Travels in Greece, Palestine, Egypt, and Barbary, During the Years 1806 and 1807A memoir of the author's life while he was researching and writing a religious history called Les Martyrs, ou le Triomphe de la Religion Chretienne. The introduction includes the history of Athens and Sparta and an inquiry into religious traditions related to Jerusalem--specifically, the authenticity of claims made by religious tourists, such as visiting the actual tomb of Christ. The text of the diary is full of literary references and adventure. Unlike other travel diaries, the narrative flow is more like a novel and the entries are not just lists of weather reports, food, pretty sights, and some funny anecdotes. Since the author had a research purpose during his time there, Travels in Greece has a protagonist with a purpose. |
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... passed . A moment is sufficient for a landscape painter to sketch a tree , to take a view , to draw a ruin ; but whole years are too short for the study of men and manners , and for the profound investigation of the arts and sciences ...
... passed . A moment is sufficient for a landscape painter to sketch a tree , to take a view , to draw a ruin ; but whole years are too short for the study of men and manners , and for the profound investigation of the arts and sciences ...
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... passed through Constantinople without penetrating into Achaia . But , during the reign of Manuel Comnenus , who succeeded Alexis , the kings of Sicily , the Vene- tians , the Pisans , and other western nations , invaded Attica and the ...
... passed through Constantinople without penetrating into Achaia . But , during the reign of Manuel Comnenus , who succeeded Alexis , the kings of Sicily , the Vene- tians , the Pisans , and other western nations , invaded Attica and the ...
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... passed under the A. D. 1455 . yoke of the barbarians . It is said that Mahomet seem- A. D. 1458 . ed enchanted with the city ; that he spared it from plunder , and minutely examined the citadel . He ex- empted the convent of Cyriani ...
... passed under the A. D. 1455 . yoke of the barbarians . It is said that Mahomet seem- A. D. 1458 . ed enchanted with the city ; that he spared it from plunder , and minutely examined the citadel . He ex- empted the convent of Cyriani ...
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... passed through Athens in 1674 ; he was accompanied by Galland , the learned orientalist . He had drawings made of the basso relievos of the Parthenon . The originals have perished , and we think ourselves extremely fortunate in still ...
... passed through Athens in 1674 ; he was accompanied by Galland , the learned orientalist . He had drawings made of the basso relievos of the Parthenon . The originals have perished , and we think ourselves extremely fortunate in still ...
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... passed through Palestine , where he surveyed with astonishment the ruins of the temple . The two pil- grimages of the empress Eudocia , wife of Theodosius the younger , took place in this century . She caused monasteries to be erected ...
... passed through Palestine , where he surveyed with astonishment the ruins of the temple . The two pil- grimages of the empress Eudocia , wife of Theodosius the younger , took place in this century . She caused monasteries to be erected ...
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Page 287 - For behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
Page 244 - Thus saith the Lord; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping ; Rachel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.
Page 296 - A voice from the east, a voice from the west, a voice from the four winds, a voice against Jerusalem and the holy house, a voice against the bridegrooms and the brides, and a voice against this whole people!
Page 7 - But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
Page 286 - And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.
Page 297 - AND it came to pass, that as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
Page 291 - For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land...
Page 380 - HOW doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people ! How is she become as a widow ! she that was great among the nations, And princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
Page 119 - In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the "sea, in perils among false brethren ; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Page 136 - May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? 20. For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. 21. (For all the Athenians, and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.) 22.