A Residence at Constantinople, in the Year 1827: With Notes to the Present TimeDurrie and Peck, 1830 - 384 pages |
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... oriental nations - Defenceless state of the city - The shipping - Frank quarter - Turk town - Varied appearance of the people - Castle hill - Antiquities . 24 32 37 45 55 CHATPER VII . SMYRNA . Admonition from the " Seven.
... oriental nations - Defenceless state of the city - The shipping - Frank quarter - Turk town - Varied appearance of the people - Castle hill - Antiquities . 24 32 37 45 55 CHATPER VII . SMYRNA . Admonition from the " Seven.
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... Hill of Xerxes -- Castles and town . of the Dardanelles -- European side of the Straits-- Maita -- Example of a pious captain -- Parium . CHAPTER IX . FIRST WEEKS IN THE CITY . Pilgrim lot of the missionary - Temporary residence in Pera ...
... Hill of Xerxes -- Castles and town . of the Dardanelles -- European side of the Straits-- Maita -- Example of a pious captain -- Parium . CHAPTER IX . FIRST WEEKS IN THE CITY . Pilgrim lot of the missionary - Temporary residence in Pera ...
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... behind the dis- tant hills , which appeared , from their elevation and * Terceira is the island which has so successfully resisted the tyranny of Don Miguel . whiteness , as though crowned with everlasting snows . My 16.
... behind the dis- tant hills , which appeared , from their elevation and * Terceira is the island which has so successfully resisted the tyranny of Don Miguel . whiteness , as though crowned with everlasting snows . My 16.
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... hills of secondary magnitude , say , fourteen hundred feet in height , two or three miles in length , and from three ... hill , with its camel - formed sum- mit , often concealed in the clouds , is the " rock of Gib- raltar . " The sandy ...
... hills of secondary magnitude , say , fourteen hundred feet in height , two or three miles in length , and from three ... hill , with its camel - formed sum- mit , often concealed in the clouds , is the " rock of Gib- raltar . " The sandy ...
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... hills . At night , Stromboli rolled up its volumes of smoke , but Etna was concealed from our view by clouds . It was not until night - fall that we doubled the Faro light , on the head land , at the entrance to the straits of Messina ...
... hills . At night , Stromboli rolled up its volumes of smoke , but Etna was concealed from our view by clouds . It was not until night - fall that we doubled the Faro light , on the head land , at the entrance to the straits of Messina ...
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