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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... took the precaution of submitting the facts selected to the censorship of those on the spot best able to test their accuracy . For this service , I owe a debt of ac- knowledgment to M. Hadschitch , the framer of the Servian code ; M ...
... took the precaution of submitting the facts selected to the censorship of those on the spot best able to test their accuracy . For this service , I owe a debt of ac- knowledgment to M. Hadschitch , the framer of the Servian code ; M ...
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... took us to a favourite wooded hill or bower - grown creek in the Para- dise - like environs , while a small musical party in the evening terminated each day . One of the attachés of the Russian embassy , M. F- is the favorite dilettante ...
... took us to a favourite wooded hill or bower - grown creek in the Para- dise - like environs , while a small musical party in the evening terminated each day . One of the attachés of the Russian embassy , M. F- is the favorite dilettante ...
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... took a series of short and rapid whiffs of my pipe while I bethought me of the best manner of treating the subject of my visit , and then said , " that few orientals could draw a distinction be- tween politics and geography ; but that ...
... took a series of short and rapid whiffs of my pipe while I bethought me of the best manner of treating the subject of my visit , and then said , " that few orientals could draw a distinction be- tween politics and geography ; but that ...
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... took my leave . The succeeding days were devoted to a general reconnoissance of the place ; but I must say that Roustchouk , although capital of the pashalic of Silistria , and containing thirty or forty thousand inhabitants , pleased ...
... took my leave . The succeeding days were devoted to a general reconnoissance of the place ; but I must say that Roustchouk , although capital of the pashalic of Silistria , and containing thirty or forty thousand inhabitants , pleased ...
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... took the first delightful whiff ; and F-- , darkening the win- dow that looked out on the verandah , gave me a fugitive look of recognition , and then entering and making his salutation in a kindly hearty manner , asked me to eat my mid ...
... took the first delightful whiff ; and F-- , darkening the win- dow that looked out on the verandah , gave me a fugitive look of recognition , and then entering and making his salutation in a kindly hearty manner , asked me to eat my mid ...
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