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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... STAFFORD , THE FOLLOWING PAGES ARE RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED , IN GRATITUDE FOR THOSE SUBSTANTIAL ACTS OF KINDNESS , WHICH THE AUTHOR'S FAMILY HAS EXPERIENCED FROM THE HOUSE OF TRENTHAM . PREFACE . that I A TITLE - PAGE is seldom.
... author's views , much less to guard him against misinterpreting them . I trust therefore may be allowed to state in this place what mine are in the following pages , and what they are not ; and this I will do in as few words as possible ...
... authors . It may suffice to mention the fountain of Bandusia , to which the Poet promises the sacrifice of a kid ; or that of Egeria , where Umbricius laments that the divinity of the spring should have been insulted with a barbarous ...
... authors of the transtra , or benches for the rowers , it is certain that such a method was not adopted to the exclusion of that now generally in use amongst more northern nations . It may be further remarked , that in Sicily the old ...
... author , as well as from Lampridius , it appears that it was a festival of the Mater Deûm . Moreover , in a Greek Commentary upon Dionysius , cited by Dempster in his Roman Antiquities , it is asserted , that the Hilaria was 54 OF THE ...
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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 |