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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... receiving much amuse- ment from the detection of them , I was led , both in holding intercourse with the living , and in inspecting the relics of ge- nerations past , to keep the subject con- stantly in sight . The observations which I ...
... received almost hourly proof that I was wandering amongst the descendants of that people which is described by Cicero to have been the most B religious of mankind . Though the mixture of religion with CHAPTER I Page Introductory Remarks ...
... receive the offerings of those who , out of gratitude for the past , or hope for the future , are disposed to give their mite for the good of the church . I have seen the poor fishermen at Catania regularly greeted on their arrival at ...
... of Palestine , whose only difficulty consisted in carving a suitable head . From this , however , he was relieved by receiving one miraculously sent from heaven . It happened that a certain Pied- montese bishop 34 OF SAINTS .
... received them , I leave to others to determine ; ob- serving , however , at the same time , that an argument in support of such a supposition is derived from the circumstance , that in both cases this licence was adopted on the day of ...
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