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Page 32
... four of the conspirators were apprehended , and shot by the French authorities . The blockade had now lasted for six months , and the city exhibited a scene of frightful priva- tion . The besiegers would not permit any to leave the town ...
... four of the conspirators were apprehended , and shot by the French authorities . The blockade had now lasted for six months , and the city exhibited a scene of frightful priva- tion . The besiegers would not permit any to leave the town ...
Page 54
... four to five feet , and forms green forage for horses , mules , & c . in win- ter , and what remains is put up and dried to be used as hay in summer . The other provender given to cattle is barley and carobs ; both which are raised in ...
... four to five feet , and forms green forage for horses , mules , & c . in win- ter , and what remains is put up and dried to be used as hay in summer . The other provender given to cattle is barley and carobs ; both which are raised in ...
Page 58
... four lambs , and scarcely ever less than two . The goats are of a superior quality , very large , and yielding abundance of milk . It is the custom for the milk - man to lead about his goats in the morning and evening through the ...
... four lambs , and scarcely ever less than two . The goats are of a superior quality , very large , and yielding abundance of milk . It is the custom for the milk - man to lead about his goats in the morning and evening through the ...
Page 68
... four successive days , and that it is not of fre- quent occurrence . This wind , which passes over the arid plains of Africa , is not purified from the currupt miasma which it contains by crossing the sea , as the straits are so narrow ...
... four successive days , and that it is not of fre- quent occurrence . This wind , which passes over the arid plains of Africa , is not purified from the currupt miasma which it contains by crossing the sea , as the straits are so narrow ...
Page 80
... four languages . The time generally allowed for a child to remain at school will not even suffice to acquire a tolerable acquaintance with these ; and when is he to make any progress in that useful knowledge which will make him a ...
... four languages . The time generally allowed for a child to remain at school will not even suffice to acquire a tolerable acquaintance with these ; and when is he to make any progress in that useful knowledge which will make him a ...
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ancient appearance Arabic Auberge Auberge de Castile Borgo British building built called Casal Cavalier cave chapel chief church Città Notabile coast command consists contains continued Council Court defended Dragut Elmo endeavouring English enjoy entrance erected exists feast feet Floriana flowers former Fort Manoel Fort St fortifications French garrison gates Government Governor Gozo Grand Grandmaster Greeks harbour inhabitants inscription Inzel island of Malta Italian Knights of Malta labour land language late latter laws Maltese Maltese language Manoel maritime Mellieha ment mentioned miles months natives natural nerally Nicolas Cotoner occupied officers onnella Order Palace Paul persons Phoenicians Pinto plants port Port des Bombes possession principal Quarantine reign remains remarkable render residence rock round Senglea Sicily side situated soon species stone Strada streets supplied Tigné tion town Turkish Turks Valetta vessels Vilhena village walls whole wind
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Page 274 - And now I exhort you to be of good cheer; for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship.
Page 277 - And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
Page 277 - And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.
Page 276 - And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves. 42 And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
Page 203 - As you are now so once was I; As I am now, so you must be Prepare for death and follow me.
Page 277 - And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux ; to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him.
Page 274 - Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship ; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.
Page 274 - And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.
Page 276 - But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land: 44 And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.
Page 275 - And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship, Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.