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" I cannot describe the modern city of Athens in fewer words than by saying that it looks as if two or three ill-built villages had been rudely swept together at the foot of the north side of the Acropolis, and enclosed by a garden wall, three or four miles... "
Letters from the Levant - Page 112
by John Galt - 1813
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Letters from the Levant;: Containing Views of the State of Society, Manners ...

John Galt - Greece - 1813 - 472 pages
...been rudely swept together at the foot of the north side of the Acropolis, a«d enclosed by a gardeft wall, three or four miles in circumference. The buildings...four-fifths of the inclosure; the remainder is ploughed, and sown with barley at present, The distant appearance of the Acropolis somewhat resembles that of Stirling...
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The new sailing directions for the Mediterranean sea, the Adriatic sea ...

John Purdy - 1826 - 402 pages
...been rudely swept together at the foot of the North side of its Acropolis or citadel, and inclosed by a garden wall, three or four miles in circumference....about four-fifths of the inclosUre : the remainder produces barley. The -distant appearance of the Acropolis somewhat resembles Stirling Castle, in Scotland,...
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A New and Comprehensive Gazetteer, Volume 1

George Newenham Wright - Geography - 1834 - 662 pages
...citj looks as if two or three ill built villages hid been rudely swept together at the foot of the S. side of the Acropolis, and enclosed by a garden wall,...circumference. The buildings occupy about four-fifths of the enclosure, the remainder produces barley. The distant appearance of the Acropolis someshat resembles...
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