Dalmatia and Montenegro: With a Journey to Mostar in Herzegovia, and Remarks on the Slavonic Nations; the History of Dalmatia and Ragusa; the Uscocs; &c. &c, Band 2John Murray, 1848 - 564 Seiten |
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... cause the deadly fever , that rages there in the hot weather . Great num- bers of water - fowl frequent it in November , and throughout the winter ; and I saw some very large flights of crows , forcibly recalling the evening re- turn of ...
... cause the deadly fever , that rages there in the hot weather . Great num- bers of water - fowl frequent it in November , and throughout the winter ; and I saw some very large flights of crows , forcibly recalling the evening re- turn of ...
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... caused by the unhealthy miasma of the marshes . The many beneficial improvements , introduced by the Pretore , are highly creditable to him . He has made roads about the town , he has drained land , and planted trees ; and , by ...
... caused by the unhealthy miasma of the marshes . The many beneficial improvements , introduced by the Pretore , are highly creditable to him . He has made roads about the town , he has drained land , and planted trees ; and , by ...
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... caused great bustle and animation , in the village ; and on the return of the cortège , the display of flags , and an incessant discharge of guns and pistols , con- tinued for several days . Metcovich contains about 500 inhabitants ...
... caused great bustle and animation , in the village ; and on the return of the cortège , the display of flags , and an incessant discharge of guns and pistols , con- tinued for several days . Metcovich contains about 500 inhabitants ...
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... cause to be offended at my not arriving . I shall write again , " I added , " to explain the reason you have given , about the stoppage of the roads ; the letter will doubtless find its way over the mountains ; - by which route I might ...
... cause to be offended at my not arriving . I shall write again , " I added , " to explain the reason you have given , about the stoppage of the roads ; the letter will doubtless find its way over the mountains ; - by which route I might ...
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... cause , that the impossi- bility of a lasting peace was to be attributed ; and that so long as the custom of cutting off the heads of the killed , and of prisoners , continued , a durable peace was impossible . " When a man , " I ...
... cause , that the impossi- bility of a lasting peace was to be attributed ; and that so long as the custom of cutting off the heads of the killed , and of prisoners , continued , a durable peace was impossible . " When a man , " I ...
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Seite 107 - ... favour this supposition ; but it is far more probable that, with the name indiscriminately bestowed as a term of opprobrium upon all who differed from the canons of the Romish Church, they have received the credit of supporting the doctrines of the Manichseans. This much, however, is certain, — that they denied the sovereignty of the Pope, the power of the priests, the efficacy of prayers for the dead, and the existence of purgatory;* while they rejected all images, relics, and the worship...
Seite 220 - 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 222 - ... to the Adriatic. They had formed their agricultural and commercial habits at the time of the irruption of the Huns, Avars, and other Asiatic tribes, by whom they were regarded as aborigines, or original possessors of the soil. Early in the sixth century, an army of them advanced against Constanti* Of the two alternatives mentioned by him, of Europe becoming either Cossack or Republican, the former seems, from recent events, to be by far the least probable. t Since writing the above, new events...
Seite 452 - Veligosti, &c. &c. It is almost superfluous to observe, that the inhabitants from whose language the names of localities were derived must have remained a considerable time on the spot, when the names continue in use after the people themselves have disappeared as a nation from the country where the places named by them are situated. It appears, therefore, that the present population of Morea has at least as much Slavonic as Hellenic blood in its veins. " The Moreote character bears...