Vestiges of Ancient Manners and Customs: Discoverable in Modern Italy and SicilyVestiges of Ancient Manners and Customs, Discoverable in Modern Italy and Sicily by John James Blunt, first published in 1823, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it. |
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... Ceres animumque reponit , Imposuitque suæ spicea serta comæ . I OVID . Fast . iv . 616 . With this was Ceres cheer'd and comforted , And put a corn - ear'd garland on her head . Gower's Translation . Around these objects of reverence ...
... Ceres of Enna ; so is St. Peter the guardian of the first ; Sa. Lucia of the second ; St. John of the last . But to continue . In the tremendous eruption of 1669 , when the lava was rolling down its enormous torrents to the sea , her ...
... Ceres . ( Cic . contra Verr . 4. ) We shall discover in the sequel whether they were not very much the same as those now assigned to S. Agatha . Let me not be under- stood to confine my observations to the rites of Ceres . To these ...
... festival of Ceres . Circus erat pompâ celeber , numeroque Deorum , Primaque ventosis palma petetur equis . Hi Cereris ludi . Fast . iv . 391 . With pomp adorn'd , with gods in gallant train , 60 OF THE FESTIVAL OF S. AGATHA .
... Ceres . And ridiculous as it may seem to us , who at- tach so much less importance and solemnity to public exhibitions of this kind than the in- habitants of the South , yet it appears that the prætor , the second magistrate in point of ...
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Vestiges of Ancient Manners and Customs, Discoverable in Modern Italy and Sicily J. j. 1794-1855 Blunt No preview available - 2015 |