breadth is very unequal . Cephalonia is called in Homer Same or Samos ; which , perhaps , is putting the name of the then largest and most populous of its cities for the whole island ...
... length of the island is 31 English miles ; its breadth is very unequal . Cephalonia is called in Homer Same or Samos ; which , perhaps , is putting the name of the then largest and most populous of its cities for the whole island ...
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Acarnania Acropolis Agora Albanian ancient city antiquity appears architecture ascends Athenian Athens Attica beautiful Boeotia building built called castle celebrated Cephalonia Cephissus Chalcis chief church citadel coast columns Corfu Corinth Crete crosses Delphi descends Doric eastern Eleusis English entrance Erechtheum Euboea feet foot fortress Galaxidi gate Greece Greek Gulf harbour height Hellenic hill Homer houses inhabitants Ionian Islands isthmus Ithaca khan lake land lofty marble Mesolonghi miles modern monastery Mount Mount Athos mountains Nauplia nearly neighbouring northern occupied Parnassus Parthenon Pasha pass Patras Pausanias Peloponnesus picturesque Piræus plain port portico probably Propylæa remains ridge river road rock rocky Roman round route ruins Santa Maura scenery shore side situated slope southern stone Strabo summit tains temple theatre Thebes thence Theseus tion tower town traces traveller Turkish Turks valley Venetian village Vostitza walls western whence whole Zante
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Page 235 - Tis time this heart should be unmoved, Since others it hath ceased to move: Yet, though I cannot be beloved, Still let me love! My days are in the yellow leaf; The flowers and fruits of love are gone; The worm, the canker, and the grief Are mine alone! The fire that on my bosom preys Is lone as some volcanic isle; No torch is kindled at its blaze — A funeral pile.
Page 304 - 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 195 - Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
Page 304 - 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 304 - Fill high the bowl with Samian wine! On Suli's rock, and Parga's shore, Exists the remnant of a line Such as the Doric mothers bore; And there, perhaps, some seed is sown, The Heracleidan blood might own.
Page 116 - Yet are thy skies as blue, thy crags as wild ; Sweet are thy groves, and verdant are thy fields, Thine olive ripe as when Minerva smiled, And still his...
Page 304 - Must we but blush? Our fathers bled. Earth ! render back from out thy breast A remnant of our Spartan dead ! Of the three hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylae ! What, silent still?
Page 235 - Tread those reviving passions down, Unworthy manhood! — unto thee Indifferent should the smile or frown Of beauty be. 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.
Page 304 - 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. The...
Page 304 - 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: A land of slaves shall ne'er be mine— Dash down yon cup of Samian wine!