A Residence at Constantinople, in the Year 1827: With Notes to the Present TimeDurrie and Peck, 1830 - 384 pages |
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... morning at the earliest dawn , we came in sight of the African coast . It was truly a splendid spectacle to witness the sun , slowly rising from behind the dis- tant hills , which appeared from their elevation and * Terceira is the ...
... morning at the earliest dawn , we came in sight of the African coast . It was truly a splendid spectacle to witness the sun , slowly rising from behind the dis- tant hills , which appeared from their elevation and * Terceira is the ...
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... morning's worship . Mr. Gridley went on shore , to at- tend the evening service at the Methodist Chapel , and has not yet returned . Cape Spartel , the first land which we made in the old world , is only thirty or forty miles from ...
... morning's worship . Mr. Gridley went on shore , to at- tend the evening service at the Methodist Chapel , and has not yet returned . Cape Spartel , the first land which we made in the old world , is only thirty or forty miles from ...
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... morning . Yet you are a prisoner in safe keeping , for the soldiers which are posted in the streets every stone's cast , constitute a most vigilant police . Many of the houses have a small open court in the centre , around which , are ...
... morning . Yet you are a prisoner in safe keeping , for the soldiers which are posted in the streets every stone's cast , constitute a most vigilant police . Many of the houses have a small open court in the centre , around which , are ...
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... morning , several miles in the Med- iterranean pass , which has been cut under the solid rock , in one place , thirty five , and in another , fifty steps . It is of sufficient dimensions for a loaded wag- on to pass through . I have ...
... morning , several miles in the Med- iterranean pass , which has been cut under the solid rock , in one place , thirty five , and in another , fifty steps . It is of sufficient dimensions for a loaded wag- on to pass through . I have ...
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... morning taken breakfast , we find the warm friends of Mr. Temple and the other missionaries at Malta . Dr. H. is at the head of the medical staff , and of the hospital department in the Mediterranean . Through his polite attentions ...
... morning taken breakfast , we find the warm friends of Mr. Temple and the other missionaries at Malta . Dr. H. is at the head of the medical staff , and of the hospital department in the Mediterranean . Through his polite attentions ...
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