New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, 127–128. köideE. W. Allen, 1863 |
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Page 94
... Italian , and not a few of the gentry speak French and English fluently . The Greek nobility in Corfu have apparently lost sight of the illiberal habit of secluding the unmarried females of their families in the way usually practised by ...
... Italian , and not a few of the gentry speak French and English fluently . The Greek nobility in Corfu have apparently lost sight of the illiberal habit of secluding the unmarried females of their families in the way usually practised by ...
Page 96
... Italian carekeeper , who lived in the house , asked me to enter , and I went in with him . The upper part of the house had only four habitable rooms , and they were of low pitch , and very small . They would have been , apparently ...
... Italian carekeeper , who lived in the house , asked me to enter , and I went in with him . The upper part of the house had only four habitable rooms , and they were of low pitch , and very small . They would have been , apparently ...
Page 97
... Italian common to the islands . Whatever the morals or the principles of the Greeks might be , their manners were decidedly most prepossessing . Their love of music was very remarkable . Their songs , whether love ditties , or of a ...
... Italian common to the islands . Whatever the morals or the principles of the Greeks might be , their manners were decidedly most prepossessing . Their love of music was very remarkable . Their songs , whether love ditties , or of a ...
Page 101
... Italian , were the words that no English person was admitted there . The first act of the resident and the authorities in the island was to lay down a series of patroles and stations for the military , and to set on foot a search for ...
... Italian , were the words that no English person was admitted there . The first act of the resident and the authorities in the island was to lay down a series of patroles and stations for the military , and to set on foot a search for ...
Page 102
... afloat with regard to him . Sometimes he had taken shipping and gone to Greece ; sometimes he had managed to escape in a boat to the coasts of Italy ; sometimes he had eluded the vigilance of 102 The Ionian Islands .
... afloat with regard to him . Sometimes he had taken shipping and gone to Greece ; sometimes he had managed to escape in a boat to the coasts of Italy ; sometimes he had eluded the vigilance of 102 The Ionian Islands .
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