Dalmatia and Montenegro, Band 2J. Murray, 1848 - 454 Seiten |
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... castle , now a ruin , that once protected the entrance . The hills of the Narenta are rocky , and partially covered with low wood . The extent of the land in the valley is not great , and some portion of it is occupied by marshes ...
... castle , now a ruin , that once protected the entrance . The hills of the Narenta are rocky , and partially covered with low wood . The extent of the land in the valley is not great , and some portion of it is occupied by marshes ...
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... castle on the adjoining height was called Cit- luk * , and was looked upon as an important post , during the wars of the Turks and Venetians . In * The other Citluk ( or Chitluk ) , which occupies the site of Equum , is near Sign . See ...
... castle on the adjoining height was called Cit- luk * , and was looked upon as an important post , during the wars of the Turks and Venetians . In * The other Citluk ( or Chitluk ) , which occupies the site of Equum , is near Sign . See ...
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... castle , for the original round towers of the Turkish walls . But the campaign of 1716 having obliged the Venetians to concentrate their forces , the garrison of Citluk was withdrawn , the works were blown up , and Gabella soon after ...
... castle , for the original round towers of the Turkish walls . But the campaign of 1716 having obliged the Venetians to concentrate their forces , the garrison of Citluk was withdrawn , the works were blown up , and Gabella soon after ...
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... castle on a rock , twenty years ago the abode of two brothers , noted Turkish chiefs , named Gávran ; who levied contributions on every one that passed by land or water , and committed all kinds of excesses upon the peaceable ...
... castle on a rock , twenty years ago the abode of two brothers , noted Turkish chiefs , named Gávran ; who levied contributions on every one that passed by land or water , and committed all kinds of excesses upon the peaceable ...
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... castle of Blagai ; which , now in ruins , were once re- markable in the history of Herzegóvina ; but Mostar itself is concealed behind the projecting point of hills , that terminate the plain on the north . Immediately below runs the ...
... castle of Blagai ; which , now in ruins , were once re- markable in the history of Herzegóvina ; but Mostar itself is concealed behind the projecting point of hills , that terminate the plain on the north . Immediately below runs the ...
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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...