A Residence at Constantinople, in the Year 1827: With Notes to the Present TimeDurrie and Peck, 1830 - 384 pages |
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... father gladly accepted a package of tracts , to sell for his own benefit . A young priest from a neighboring monastery , returned the tracts which we had handed him , and began to dissuade the people from receiving any . The interpreter ...
... father gladly accepted a package of tracts , to sell for his own benefit . A young priest from a neighboring monastery , returned the tracts which we had handed him , and began to dissuade the people from receiving any . The interpreter ...
Page 100
... father - in- law of an English gentleman in Pera , and the other an aged Greek lady in this place . In the first instance , the natural fearlessness of the father , was no doubt a great preservative . In the latter , the mother was ...
... father - in- law of an English gentleman in Pera , and the other an aged Greek lady in this place . In the first instance , the natural fearlessness of the father , was no doubt a great preservative . In the latter , the mother was ...
Page 125
... father and two oldest sons their heads . The lone females still enjoy the friendship of their former pupils , and re- ceive occasional presents from them , in return for the fruits of the island . After the death of their husbands ...
... father and two oldest sons their heads . The lone females still enjoy the friendship of their former pupils , and re- ceive occasional presents from them , in return for the fruits of the island . After the death of their husbands ...
Page 144
... father . " And " No. " have they taken the medicine with them ? " Another morning they had not returned - the vow to the saint must be fulfilled , and when at last they did come back , two miles ' exposure to the scorching sun , and ...
... father . " And " No. " have they taken the medicine with them ? " Another morning they had not returned - the vow to the saint must be fulfilled , and when at last they did come back , two miles ' exposure to the scorching sun , and ...
Page 165
... father ; but the applications from the sick beginning to be too numerous for my health , I found it necessary to hasten my de- parture . There are four churches in Tousla , and what is un- common , only the same number of priests , who ...
... father ; but the applications from the sick beginning to be too numerous for my health , I found it necessary to hasten my de- parture . There are four churches in Tousla , and what is un- common , only the same number of priests , who ...
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Page 283 - In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me : 33 And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.
Page 32 - But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit ; as a carcase trodden under feet. Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial...
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Page 275 - And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
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Page 265 - My beloved is like a roe, or a young hart : Behold, he standeth behind our wall, He looketh forth at the windows, Shewing himself through the lattice.
Page i - Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole
Page 273 - All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?