A Residence at Constantinople, in the Year 1827: With Notes to the Present TimeDurrie and Peck, 1830 - 384 pages |
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... the city - Previous excursion up the Bosphorus and through the Valley of Sweet Waters — A sight of the Sultan - Death of my associate . 166 181 189 CHAPTER XXI . DEPARTURE FROM TURKEY . Temperance of the X CONTENTS .
... the city - Previous excursion up the Bosphorus and through the Valley of Sweet Waters — A sight of the Sultan - Death of my associate . 166 181 189 CHAPTER XXI . DEPARTURE FROM TURKEY . Temperance of the X CONTENTS .
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... sultan himself to cast down his parus . Be sure , however , you keep your own , for that blind Greek beggar , and that wan female , will not fail to importune you in the name of Christ , for what you may not feel as clear a conscience ...
... sultan himself to cast down his parus . Be sure , however , you keep your own , for that blind Greek beggar , and that wan female , will not fail to importune you in the name of Christ , for what you may not feel as clear a conscience ...
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... Sultan and the Seraskier , his principal agent ; we may consider the new order of things pretty firmly established . Certain it is that this is very popular with the Franks , whose mouths are filled with praises of Sultan Mahmoud and ...
... Sultan and the Seraskier , his principal agent ; we may consider the new order of things pretty firmly established . Certain it is that this is very popular with the Franks , whose mouths are filled with praises of Sultan Mahmoud and ...
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... Sultan Achmet , Sultan Bajazet , Sul- tan Selim , Sultan Mahomet and the like . You will find most of them surrounded with a large open court , in which are shade trees , fountains and cloisters , for the purposes of ablution . The ...
... Sultan Achmet , Sultan Bajazet , Sul- tan Selim , Sultan Mahomet and the like . You will find most of them surrounded with a large open court , in which are shade trees , fountains and cloisters , for the purposes of ablution . The ...
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... Sultan is building most of the barracks , for the ac- commodation of his new soldiers , which are continual- ly assembling at the capital . The fountains are very numerous , both in the city and by the way - side , and are an example ...
... Sultan is building most of the barracks , for the ac- commodation of his new soldiers , which are continual- ly assembling at the capital . The fountains are very numerous , both in the city and by the way - side , and are an example ...
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