A Residence at Constantinople in the Year 1827: With Notes to the Present Time ...Durrie & Peck, 1830 - 372 pages |
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... In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison , desirous to apprehend me : and through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall , and escaped his hands . " It is worthy however of ...
... In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison , desirous to apprehend me : and through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall , and escaped his hands . " It is worthy however of ...
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| Title | A Residence at Constantinople in the Year 1827: With Notes to the Present Time ... Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Mapping the World: Maps and Travel Literature |
| Author | Josiah Brewer |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Durrie & Peck, 1830 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 19 Jul 2007 |
| Length | 372 pages |
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