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When the hour arrived , I adjusted the tassel of my fez , put on my great coat , and
proceeded to the Christian quarter ; where , after various turnings and windings , I
at length arrived at a high wooden gateway , new and unpainted . An uncouth ...
When the hour arrived , I adjusted the tassel of my fez , put on my great coat , and
proceeded to the Christian quarter ; where , after various turnings and windings , I
at length arrived at a high wooden gateway , new and unpainted . An uncouth ...
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... the sum total of the resident FrankoLevantines in Roustchouk . A gun fired in
the evening warned me that the steamer had arrived ; and , anxious to push on
for Servia , I embarked forthwith . CHAPTER III . River Steaming . - Arrival at
Widdin.
... the sum total of the resident FrankoLevantines in Roustchouk . A gun fired in
the evening warned me that the steamer had arrived ; and , anxious to push on
for Servia , I embarked forthwith . CHAPTER III . River Steaming . - Arrival at
Widdin.
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Arrival at Widdin . - Jew . - Comfortless Khan . - Wretched appearance of Widdin .
- Hussein Pasha . - M . Petronievitch . - Steam Balloon . RIVER steaming is ,
according to my notions , the best of all sorts of locomotion . Steam at sea makes
...
Arrival at Widdin . - Jew . - Comfortless Khan . - Wretched appearance of Widdin .
- Hussein Pasha . - M . Petronievitch . - Steam Balloon . RIVER steaming is ,
according to my notions , the best of all sorts of locomotion . Steam at sea makes
...
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30 ARRIVAL AT WIDDIN . This eighth wonder of the world , so admirably ... On
the second day the boat arrived at Widdin , and the agent of the steam packet
company , an old Jew , came on board . I stepped across the plank and
accompanied ...
30 ARRIVAL AT WIDDIN . This eighth wonder of the world , so admirably ... On
the second day the boat arrived at Widdin , and the agent of the steam packet
company , an old Jew , came on board . I stepped across the plank and
accompanied ...
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HOSPITALITY AT KARANOVATZ . arrived after sunset , and proceeded in the
dark up a paved street , till we saw on our left a café , with lights gleaming
through the windows , and a crowd of people , some inside , some outside ,
sipping their ...
HOSPITALITY AT KARANOVATZ . arrived after sunset , and proceeded in the
dark up a paved street , till we saw on our left a café , with lights gleaming
through the windows , and a crowd of people , some inside , some outside ,
sipping their ...
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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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