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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Page 33
... light of two thick wax candles rising two or three feet from the floor , but seemed to bring out the picture , which carried me back , a generation at least , to the pashas of the old school . Hussein smoked a narghilé of dark red ...
... light of two thick wax candles rising two or three feet from the floor , but seemed to bring out the picture , which carried me back , a generation at least , to the pashas of the old school . Hussein smoked a narghilé of dark red ...
Page 62
... lights in . The prince , a muscular middle sized dark complexioned man , of about thirty - five , with a serious composed air , wore a plain blue military uniform . The princess and her dames de com- pagnie wore the graceful native ...
... lights in . The prince , a muscular middle sized dark complexioned man , of about thirty - five , with a serious composed air , wore a plain blue military uniform . The princess and her dames de com- pagnie wore the graceful native ...
Page 78
... light the faggot , and prepare the supper . ' " Luibitza answered : The forest is wide , and the lighted faggot burns bright , but where is the supper ? Have we not fasted since yesterday ? ' BULGARIAN LEGEND . 79 " Shame and confusion ...
... light the faggot , and prepare the supper . ' " Luibitza answered : The forest is wide , and the lighted faggot burns bright , but where is the supper ? Have we not fasted since yesterday ? ' BULGARIAN LEGEND . 79 " Shame and confusion ...
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... " About seventy - five . He was born in 1769 , the year in which Napoleon and Moham- med Ali first saw the light . ' " " This seemed to awaken the interest of the party . INQUIRES AFTER WELLINGTON . 107 The roughly - clad trooper.
... " About seventy - five . He was born in 1769 , the year in which Napoleon and Moham- med Ali first saw the light . ' " " This seemed to awaken the interest of the party . INQUIRES AFTER WELLINGTON . 107 The roughly - clad trooper.
Page 136
... light , and the sun on high was beginning to begild an irregular parallelogram in the wainscot , when I started up , and hastily drew on some clothes . Going out to the makaá , I perceived yesterday's assembly of merry - making peasants ...
... light , and the sun on high was beginning to begild an irregular parallelogram in the wainscot , when I started up , and hastily drew on some clothes . Going out to the makaá , I perceived yesterday's assembly of merry - making peasants ...
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