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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... course I believe ; but I be- lieve that the faith of him who would oppose it with uncharitable bitterness and invective , is no less so . In tracing , however , the vestiges of a classical age which still exist in Italy and Sicily , it ...
... course became deeply pledged to uphold a system which furnished them with the means of subsistence , if not of profusion . It is lamentable to observe in how many particulars this picture is true of modern Italy and Sicily ; where , in ...
... course imputed to Santo Calo- gero himself , who , it seems , was sent into Si- cily by St. Peter to check a disease which was ravaging the country , and to that end he pro- duced this Stufa . At the foot of the same hill are some ...
... prow of their vessels a large eye ; a practice no doubt derived from an- cient times , when the whole of that ex- tremity of the ship being formed to represent a bird's head , of course so principal a feature OF SAINTS . 39.
Discoverable in Modern Italy and Sicily John James Blunt. a bird's head , of course so principal a feature was not omitted . Many of the old coins still preserve it ; as those of the families Duilia , Marcia , Minucia , & c . so also do ...
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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 |