A Tour Through Sicily and Malta: In a Series of Letters to William Beckford, Esq. of Somerly in Suffolk, Volume 2R. Marchbank, 1780 - Malta |
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... comet . - Reflections . LETTER XXVII . p . 109 ,. Cathedral of Palermo . - Jefuits church . — Cathe drale of Monreale . - The archbishop . - Prepara- tions for a festival . ~ Superftition of the people . LETTER XXVIII . p . 117 . St ...
... comet . - Reflections . LETTER XXVII . p . 109 ,. Cathedral of Palermo . - Jefuits church . — Cathe drale of Monreale . - The archbishop . - Prepara- tions for a festival . ~ Superftition of the people . LETTER XXVIII . p . 117 . St ...
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... comet ; and as we were the first people here that took notice of it , I affure you , we are looked upon as very profound aftro- nomers . I fhall fay more of it next letter . We have now got out of our abominable inn , and- have taken a ...
... comet ; and as we were the first people here that took notice of it , I affure you , we are looked upon as very profound aftro- nomers . I fhall fay more of it next letter . We have now got out of our abominable inn , and- have taken a ...
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... comet is now gone ; we first obferved it on the 24th . It had no tail , but was furrounded with a faintifh ill defined light , that made it look like a bright star shining through a thin cloud . This in all probability , is owing to an ...
... comet is now gone ; we first obferved it on the 24th . It had no tail , but was furrounded with a faintifh ill defined light , that made it look like a bright star shining through a thin cloud . This in all probability , is owing to an ...
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... comet approaches ftill nearly to the body of the fun ! Laft night a change of place was obfervable in the space of a few minutes , particularly when it passed near any of the fixed stars . We attempted to find if it had any obfervable ...
... comet approaches ftill nearly to the body of the fun ! Laft night a change of place was obfervable in the space of a few minutes , particularly when it passed near any of the fixed stars . We attempted to find if it had any obfervable ...
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... comet was not in the exact point of the zenith , but to the best of our obfervation , about fix or seven minutes to the north of it . Laft night it was vifible almost immediately after fun- fet ; long before any of the fixed stars ...
... comet was not in the exact point of the zenith , but to the best of our obfervation , about fix or seven minutes to the north of it . Laft night it was vifible almost immediately after fun- fet ; long before any of the fixed stars ...
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Adieu Æneid affure againſt Agrigentum almoſt amongſt appear atmoſphere Bagaria beautiful believe beſt betwixt body Ceres comet confequence confiderable converfation difcovered diſtance dreffed entertainment Eryx eſteemed faid fame fays Fazzello feaſt fecond feems feen fent fentiments feven fhall fhew fhort fide fineſt fingular firſt fituation fize fmall fome fometimes foon ftill fubject fuch fuperior fuppofed fure furpriſed give greateſt heat herſelf himſelf horſes houſe increaſed iſland Italy juſt ladies laft laſt leaſt lefs likewife moft moſt mount Etna mountain muſt Naples never night nobility obferved occafion oppofite ourſelves paffed Pafqual Palermo perfon perfuaded Phalaris Pharat pleaſed pleaſure poffible prefent reafon reſpect Rofolia ſay ſcene ſeaſon ſee ſeems ſeen ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhipping ſhould Sicilian Sicily Sirocc ſmall ſome ſpirits ſtands ſtill ſtory ſtreet ſuch temple thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thouſand told uſe viceroy whole
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