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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Page 21
... of human flesh . " I cannot admit this signification , which to me appears absurd unless Zygomalas means here to allude to the horses of Diomed . Probably Mount Hymettus . A. D. 1584. serenity of the air , the excellence INTRODUCTION . 21.
... of human flesh . " I cannot admit this signification , which to me appears absurd unless Zygomalas means here to allude to the horses of Diomed . Probably Mount Hymettus . A. D. 1584. serenity of the air , the excellence INTRODUCTION . 21.
Page 127
... the first place you see to the west , above the promontory , the top of a mountain perfectly yel- low that is the Telo Vouni ( the Little Hymettus ) . The island on the other side of that arm of the sea EGYPT , AND BARBARY . 127.
... the first place you see to the west , above the promontory , the top of a mountain perfectly yel- low that is the Telo Vouni ( the Little Hymettus ) . The island on the other side of that arm of the sea EGYPT , AND BARBARY . 127.
Page 131
... Hymettus , which formed the back - ground of the picture . It exhibited , in a con- fused assemblage , the capitals of the Propylæa , the columns of the Parthenon , and of the temple of Erectheus , the embrasures of a wall planted with ...
... Hymettus , which formed the back - ground of the picture . It exhibited , in a con- fused assemblage , the capitals of the Propylæa , the columns of the Parthenon , and of the temple of Erectheus , the embrasures of a wall planted with ...
Page 132
... Hymettus and the city , is the dry channel of the Ilissus . The plain is not perfectly level : a number of small hills , detached from Mount Hymettus , diversify its surface , and form the dif ferent eminences which Athens gradually ...
... Hymettus and the city , is the dry channel of the Ilissus . The plain is not perfectly level : a number of small hills , detached from Mount Hymettus , diversify its surface , and form the dif ferent eminences which Athens gradually ...
Page 136
... Hymettus , was brought to table ; but it had a strong taste , which I disliked , and , in my opi- nion , the honey of Chamouni is far preferable . I have since eaten a still more agreeable honey , at Kircagah , near Pergamus , in ...
... Hymettus , was brought to table ; but it had a strong taste , which I disliked , and , in my opi- nion , the honey of Chamouni is far preferable . I have since eaten a still more agreeable honey , at Kircagah , near Pergamus , in ...
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Page 17 - 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 120 - Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep ; 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...
Page 291 - 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 290 - 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 387 - All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
Page 386 - Her gates are sunk into the ground ; he hath destroyed and broken her bars : her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the Lord.
Page 386 - 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 387 - Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
Page 295 - Sing, heavenly muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning, how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos...
Page 121 - 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.