Author: William Agnew PatonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sicily (Italy)
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
Picturesque Sicily
Author: William Agnew PatonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sicily (Italy)
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
Picturesque Sicily (Classic Reprint)
Author: William Agnew PatonPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780428315146
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Excerpt from Picturesque Sicily Sicily has been the battle-ground not only of race against race and nation against nation, but of creed against creed. On Sicilian soil innumerable battles were fought between Shemitic men who bowed down to Baal, Ashtoreth, and Moloch, and Aryans who wor shipped Jove and all his starry host - Phoenicians against Greeks, Carthaginians against Romans. Then came the Moslems, followers of Mohammed, to fight against Greeks who called themselves the servants of the Nazarene and, later, Saracens warred against Normans. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
By the Waters of Sicily (Classic Reprint)
Author: Norma Octavia LorimerPublisher:
ISBN: 9781332966769
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Excerpt from By the Waters of Sicily Two old eyes from behind a stale copy of the Weekly Times watched her rounded wrists lift the coffee-pot and milk-jug, and pour the contents of the two vessels into her cup. She looked more than ever like a contented kitten as she licked the line of milk left on her upper lip. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Lands of Summer
Author: Thomas Russell SullivanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Greece
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
SICILY (CLASSIC REPRINT).
Author: AUGUSTUS J. C. HAREPublisher:
ISBN: 9780267648825
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Spell of Sicily, the Garden of the Mediterranean (Classic Reprint)
Author: W. S. MonroePublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781330735299
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Excerpt from The Spell of Sicily, the Garden of the Mediterranean The present volume is the result of a tour through Sicily during the past winter (1908 1909) and rather extended study of the history and the literature of the island. The aim of the author has been (1) to interest the general reader of travel and description, (2) to inform prospective tourists to the Garden of the Medi terranean, and (3) to refresh the memories of those who may have already made the tour. With these three classes of readers in mind, it has been necessary to cover a rather wide range of subjects of more or less popular interest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
In Sicily, Vol. 1
Author: Douglas SladenPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780332863344
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Excerpt from In Sicily, Vol. 1: 1896 1898 1900 The reader must not run away with the idea that the only interesting ruins in Sicily are Greek. Sicily has a beautiful style of architecture peculiar to itself, the arabo-norman, or Sicilian Gothic, the gems of which are the Royal Chapel at Palermo, and the cathedral of Monreale, famous for their mosaics. It also has, in the Royal Palace, a mosaic-lined, arabo-norman dwelling-room of the twelfth century quite perfect, and, in the Palace of the Inquisi tion, the rival of the Bayeux tapestry - the Saracenic roof which Manfred Chiaramonte, in the fourteenth century, had painted with all the life of his time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
In Sicily, Vol. 2
Author: Douglas SladenPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780267762811
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
Excerpt from In Sicily, Vol. 2: 1896-1898-1900 The Actaeon from the Temple of Juno at Selinunte Greek Lady, showing Outdoor Dress (eretria) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Picturesque Sicily
Author: William Agnew PatonPublisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9780469179875
Category : Fiction
Languages : la
Pages : 510
Book Description
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Southern Italy and Sicily and the Rulers of the South (Classic Reprint)
Author: Francis Marion CrawfordPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780282238537
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 858
Book Description
Excerpt from Southern Italy and Sicily and the Rulers of the South From her Springs the lovely fable-allegory of the seed hidden in the earth, dead half the year and half the year alive again. For Of Demeter, by Zeus, was born Kore, the 'maiden, ' the girl Persephone, who played in Sicilian fields with maiden Athene and maiden -artemis, and each Chose a playground of her own. 'athene took Himera, on the north, for hers, and on the east Artemis Chose Ortygia in the sea; but Kore loved best the fruitful land of Enna in the island's heart, where violets grew so close and sweet that the Huntress's own hounds could follow no scent there, and the Chase ended among the flowers. There Kore wandered, gathering the violets to make a dark blue mantle for her father Zeus, the Sky-king; but though the meadows were SO fair, the gate of Hades was Close at hand, among the trees at the foot Of Enna's hill, and thence dark Pluton, master of hell, watched her with glowing eyes, and sprang forward at last and took her in his arms to bear her away. But when he was hard by Syracuse, the nymph Kyane, Kore's playmate, leapt lightly from the woods and stood in the way as he rushed along, and she prayed with all her heart for her friend's freedom, but could not move the raging god to mercy; so she sank to earth and was lost in her own tears, which made a deep translucent well, the most beautiful of all springs in the world to this day. After that Demeter went out to seek for her lost daughter, and lighted ietna's fires for a torch, but could not find her, for Kore had eaten the seed of the pomegranate in Pluton's house, and was wedded, and could only come back for half the year. Therefore Zeus gave her Sicily for a wed ding gift. By this is fabled the hiding of the seed in the earth, and its return to the upper world in leaf and flower. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.