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 1843-1844 |
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... entered a room of large dimensions , faded decorations , and a broad red divan , the cushions of which were considerably the worse for wear . Such was the bureau of the Deftendar Effendi , who sat surrounded with papers , and the imple ...
... entered a room of large dimensions , faded decorations , and a broad red divan , the cushions of which were considerably the worse for wear . Such was the bureau of the Deftendar Effendi , who sat surrounded with papers , and the imple ...
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... entering and making his salutation in a kindly hearty manner , asked me to eat my mid - day meal with him . 66 Indeed , " quoth I , " I accept your invitation . I have not gone to pay my visit to the Bey , because I remain here too ...
... entering and making his salutation in a kindly hearty manner , asked me to eat my mid - day meal with him . 66 Indeed , " quoth I , " I accept your invitation . I have not gone to pay my visit to the Bey , because I remain here too ...
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... entering I passed over a plat of grass , and piercing a wooden tene- ment by a dark passage , found myself in a three- sided court , where several persons were sitting on rush - bottomed chairs . F- came forward , took both my hands in ...
... entering I passed over a plat of grass , and piercing a wooden tene- ment by a dark passage , found myself in a three- sided court , where several persons were sitting on rush - bottomed chairs . F- came forward , took both my hands in ...
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... landing - place . On entering , I saw a group of Israel's children in the midst of a deadly combat of sale and purchase , bawling at the top of their voices in most villanous Cas- A JEW . 31 tilian ; all were filthy and.
... landing - place . On entering , I saw a group of Israel's children in the midst of a deadly combat of sale and purchase , bawling at the top of their voices in most villanous Cas- A JEW . 31 tilian ; all were filthy and.
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... entered at sunset , and next morning on show- ing my tongue to the doctor , and paying a fee of one piastre ( twopence ) was free , and again put myself in motion . Lofty mountains seemed to rise to the west , and the cultivated plain ...
... entered at sunset , and next morning on show- ing my tongue to the doctor , and paying a fee of one piastre ( twopence ) was free , and again put myself in motion . Lofty mountains seemed to rise to the west , and the cultivated plain ...
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