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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... 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 . In a tour through ...
... less so . In tracing , however , the vestiges of a classical age which still exist in Italy and Sicily , it is impossible not frequently to refer to the rites and ceremonies of paganism , or to avoid remarking the close connexion which ...
... less conscious than those who hold the re- formed faith ; for he cannot defend , nor do I think he would be desirous of at- tempting it , the gross abuses which fraud or credulity or inveterate custom has en- grafted upon the ...
... less . Mankind grew less afraid of applying to them for trifles ; and suitable engines of importunity , oblations , ornaments , and pe- cuniary presents to themselves or their ac- credited servants , became the recognised and usual way ...
... less numerous than those now erected in like situations to a saint or a Madonna . Indeed , they seem to have been no uncommon places of shelter for the shepherds and their flocks . Da veniam culpæ , ( exclaims one of them ) , nec dum de ...
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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 |