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" Strombolo, and Volcano, with their smoking summits, appear under your feet; and you look down on the whole of Sicily as on a map; and can trace every river through all its windings, from its source to its mouth. The view is absolutely boundless on every... "
Curiosities of Human Nature - Page 33
by Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 320 pages
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The Flowers of Modern Travels: Being Elegant, Entertaining and ..., Volume 1

John Adams - 1816 - 346 pages
...appear under your feet ; and you look down on the whole of Sicily as on a map, and can trace every liver through all its windings from its source to its mouth. The view is absolutely boundless on every side ; nor is there any one object within the circle of vision to interrupt it ; so that the sigbt is every...
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A Tour Through Sicily and Malta: In a Series of Letters to William Beckford ...

Patrick Brydone - 1817 - 552 pages
...immense tracts both of sea and land intervening ; the islands of Lipiiri, Panari, Alicudi, Strombolo, and Volcano, with their smoking summits, appear under...mouth. The view is absolutely boundless on every side ; nor is there any one object, within the circle of vision to interrupt it ; so that the sight is every...
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Handbuch der englischen sprache und literature, Volume 1

H. Nolte - 1823 - 646 pages
...Volcano, with their smoking summits, appear under your. feet; and you look down on the whole of Siciiy 'as on a map; and can trace every river through all...mouth. The view is absolutely boundless on every side; nor is there any one object wilhiil the circle of vision, to interrupt it ; so that the sight is every...
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The Mirror of literature, amusement, and instruction [ed. by T. Byerley ...

Thomas Byerley - 1823 - 528 pages
...down on the whole of Sicily as on a map, and dan trace every river through all its windings, from Us source to its mouth. The -view is absolutely boundless on every side ; nor is there any one object within the circle of vision to interrupt it ; so that the sight is every...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 1

1823 - 494 pages
...down on the whole of Sicily as on a map, and can trace every river through all its windings, from ils source to its mouth. The view is absolutely boundless on every side ; nor is there any onĀ«' object within the circle of vision to interrupt it ; so truit the sight is...
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Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the Almanack

1824 - 514 pages
...Sun is seen rising from the ocean, immense tracks both of sea and land intervening ; various islands appear under your feet ; and you look down on the...mouth. The view is absolutely boundless on every side ; nor is there any one object within the circle of vision to interrupt it; so that the sight is every...
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The Juvenile Mentor; Or, Select Readings ...

Albert Picket - 1825 - 272 pages
...smoking summits, appear under your feet ; and you look down on the whole of Sicily as on a map; andean trace every river through all its windings, from its source to its mouth. 3. The v ew is absolutely boundless on every side ; nor ia there any one object, within the circle...
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The Cornish Magazine, Issue 25

1826 - 696 pages
...appear under your feet ; and you look down on the %vholc of Sicily as on a map, and can trace ever)' river through all its windings, from its source to...mouth. The view is absolutely boundless on every side ; nor is there any one object within the circle of vision to interrupt it ; so that the sight is every...
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The American Preceptor Improved: Being a New Selection of Lessons for ...

1826 - 238 pages
...smoking summits, appear under your feet; and you look down on the whole of Sicily as on a map, andean trace every river, through all its windings, from its source to its mouth. 10. The circumference of the visible horizon on the top of <Etna cannot be less than 2000 miles. At...
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New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection, Moral ..., Volume 3, Parts 5-6

Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 pages
...immense tracts both of sea and land intervening ; the islands of Lipari, Panari, Aliendi, Strombolo, and Volcano, with their smoking summits, appear under...mouth. The view is absolutely boundless on every side ; nor is there any one object within the circle of vision to interrupt it ; so that the sight is every...
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