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... Yesaro , which is surrounded by lofty hills , is remarkable ; but the most interesting object is the Yesaro itself . Fortis says that , " in some parts of it the ruins of houses are seen at the bottom ; " a report which does not ...
... Yesaro , which is surrounded by lofty hills , is remarkable ; but the most interesting object is the Yesaro itself . Fortis says that , " in some parts of it the ruins of houses are seen at the bottom ; " a report which does not ...
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... Yesaro , " at a particular time of the year , and is one of the most singular pheno- mena of the country . Until the middle of No- vember this stream is not in existence , its bed is perfectly dry , and the mill is stopped ; when sud ...
... Yesaro , " at a particular time of the year , and is one of the most singular pheno- mena of the country . Until the middle of No- vember this stream is not in existence , its bed is perfectly dry , and the mill is stopped ; when sud ...
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... Yesaro , is found to diminish , and the subterraneous channel , by which it is fed , ceasing to supply any more water , the stream again disappears ; and the same is repeated every suc- ceeding year . * Imoschi stands on the slope of ...
... Yesaro , is found to diminish , and the subterraneous channel , by which it is fed , ceasing to supply any more water , the stream again disappears ; and the same is repeated every suc- ceeding year . * Imoschi stands on the slope of ...
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John Gardner Wilkinson. YESARO OF IMOSCHI , and the Mountains of Herzegovina in the distance . WT . GREEN . SC . Սել To face rage 137. Vol . II . unknown . The snow , too , lies for a.
John Gardner Wilkinson. YESARO OF IMOSCHI , and the Mountains of Herzegovina in the distance . WT . GREEN . SC . Սել To face rage 137. Vol . II . unknown . The snow , too , lies for a.
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... Yesaro ( or lake ) , an abyss of 600 feet in depth ; and it was here that the Venetians enjoyed the cruel sport , of witnessing the almost hopeless effort of their prisoners to save their lives ; who , when condemned to death , were ...
... Yesaro ( or lake ) , an abyss of 600 feet in depth ; and it was here that the Venetians enjoyed the cruel sport , of witnessing the almost hopeless effort of their prisoners to save their lives ; who , when condemned to death , were ...
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Seite 216 - Slavonians can form a nation independent of Russia; or whether they ought to rest satisfied in being part of one great race, with the most powerful member of it as their chief. * The latter, indeed, is gaining ground amongst them; and some Poles are disposed to attribute their sufferings to the arbitrary will of the Czar, without extending the blame to the Russians themselves. These begin to think that, if they cannot exist as Poles, the best thing to be done is to rest satisfied...
Seite 215 - Hellenic literature. The idea of an intellectual union of all those nations naturally led to that of a political one ; and the Sclavonians, seeing that their numbers amounted to about one-third part of the whole population of Europe, and occupied more than half its territory, began to be sensible that they might claim for themselves a position, to which they had not hitherto aspired.
Seite 101 - ... of the Paulicians, who ceased to dissemble or refused to obey. After the departure and death of Alexius they soon resumed their civil and religious laws. In the beginning of the thirteenth century their pope or primate (a manifest corruption) resided on the confines of Bulgaria, Croatia, and Dalmatia, and governed by his vicars the filial congregations of Italy and France.26 From that era a minute scrutiny might prolong and perpetuate the chain of tradition.
Seite 60 - Roman time, and the smallness of the stones, the torus under the parapet, and the spandril projecting slightly over the arch, give it all the appearance of Turkish construction. But the grandeur of the work, the form of the arch, and tradition, all favour its Roman origin ; and the fact of the town being called Mostar, shows that an
Seite 112 - ... oftentimes reduced to the greatest straits. Occasional glimpses of sunshine buoyed up their hopes, and the following anecdote, quoted by Sir Gardner Wilkinson, is illustrative of the sanguine view which they were accustomed to take of the ways of Providence. ' Many of the Patarenes had taken refuge, during the various persecutions, in the mountains of Bosnia; and on the eve of St. Catherine (November 24) in 1367, a fire was seen raging over the whole of the country they occupied, destroying everything...
Seite 98 - ... of pilgrims and traders, who were on their return to that country, and by degrees laid the seeds of doctrines subsequently taken up by Peter Bruysius, and afterwards by Henry and by Peter Valdo, the founder of the Waldenses, and by others in other places. Availing themselves of the various Caliphs' tolerance of all Christian sects, they .carried their opinions with their commerce into Africa, Spain, and finally into Languedoc, a neighbouring province, to Moorish Iberia, where Raymond, Count of...