Cyprus: Historical and Descriptive: From the Earliest Times to the Present DayR. Worthington, 1878 - 324 páginas |
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... pictures without previously washing his face . This cere- mony takes place once a week , so that , happily , the gold and silver covered panels are not distinguished by a black circle 2 CYPRUS , HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE .
... pictures without previously washing his face . This cere- mony takes place once a week , so that , happily , the gold and silver covered panels are not distinguished by a black circle 2 CYPRUS , HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE .
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... covered panels are not distinguished by a black circle in the spots where they are kissed . With the exception of an occasional block of marble built into the walls of a house , or a sarcophagus , utilised as a receptacle for water , I ...
... covered panels are not distinguished by a black circle in the spots where they are kissed . With the exception of an occasional block of marble built into the walls of a house , or a sarcophagus , utilised as a receptacle for water , I ...
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... covered by the bishop , and a toll upon the exports and imports of the towns . I then visited the church of St. Lazarus , which is sur- rounded by fine rows of pillars , with pointed arches , which give an impressive and sacred aspect ...
... covered by the bishop , and a toll upon the exports and imports of the towns . I then visited the church of St. Lazarus , which is sur- rounded by fine rows of pillars , with pointed arches , which give an impressive and sacred aspect ...
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... covered by one huge slab . This erection is divided into three parts . A small chamber is hewn in the bare rock , which forms a natural wall at the back of the structure . Formerly a similar chamber opened upon the front of the large ...
... covered by one huge slab . This erection is divided into three parts . A small chamber is hewn in the bare rock , which forms a natural wall at the back of the structure . Formerly a similar chamber opened upon the front of the large ...
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... covered crown . At my feet lay the extensive plains of Messaria , watered by mountain streamlets , and forming one huge corn- field . A group of thirteen camels , tended by two negroes , stood in a pasture ground beneath me , and ...
... covered crown . At my feet lay the extensive plains of Messaria , watered by mountain streamlets , and forming one huge corn- field . A group of thirteen camels , tended by two negroes , stood in a pasture ground beneath me , and ...
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