Observations Upon the Peloponnesus and Greek Islands, Made in 1829Crocker and Brewster, 1830 - 334 Seiten |
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... Means of instruction enjoyed by the Greeks previous to the revolution - Resort to foreign uni- versities - Heroic patriotism of five hundred educated Greeks - Activity of the Grecian mind - Few books yet in Greece - Public spirit of the ...
... Means of instruction enjoyed by the Greeks previous to the revolution - Resort to foreign uni- versities - Heroic patriotism of five hundred educated Greeks - Activity of the Grecian mind - Few books yet in Greece - Public spirit of the ...
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... means of knowing , precisely what kind of efforts in behalf of liberated Greece were incumbent on the Board.a With these objects in view , I embarked at Boston , on the 28th of November 1828 , for Malta . The passage across the Atlantic ...
... means of knowing , precisely what kind of efforts in behalf of liberated Greece were incumbent on the Board.a With these objects in view , I embarked at Boston , on the 28th of November 1828 , for Malta . The passage across the Atlantic ...
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... in the month of June , we might have received a much less favorable impression . Our observations upon the country , were almost invariably recorded on the day they were made . $ 1 OBJECTS OF THE TOUR IN GREECE . 33 and means.
... in the month of June , we might have received a much less favorable impression . Our observations upon the country , were almost invariably recorded on the day they were made . $ 1 OBJECTS OF THE TOUR IN GREECE . 33 and means.
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... means of moral and religious cultivation . All these things go to shew the stand which such a people is likely to take in the great community of nations . Facts of this kind , with thinking men , are motives to benevolent exertion - not ...
... means of moral and religious cultivation . All these things go to shew the stand which such a people is likely to take in the great community of nations . Facts of this kind , with thinking men , are motives to benevolent exertion - not ...
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... mean . We subsequently learned that this place belongs to the great convent of Megaspeleon , near Calabryta . At an early hour we were on horseback , and contin- ued travelling among the oaks till after 10 A. M. , fre- quently passing ...
... mean . We subsequently learned that this place belongs to the great convent of Megaspeleon , near Calabryta . At an early hour we were on horseback , and contin- ued travelling among the oaks till after 10 A. M. , fre- quently passing ...
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Achaia Ægina Alpheus ancient appeared Arcadia Argolis Argos Argostoli beautiful bishop Bostitsa Calabryta Calamata called castle Cefalonia Christ Christian commenced contains Corfu Corinth crossed cultivated Demetsana district Doct east entered Epidaurus Erymanthus Eurotas females friends gospel Grecian Greece Greek church ground gulf harbor hills holy hour houses Hydra inhabitants Ionian Islands Ithaca Laconia Lancasterian school land Leontari maize Malta manner Mantinea ment Messenia miles Missionary Mistras modern Greek monks Morea morning Mothone moun mount mountains muleteers Myconos Nauplion Navarino nearly night occupied olive Pamisus passed Patras patriarch Peloponnesus piastres plain Poros port preaching President priests principal promontory province religion respect revolution ridge river road rock ruins Sabbath Santa Maura says Scriptures shore side soil Syra tain Taygetus temple Tenos tion Tornese town traveller trees Tripolitsa Tripotamos Turkish Turks valley Venetian village vineyards walls Zante
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Seite 311 - What then? are we better than they! No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin...
Seite 46 - Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God ? Be not deceived : neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Seite ii - An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned; and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical, and other prints.
Seite ii - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Seite 118 - And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him, for they know not the voice of strangers.
Seite 245 - Pioneer agencies like the London Missionary Society and the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions...
Seite 118 - Having had my attention directed last night to the above words, I asked my man if it was usual in Greece to give names to the sheep. He informed me that it was, and that the sheep obeyed the shepherd when he called them by their names. This morning I had an opportunity of verifying the truth of this remark. Passing by a flock...
Seite 118 - I then bade him call one of his sheep. He did so, and it instantly left its pasturage and its companions, and ran up to the hand of the shepherd, with signs of pleasure, and with a prompt obedience which I had never before observed in any other animal. It is also true of the sheep in this country, ' that a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him ; for they know not the voice of strangers.
Seite 272 - The virtues which had formerly been ascribed to the heathen temples, to their lustrations, to the statues of their gods and heroes, were now attributed to Christian churches, to water consecrated by certain forms of prayer, and to the images of holy men.
Seite 108 - Spirit proceeds from the Father only, and not from the Father and the Son...