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Page 60
... Italy , and the straits of Hercules , which he makes the scene of his traveller's stores , and lying wonders . His account of Crete may serve as an example of the minuteness and fidelity of his descriptions.§ Its site is in the middle ...
... Italy , and the straits of Hercules , which he makes the scene of his traveller's stores , and lying wonders . His account of Crete may serve as an example of the minuteness and fidelity of his descriptions.§ Its site is in the middle ...
Page 65
... Italy was known to Homer . Here we find the Taphians , inhabitants of one of the Teleboan islands , next to Ithaca , infamous for piracy and manstealing . But the most minute description is given of Ithaca ; and , as it is founded on ...
... Italy was known to Homer . Here we find the Taphians , inhabitants of one of the Teleboan islands , next to Ithaca , infamous for piracy and manstealing . But the most minute description is given of Ithaca ; and , as it is founded on ...
Page 69
... Italy , it may be proper to mention , that the epithets bestowed on Olympus , agree with the modern description of that mountain ; and that Homer speaks of the Phlegyans in a man- ner , that may assist critics in explaining that doubt ...
... Italy , it may be proper to mention , that the epithets bestowed on Olympus , agree with the modern description of that mountain ; and that Homer speaks of the Phlegyans in a man- ner , that may assist critics in explaining that doubt ...
Page 70
... Italy , where he first encountered the Læstrigones , a race of Cannibals , who had come from Sicily , and occupied the coun- try , where Formia was afterwards built . He next touched at the Circean promontory ; and after stay- ing there ...
... Italy , where he first encountered the Læstrigones , a race of Cannibals , who had come from Sicily , and occupied the coun- try , where Formia was afterwards built . He next touched at the Circean promontory ; and after stay- ing there ...
Page 71
... Italy and Sicily ; the deceptio visûs in the apparent clashing of the rocks in a winding channel ; the gusts of wind , and flashes of fire issuing from the clefts and vents in that volcanic country ; the knowledge of the winds , which ...
... Italy and Sicily ; the deceptio visûs in the apparent clashing of the rocks in a winding channel ; the gusts of wind , and flashes of fire issuing from the clefts and vents in that volcanic country ; the knowledge of the winds , which ...
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