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Page 22
The attendant had just removed the tumbler of coffee , tossing the fragments of
toast into the court - yard , an operation which appeared to have a magnetic effect
on the bills of the poultry ; and then , with his accustomed impropriety , placed the
...
The attendant had just removed the tumbler of coffee , tossing the fragments of
toast into the court - yard , an operation which appeared to have a magnetic effect
on the bills of the poultry ; and then , with his accustomed impropriety , placed the
...
Page 32
When the room was washed out I thought myself fortunate , so dreary and
deserted had the other khan appeared to me . I now took a walk through the
bazaars , but found the place altogether miserable , being somewhat less village
- like than ...
When the room was washed out I thought myself fortunate , so dreary and
deserted had the other khan appeared to me . I now took a walk through the
bazaars , but found the place altogether miserable , being somewhat less village
- like than ...
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When the dessert appeared , the prince rose with a creaming glass of
champagne in his hand , and proposed the health of the sultan , acknowledged
by the pasha ; and then , after a short pause , the health of Czar Nicolay
Paulovitch ...
When the dessert appeared , the prince rose with a creaming glass of
champagne in his hand , and proposed the health of the sultan , acknowledged
by the pasha ; and then , after a short pause , the health of Czar Nicolay
Paulovitch ...
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Mean and abominable huts , with patches of garden ground , filled up the space
inclosed by the gorgeous ramparts and massive towers of Semendria . The
further we walked the nobler appeared the last relic of the dotage of old feudal
Servia .
Mean and abominable huts , with patches of garden ground , filled up the space
inclosed by the gorgeous ramparts and massive towers of Semendria . The
further we walked the nobler appeared the last relic of the dotage of old feudal
Servia .
Page 264
Personal Appearance of the Servians . — Their Moral Character . - Peculiarities
of Manners . - Christmas Festivities .Easter . The Dodola . The Servians are a
remarkably tall and robust race of men ; in form and feature they bespeak
strength of ...
Personal Appearance of the Servians . — Their Moral Character . - Peculiarities
of Manners . - Christmas Festivities .Easter . The Dodola . The Servians are a
remarkably tall and robust race of men ; in form and feature they bespeak
strength of ...
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| Title | 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 1844 |
| Author | Andrew Archibald Paton |
| Publisher | Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1845 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 5 Oct 2006 |
| Length | 352 pages |
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