Murray's Hand-book to the MediterraneanMurray, 1890 - Mediterranean Region |
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Common terms and phrases
Algeria Algiers anchorage ancient Arabs arches Argostoli Athens beautiful BENI SAF Beyrout Bône building built called Cape Carthage castle celebrated Cephalonia chapel Christian Church citadel cliff coast Constantinople contains Corfu Corinth Cyprus distance English entrance erected excursion formed fortress France French Galata gate Gozo Grand Master Greece Greek Gulf harbour hill inhabitants inscription interesting Ionian Islands islet Knights lake land Larnaka Limassol Malta Maltese marble Mediterranean mètres mile modern monastery mosque mountain narrow nearly occupied Palace Pasha pass Patras Paxo Phoenician picturesque Piræus plain port Prevesa principal promontory Pyrgos remains rise river road rock rocky Roman round ruins shelter shore side situated Skutari Smyrna steamers stone Sultan summit temple tion tomb tower town traveller Tripoli Tunis Turkish Turks Valletta valley Vathy Venetian vessels village walls winds yacht Zante
Popular passages
Page 97 - The lonely mountains o'er and the resounding shore a voice of weeping heard and loud lament ; from haunted spring and dale edged with poplar pale the parting Genius is with sighing sent; with flower-inwoven tresses torn the nymphs in twilight shade of tangled thickets mourn.
Page 41 - If Batoum, Ardahan, Kars, or any of them, shall be retained by Russia, and if any attempt shall be made at any future time by Russia to take possession of any further...
Page lix - Now whosoever of them did eat the honey-sweet fruit of the lotus, had no more wish to bring tidings nor to come back, but there he chose to abide with the lotus-eating men, ever feeding on the lotus, and forgetful of his homeward way.
Page 4 - And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee. and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea...
Page 41 - VI. That if Russia restores to Turkey Kars and the other conquests made by her in Armenia during the last war, the Island of Cyprus will be evacuated by England, and the Convention of the 4th of June, 1878, will be at an end.
Page 97 - Swift as a swallow sweeps the liquid way, The winged pinnace shot along the sea. The god arrests her with a sudden stroke, And roots her down an everlasting rock.
Page xxxii - English in 1662, as the dowry of Catherine of Braganza on her marriage with Charles II.
Page 97 - Thamus ! who, giving ear to the cry (for he was pilot of the ship), was bidden, when he came near to Pelodes, to tell that the great god Pan was dead, which he doubting to do, yet for that when he came to...
Page 93 - is by far the most striking object that I have ever seen, either abroad or at home. Neither the Acropolis of Athens, nor the Larissa of Argos, nor even Gibraltar, can enter into the remotest competition with this gigantic citadel.
Page 41 - Batoum, Ardahan, Kars, or any of them shall be retained by Russia, and if any attempt shall be made at any future time by Russia to take possession of any further territories of his Imperial Majesty the Sultan in Asia, as fixed by the definitive Treaty of Peace, England engages to join his Imperial Majesty the Sultan in defending them by force of arms.