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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... Konak , and was shown to the divan of the Deftendar . I pulled aside a pendent curtain , and entered a room of large dimensions , faded decorations , and a broad red divan , the cushions of which were considerably the worse for wear ...
... Konak , and was shown to the divan of the Deftendar . I pulled aside a pendent curtain , and entered a room of large dimensions , faded decorations , and a broad red divan , the cushions of which were considerably the worse for wear ...
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... Konak or palace of the Pasha is an old barrack . The seraglio of the famous Passavan Oglou is in ruins , and the only decent looking house in the place is the new office of the HUSSEIN PASHA . 33 Steam Navigation Company , which is.
... Konak or palace of the Pasha is an old barrack . The seraglio of the famous Passavan Oglou is in ruins , and the only decent looking house in the place is the new office of the HUSSEIN PASHA . 33 Steam Navigation Company , which is.
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... Konak were in good order . We were ushered into an audience - room of great extent , with a low carved roof and some old - fashioned furniture , the divan being in the corner , and the windows looking over the precipice to the Danube ...
... Konak were in good order . We were ushered into an audience - room of great extent , with a low carved roof and some old - fashioned furniture , the divan being in the corner , and the windows looking over the precipice to the Danube ...
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... Konak . " This mixture of the coarse , but picturesque features of oriental life , with the dilapidated stateliness of palaces in the style of the full - bottom - wigged Vanbrughs of Austria , has the oddest effect imaginable . The ...
... Konak . " This mixture of the coarse , but picturesque features of oriental life , with the dilapidated stateliness of palaces in the style of the full - bottom - wigged Vanbrughs of Austria , has the oddest effect imaginable . The ...
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... Konak , built by prince Michael , was the ball - room , which , by eight o'clock , was filled , as the phrase goes , by all " the rank and fashion " of Belgrade . Senators of the old school , in their benishes and shalwars , and ...
... Konak , built by prince Michael , was the ball - room , which , by eight o'clock , was filled , as the phrase goes , by all " the rank and fashion " of Belgrade . Senators of the old school , in their benishes and shalwars , and ...
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