Cyprus: Historical and Descriptive: From the Earliest Times to the Present DayR. Worthington, 1878 - 324 páginas |
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Página 231 - is usually painted on horseback, and tilting at a dragon under his feet ; but this is no more than an emblematical figure, purporting that, by his faith and Christian fortitude, he conquered the devil, called the dragon in the Apocalypse.
Página 284 - India of 300,000 men being thus united to the army of England, the mutual support they would render each other would quadruple the power and ascendancy of this country, and promote powerfully the progress, the freedom, and the peace of the world.
Página 282 - ... a thousandfold, and would attain to a magnitude and extension quite impossible to calculate, because bad harvests are almost unknown in these parts, for there is always plenty of rain and a hot sun to ripen the corn. Populous villages would spring up all along the line, as there is abundance of sweet water everywhere. Cereals can be grown there so cheaply that no country the same distance from England — say, for instance, Russia — could compete with it at all. And, if Great Britain finds...
Página 152 - They will frequently throw a handkerchief on the ground and lay their infants to sleep upon it, satisfied that neither moisture nor creeping thing will harm the child, for Dali is wonderfully free from noxious reptiles.
Página 308 - Queen Charlotte of Cyprus was solemnly crowned at Levkosia in 1460, but was soon after expelled by her natural brother James, assisted by the Mamelukes of Egypt. Queen Charlotte of Cyprus retired to Rome, where she died in 1487, bequeathing her claims to Charles Duke of Savoy, in consequence of which the sovereigns of that dynasty assume to this day the title of Kings of Cyprus and Jerusalem. The natural brother James married Catharine Cornaro, the daughter of a Venetian merchant, who brought him...
Página 276 - A similar line, only following the left bank of the Tigris. 5th. A line starting from Tripoli, and proceeding across the desert by way of Damascus and Palmyra to the Euphrates, whence it might follow one of the preceding routes.
Página 19 - About their waists they have a large belt or zone, fastened in front by two large and heavy polished brass plates. They endeavour to make the waist appear as long as possible, and the legs, consequently, short. Naturally corpulent, they take no pains to diminish the size of their bodies by lacing, but seem rather vain of their bulk ; exposing their bosoms, at the same time, in a manner highly unbecoming.
Página 24 - ... related both by Lord Clarendon and Voltaire, of a circumstance that occurred to Richard in one of his journeys to Geneva. In passing through Languedoc, he happened to make some stay in the town of Pezenas, near which place the Prince de Conti, the governor of the province, had a palace. Being told it was the custom for all strangers to pay their respects to the governor, who, it was added, treated Englishmen with particular civility, Richard, under his fictitious name, hastened to wait on the...
Página 18 - The most spleiidid colours are displayed in their habits ; and these are very becoming to the girls of the island. The upper robe is always of scarlet, crimson or green silk, embroidered with gold. Like other Greek women they wear long scarlet pantaloons, fastened round the ankle; and yellow boots, with slippers of the same colour. Around the neck, and from the head, were suspended a profusion of gold coins, chains, and other trinkets. About their waists they have a large belt or zone, fastened in...
Página 283 - Kurrachee for Bombay as the European port of India would, even by the Red Sea route, give us an advantage of some five hundred miles ; but if the Euphrates route were once established, the adoption of Kurrachee as the European port of India would necessarily follow, and India would thus be brought upwards of a thousand miles nearer to us than at present ; while during the monsoon months, the gain would be still greater, as the route between the Persian Gulf and Kurrachee is not exposed to the severity...