Vestiges of Ancient Manners and Customs: Discoverable in Modern Italy and SicilyJ. Murray, 1823 - 293 sider Vestiges of Ancient Manners and Customs, Discoverable in Modern Italy and Sicily by John James Blunt, first published in 1823, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it. |
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... amusement was repeated on the following day . Though my purpose does not require me to enter into a description of this spectacle , yet as it is one of the most popular in Italy and Sicily , and is at the same time so unlike any thing ...
... amusement , for the gratification of sense ; and I cannot but add , that this same taste , whilst it leads the Italian to contemplate the material form under which his saints , his Virgin , his Saviour , his God himself are represented ...
... amusements of their amphitheatre and circus , the luxuries of their baths , the greetings in their market - places , have been succeeded by a magnificent mass , an opera , caffès , gambling- rooms , and a resort to the piazzas and corso ...
... amusement to me to observe the doors of caffé - keepers , barbers , tailors , trades- men , in short , of every description , surmounted by very tolerable pictures indicating their respectivę occupations . Thus at a surgeon and ...
... amusement of the Corso it is pro- bable that the present trains of carriages have succeeded the old lecticæ , or large se- dans , still used in Italy , and yet more com- monly in Sicily , under the name of ' lettige . ' The same foolish ...
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Vestiges of Ancient Manners and Customs, Discoverable in Modern Italy and Sicily J. j. 1794-1855 Blunt Ingen forhåndsvisning - 2015 |