Sketch of the Present State of the Island of SardiniaJohn Murray, 1828 - 351 pagine |
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Sketch of the Present State of the Island of Sardinia William Henry Smyth Visualizzazione completa - 1828 |
Parole e frasi comuni
afford Ales Alghero amongst Ampurias anchorage ancient Asinara Barbargia beach boats Bonorva Bosa Cagliari Cala called Campidano Cape Capo Carta de Logu Castel chapel church cliffs coast corn cove Cuglieri cultivated district Doria esteemed excellent exported fathoms feet fish flat fleet formed four Gallura Galtelli garrison Genoese Goceano granite grounds guns hill honour horses Iglesias indifferent inhabitants intemperie Isili island islet judge of Arborea labour lake land Maddalena Marmilla Marquis miles mountains natives nearly Nuraggis Nurra occasion Ogliastra Oristano Orosei Ozieri peasants Pietro Pisans plain Planargia Ploaghe port Porto Porto Torres principal Putzu Quartu remarkable rock rocky Roman royal saint sandy Santa Sardinia Sardo Sards Sarrabus Sassari ships shore Sicily side slope Stamenti starelli Sulcis summit Tempio Terranova thence tolerable tonnara Torres tower town unwholesome vessels viceroy village whence whilst whole wild winds wine
Brani popolari
Pagina 214 - Circus' genial laws, And the imperial pleasure. — Wherefore not? What matters where we fall to fill the maws Of worms — on battle-plains or listed spot ? Both are but theatres where the chief actors rot.
Pagina 81 - Qual dolor fora, se degli spedali Di Valdichiana, tra '1 luglio e '1 settembre, E di Maremma e di Sardigna i mali Fossero in una fossa tutti insembre' ; Tal era quivi , e tal puzzo n' usciva Qual suol venir dalle marcite membre.
Pagina 105 - ... the human victims destined to be sacrificed to Saturn, that the horrid tragedy might assume an appearance of festivity. Virgil's Bucolic of Corydon and Thyrsis, has been quoted in proof of the malignant effects of the erba sardoa : Immo ego Sardois videar tibi amarior herbis, Horridior rusco, prqjeta vilior alga : thus freely translated by Dryden : May I become as abject in thy sight As sea- weed on the shore, and black as night; Rough as a bur, deformed like him who chaws Sardinian herbage to...
Pagina 202 - A lamentable thing it is to consider, how many myriads of men this idolatry and superstition (for that comprehends all) hath infatuated in all ages, besotted by this blind zeal, which is religion's ape, religion's bastard, religion's shadow, false glass. For where God hath a temple, the...
Pagina 83 - Those who, from their circumstances, are obliged to remain, keep themselves well clad in thick woollens, to avert the ardent rays of the sun. Exertion...
Pagina 120 - It is a ruminating animal, frequenting only the highest and most secluded woods, where, from its timidity and fleetness, it is with difficulty shot. The form of the ears, head, legs, and hoof, identify the Moufflon with the sheep, though in size it is rather larger, and is, moreover clothed with hair instead of wool. The horns are neither full nor deciduous, but hollow, and precisely similar to those of the ram, while the bleat is the same. It propagates also very readily with the sheep, the mixed...
Pagina 59 - The king of Sardinia, delighted with his insular subjects for having bravely repelled the French invasion, invited them to ask for whatever could forward their real welfare. The Sards were so moderate as to limit themselves to the five following requests: 1. The convocation of the Stamenti : 2. The confirmation of their laws, customs, and privileges : 3. The exclusive right of holding the national offices : 4. The establishment of a council, instead of a secretary of state, to advise the viceroy...
Pagina 173 - The products of the earth being excepted out of the restrictions of that act; our elegant eaters, in order to bring vegetables into fashion, have found out a method of dressing them in so high a taste, that nothing can be more palatable. It was immediately after having eaten very freely of a dish of this sort, at the inauguration feast of Lentulus,2 that I was seized with a diarrhoea, which has never ceased till this day.
Pagina 98 - Sardinian horses are in general free from vice, patient of fatigue, and thrive on moderate food ; and the Sards, like the Arabs, acquire a perfect management of them, without making it a study. Infinite pains are taken with the
Pagina 191 - Not only are their arms, music, dances, dresses, and manners in close resemblance, but many of their words and superstitions are exactly the same ; so that the opportunities I have had of comparing the two nations, would lead me to infer the partial identity of their origin. Old age is most affectionately respected by both nations ; the ties of blood are closely binding ; and there is, moreover, a degree of adopted relationship called