Servia, the youngest member of the European family or, a residence in Belgrade, and travels in the highlands and woodlands of the interior, during the years 1843 and 1844Longman, 1845 - 352 pages |
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... at Ushitza . - Wretched street . - Excellent khan.- Turkish vayvode . - A Persian dervish . - Relations of Moslems and Christians . - Visit the castle . - Bird's eye view 162 viii CONTENTS . CHAPTER XVI . Poshega . The river.
... at Ushitza . - Wretched street . - Excellent khan.- Turkish vayvode . - A Persian dervish . - Relations of Moslems and Christians . - Visit the castle . - Bird's eye view 162 viii CONTENTS . CHAPTER XVI . Poshega . The river.
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... appeared to have a magnetic effect on the bills of the poultry ; and then , with his accustomed impropriety , placed the plate as a basis to my hookah , telling me that AN INVITATION . 23 Fââ , a Bulgarian Christian ,
... appeared to have a magnetic effect on the bills of the poultry ; and then , with his accustomed impropriety , placed the plate as a basis to my hookah , telling me that AN INVITATION . 23 Fââ , a Bulgarian Christian ,
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... Christian quarter ; where , after various turnings and windings , I at length arrived at a high wooden gateway , new and unpainted . An uncouth tuning of fiddles , the odour of savoury fare , and a hearty laugh from within , told me ...
... Christian quarter ; where , after various turnings and windings , I at length arrived at a high wooden gateway , new and unpainted . An uncouth tuning of fiddles , the odour of savoury fare , and a hearty laugh from within , told me ...
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... Christian population , without having any thing to do with the details of administration . His income , like that of other mushirs or pashas of three tails , is 8000l . per annum . Pasha , if not a successful general , was at all events ...
... Christian population , without having any thing to do with the details of administration . His income , like that of other mushirs or pashas of three tails , is 8000l . per annum . Pasha , if not a successful general , was at all events ...
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... Christianity in the East , and so massive , so nobly simple , as to be be- yond the ravages of time , and the caprices of convention . The procession then returned , the band playing the Wucics march , to the houses of the two heroes of ...
... Christianity in the East , and so massive , so nobly simple , as to be be- yond the ravages of time , and the caprices of convention . The procession then returned , the band playing the Wucics march , to the houses of the two heroes of ...
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2d Edition Aleppo arrived asked Austrian Author Balkan Banat bazaar beauty Belgrade Bishop Bosniac Bulgarian captain carpet castle chibouques Christian church cloth coffee collector coloured Constantinople cross Csatsak Danube Dietina dinner Disdar Aga divan Dodola dress Drina English Engravings entered Europe European fortress frontier gardens gate German gipsy Gospody Greek Haiducks History horses Hungary Igoumen illustrated interior J. C. LOUDON journey Kara Georg khan Knes Knes Lasar Konak Krupena looked Losnitza manner Milosh Milutinovich Morava Moslems mosque mounted Mutsellim Natchalnik nature Novibazar party Pasha peasants Plates political post 8vo present priest prince quarantine remarkable renegade returned road round Russia Semendria Seraievo Servia Shabatz side smoke Sokol Stephan stranger style Sultan town traveller TREATISE Turkey Turkish Turks Ushitza valley Vayvode Vienna Vignette Titles village vols Wallachia Widdin wine wood Woodcuts wooden Wucics and Petronievitch Zwornik