A Residence at Constantinople, in the Year 1827: With Notes to the Present TimeDurrie and Peck, 1830 - 384 pages |
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... soldiers - Schools in Prinkipos - Ef- forts for the instruction of youth - Distribution of Greek tracts - Eagerness of the people to obtain them - Publicity of distribution - Results . CHAPTER XVI . RESIDENCE AT THE PRINCES ' ISLANDS ...
... soldiers - Schools in Prinkipos - Ef- forts for the instruction of youth - Distribution of Greek tracts - Eagerness of the people to obtain them - Publicity of distribution - Results . CHAPTER XVI . RESIDENCE AT THE PRINCES ' ISLANDS ...
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... soldiers which are posted in the street every stone's cast , constitute a most vigilant police . Many of the houses have a small open court in the centre , around which , are galleries , with flights of winding stairs . In some ...
... soldiers which are posted in the street every stone's cast , constitute a most vigilant police . Many of the houses have a small open court in the centre , around which , are galleries , with flights of winding stairs . In some ...
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... soldiers are stationed . The highest sum- mits of the mountain are of bare rock , with here and there a solitary shrub growing in some cleft . On these , contrary to my anticipations , we were at liberty to climb unrestrained , far ...
... soldiers are stationed . The highest sum- mits of the mountain are of bare rock , with here and there a solitary shrub growing in some cleft . On these , contrary to my anticipations , we were at liberty to climb unrestrained , far ...
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... soldiers of the cross . Of these we have had the pleasure to make the acquaintance of Rev. Messrs . Pratten and Barber , missionaries of the Wesleyan connexion . Their English congregation has been gathered chiefly from among the ...
... soldiers of the cross . Of these we have had the pleasure to make the acquaintance of Rev. Messrs . Pratten and Barber , missionaries of the Wesleyan connexion . Their English congregation has been gathered chiefly from among the ...
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... soldier , with a drawn bayonet in his hand . The houses are built entirely of the light colored limestone of the island . Even the flooring , stairs and roof , are made of this , or of a cement , which becomes as hard as the stone ...
... soldier , with a drawn bayonet in his hand . The houses are built entirely of the light colored limestone of the island . Even the flooring , stairs and roof , are made of this , or of a cement , which becomes as hard as the stone ...
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