Sketches of Turkey in 1831 and 1832J. & J. Harper, 1833 - 527 páginas |
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... idea ; for the crater of a large extinct volcano could be plainly distinguished on the north end of Flores . This island is about thirty miles in length , and its greatest eleva- tion is 2000 feet . It contains 1500 Portuguese and negro ...
... idea ; for the crater of a large extinct volcano could be plainly distinguished on the north end of Flores . This island is about thirty miles in length , and its greatest eleva- tion is 2000 feet . It contains 1500 Portuguese and negro ...
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... idea that war had been declared , and that to im- press some of them was the object of our visit . From an English army officer , a passenger with his family on board this vessel , we learned that two regiments of soldiers are always ...
... idea that war had been declared , and that to im- press some of them was the object of our visit . From an English army officer , a passenger with his family on board this vessel , we learned that two regiments of soldiers are always ...
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... idea of its being the key of the Mediter- ranean is highly absurd . During the continental war , armed vessels passed freely up the straits , out of the reach of gun- shot from Gibraltar ; and gunboats would sally forth from Algesiras ...
... idea of its being the key of the Mediter- ranean is highly absurd . During the continental war , armed vessels passed freely up the straits , out of the reach of gun- shot from Gibraltar ; and gunboats would sally forth from Algesiras ...
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... idea that all peninsulas , islands , and the high seas , are , or should be , the property of England , not content with the display at Gibraltar of " the Herculean energies of the British nation , " gravely proposes to take possession ...
... idea that all peninsulas , islands , and the high seas , are , or should be , the property of England , not content with the display at Gibraltar of " the Herculean energies of the British nation , " gravely proposes to take possession ...
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... idea that we are alternately visiting the continents of Eu- rope and Africa . Thus we are breakfasting in Spain , will dine in Africa , and shall return again to Spain to take our supper . With all the various headlands between Cape de ...
... idea that we are alternately visiting the continents of Eu- rope and Africa . Thus we are breakfasting in Spain , will dine in Africa , and shall return again to Spain to take our supper . With all the various headlands between Cape de ...
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Página 354 - HAVING therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Página 347 - And if ye fear that ye shall not act with equity towards orphans of the female sex, take in marriage of such other women as please you, two, or three, or four, and not more. But if ye fear that ye cannot act equitably towards so many, marry one only, or the slaves which ye shall have acquired.
Página 105 - ... proceeded. Gradually they flocked round the musician, and listened with motionless attention. He ceased playing : still the sheep did not stir. The shepherd, with his staff, obliged those nearest to him to move on. They obeyed ; but no sooner did the fluter begin again to play, than his innocent auditors again returned to him.
Página 107 - Unlike our civilized ostentation, the name of the benevolent constructor never appears on these sculptured stones. The quaint Turkish adage, which serves as a rule of conduct, is well exemplified in this as well as in many other instances ; " Do good and throw it into the sea ; if the fishes don't know it, God will." Among the hills at various distances, from fifteen to twenty miles from the city, are constructed large artificial reservoirs. These are termed bendts, a word of Persian origin, and...
Página 171 - the Giant's Grave," To watch the progress of those rolling seas, Between the Bosphorus, as they lash and lave Europe and Asia, you being quite at ease ; There's not a sea the passenger e'er pukes in, Turns up more dangerous breakers than the Euxine.
Página 257 - ... believers of either sex, and the devout men, and the devout women, and the men of veracity, and the women of veracity, and the patient men, and the patient women, and the humble men, and the humble women, and the alms-givers of either sex, and the men who fast, and the women who fast, and the chaste men, and the chaste women, and those of either sex who remember God frequently; for them hath God prepared forgiveness and a great reward.
Página 281 - According to an official statement, it appears that from the year 1822 to 1829 there were issued from the Malta printing-press 250,000 copies of various religious works, containing more than ten millions of pages in Greek, Italian, and Turkish, with Armenian characters. It is a subject of regret that such benevolent efforts should in some instances have taken a wrong direction. Nearly forty thousand dollars have been expended upon works which are as unintelligible to the Greeks or Turks as a Pelham...
Página 122 - Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come ; and send for cunning women that they may come : and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
Página 257 - I will not suffer the work of him among you who worketh to be lost, whether he be male or female: the one of you is from the other. They therefore who have left their country, and have been turned out of their houses, and have suffered for my sake, and have been slain in battle; verily I will expiate their evil deeds from them, and I will surely bring them into gardens watered by rivers; a reward from God: and with God is the most...