Travels in Crete, Volume 2J. Murray, 1837 - Crete (Greece) |
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Achaea acropolis AELIAN Ampelos ancient city ancient remains Anópolis Apokorona arrive ascent Askýfo ATHENAEUS called celebrated CHAP Christian church coins Cretan Cretan wine Crete Cydonia Dionysos district east Elyros existed feet foll Gheorghios Graec Grecs Greece Greek Haghía Hághios hill hour island Katakhanás Khadjí Khaniá KORAY Láki Le Pacha Lissos LOBECK Maniás mentioned miles modern Mohammedans Moréa mountains MUSEO PIO-CLEMENTINO NONNUS observed olive-trees Pacha Pashá pass PAUSANIAS Phalasarna plain PLINY PLUTARCH Polyrrhenia port river rock ruins SCYLAX seen Sélino Sélino-kastéli Sfakiá Sfakians shew shore side SONG STEPHANUS Stephanus of Byzantium STRABO Súia SUIDAS summit suppose Tarrha temple throne Travels Turks vampire Venetian village walls wine words ἀπὸ ἀποῦ δὲ δὲν διὰ εἶναι ἐν καὶ καὶ τὸν κατὰ Κρήτης μὲ νὰ οἱ ὅπως παρὰ πόλις πρὸς στὸ τὰ τε τζὴ τῇ τῆς τὸ τοῖς τοῦ τοὺς τῷ τῶν ὡς
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Page 34 - Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house ; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
Page 217 - Indian mount ; or fairy elves, Whose midnight revels, by a forest side Or fountain, some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while over-head the moon Sits arbitress, and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course ; they, on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear; At once with joy and fear, his heart rebounds.
Page 202 - Their dances were Procession. But now, alas, they all are dead ; Or gone beyond the seas ; Or farther for Religion fled ; Or else they take their ease.
Page 206 - But first, on earth as Vampire (") sent, Thy corse shall from its tomb be rent : Then ghastly haunt thy native place, And suck the blood of all thy race ; There from thy daughter, sister, wife, At midnight drain the stream of life ; Yet loathe the banquet which perforce Must feed thy livid living corse : Thy victims ere they yet expire Shall know the demon for their sire, As cursing thee, thou cursing them, Thy flowers are wither'd on the stem.
Page 214 - The immortal mind, that hath forsook Her mansion in this fleshly nook: And of those demons that are found In fire, air, flood, or under ground, Whose power hath a true consent With planet, or with element. Sometime let gorgeous Tragedy In sceptred pall come sweeping by, Presenting Thebes, or Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine ; Or what (though rare) of later age Ennobled hath the buskin'd stage.
Page 203 - Dissertations sur les apparitions des anges, des démons et des esprits, et sur les revenants et vampires de Hongrie .. de Bohême, de Moravie et de Silésie, par le RP Dom Augustin Calmet,.
Page 323 - ... convinced the laity how dangerous a practice it was, for one Christian man to hold another in bondage : so that temporal men, by little and little, by reason of that terror in their consciences, were glad to manumit all their villeins. But the said holy fathers, with the abbots and priors, did not in like sort by theirs ; for they also had a scruple in conscience to impoverish and despoil the church so much, as to manumit such as were bond to their churches, or to the manors which the church...
Page 225 - In conclusion, the judge and all the court were fully satisfied with the verdict, and thereupon gave judgment against the •witches that they should be hanged. They were much urged to confess, but would not. That morning we departed for Cambridge ; but no reprieve was granted, and they were executed on Monday, the 17th of March (1664) following, but they confessed nothing.
Page 231 - But now the question follows, what punishment can human laws inflict on one who has withdrawn himself from their reach? They can only act upon what he has left behind him, his reputation and fortune: on the former, by an ignominious burial in the highway, with a stake driven through his body...
Page 199 - So the shepherd waited for him. " And the Katakhanas went a distance of about ten miles, where there was a couple recently married, and he destroyed them. On his return his gossip saw that he was carrying some liver, his hands being moistened with blood ; and, as he carried it, he blew into it, just as the butcher does, to increase the size of the liver. And he showed his gossip that it was cooked, as if it had been done on the fire.