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Collector . “ His history is a singular one . You yesterday saw a Turk , who was
baptized , and then returned to Islamism . This is a Servian , who turned Turk
thirty years ago , and now wishes to be a Christian again . He has passed most of
that ...
Collector . “ His history is a singular one . You yesterday saw a Turk , who was
baptized , and then returned to Islamism . This is a Servian , who turned Turk
thirty years ago , and now wishes to be a Christian again . He has passed most of
that ...
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Next day we continued our route direct South , through scenery of the same
rugged and sterile description as that we had passed on the way hither . How
different from the velvet verdure and woodland music of the Gutchevo and the
Drina !
Next day we continued our route direct South , through scenery of the same
rugged and sterile description as that we had passed on the way hither . How
different from the velvet verdure and woodland music of the Gutchevo and the
Drina !
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Before daybreak on the 12th of December , 1806 , a Greek Albanian named
Konda , who had been in the Turkish service , and knew Belgrade well , but now
fought in the Christian ranks , accompanied by six Servians , passed the ditch
and ...
Before daybreak on the 12th of December , 1806 , a Greek Albanian named
Konda , who had been in the Turkish service , and knew Belgrade well , but now
fought in the Christian ranks , accompanied by six Servians , passed the ditch
and ...
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299 years , appeared to be successful , but the momentous events then passing
in Europe , completely altered the aspect ... Kara Georg and his companions in
arms sought a retreat on the Austrian territory , and thence passed into Wallachia
.
299 years , appeared to be successful , but the momentous events then passing
in Europe , completely altered the aspect ... Kara Georg and his companions in
arms sought a retreat on the Austrian territory , and thence passed into Wallachia
.
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He passed some time in a commercial house at Trieste , which gave him a
knowledge of Italian ; and the bustle of a sea - port first enlarged his views . Nine
years of his life were passed at Constantinople as a hostage for the Servian
nation ...
He passed some time in a commercial house at Trieste , which gave him a
knowledge of Italian ; and the bustle of a sea - port first enlarged his views . Nine
years of his life were passed at Constantinople as a hostage for the Servian
nation ...
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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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