Dalmatia and Montenegro, Band 1J. Murray, 1848 - 454 Seiten |
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Seite 120 - pursuits is sufficiently proved by his well-known answer to Maximian, when urging him to re-assume the purple, " If I could show you the cabbages I have planted with my own hands at Salona, you would no longer urge me to relinquish the enjoyment of happiness for the pursuit of power.
Seite 378 - views present themselves; and the mountains, rising on either side, with a majestic sweep, from the water, sometimes scarcely leaving room for a village on the shore, give this winding Gulf the appearance of an inland lake. At one time you are in a bay,
Seite 120 - After a reign of twenty years, " Diocletian executed his memorable resolution of abdicating the empire," and acquired the glory of giving to the world the most remarkable, if not the first, example of a resignation*, which has not been very frequently imitated by succeeding monarchs. Withdrawing to Salona, he passed the last nine years of his life in
Seite 450 - it is considered the nearest of all the Slavonian dialects to the original Slavonic tongue ; ie that into which the Scriptures were translated by St. Cyril and Methodius, in the ninth century, and which continues still to be the sacred tongue, of all the Slavonian nations who follow the Eastern Church.
Seite 439 - and began to sing and dance. On taking leave, they affectionately embraced the captain and the officers, and invited those to whom they had taken a liking to pay them a visit. But when the sailors told them they could not leave the ship, without the permission of their superiors, they were much astonished, and said,
Seite 433 - Their ideas about war are entirely different from those adopted by civilized nations. They cut off the heads of those enemies whom they take with arms in their hands, and spare only those who surrender before the battle. The property they take
Seite 437 - Their extraordinary boldness frequently triumphed over the skill of the experienced bands of the French. Attacking the columns of the enemy in front and flank, and acting separately, without any other system than the inspirations of personal courage, they were not afraid of the terrible battalion fire of the French infantry
Seite 432 - The Montenegrins spend their leisure time in firing at a target, and are accustomed to this exercise from their boyish years Being inured to hardships and privations, they perform without fatigue, and in high spirits, very long and forced marches ; .... they climb the steepest rocks,
Seite 303 - grace, King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Normandy, and Aquitaine, and Count of Anjou,
Seite 378 - and, here and there, are a church steeple perched on a height, and a village below seeming to rise from the edge of the water, in which it is reflected. As you proceed onwards, a succession of