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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... five zwanzigers , or about 38.6d . English ; and the time occupied is half an hour , that is to say , twenty minutes for the descent of the Danube , and about ten minutes for the ascent • 46 BELGRADE . of the Save . On arrival.
... five zwanzigers , or about 38.6d . English ; and the time occupied is half an hour , that is to say , twenty minutes for the descent of the Danube , and about ten minutes for the ascent • 46 BELGRADE . of the Save . On arrival.
Page 81
... hour of departure arrived , I descended to the court yard , which would have furnished good materials for a tableau de genre , a lofty , well built , German - looking house , rising on three sides , surrounded a most rudely paved court ...
... hour of departure arrived , I descended to the court yard , which would have furnished good materials for a tableau de genre , a lofty , well built , German - looking house , rising on three sides , surrounded a most rudely paved court ...
Page 83
... hours ' travelling , the moun- tains , which hung back as long as we were in the vicinity of Belgrade , now approached , and draped in forest green , looked down on the winding Save and the pinguid flats of the Slavonian frontier . Just ...
... hours ' travelling , the moun- tains , which hung back as long as we were in the vicinity of Belgrade , now approached , and draped in forest green , looked down on the winding Save and the pinguid flats of the Slavonian frontier . Just ...
Page 85
... hour the boy entered with Turkish wash - hand apparatus ; and after ablution the khan keeper produced supper , consisting of soup , which contained so much lemon juice , that , without a wry face , I could scarcely eat it - boiled lamb ...
... hour the boy entered with Turkish wash - hand apparatus ; and after ablution the khan keeper produced supper , consisting of soup , which contained so much lemon juice , that , without a wry face , I could scarcely eat it - boiled lamb ...
Page 89
... hour , I again ordered the horses , although it still rained , and set forth , the road being close to the river , at one part of which a fleet of decked boats were moored . I perceived 90 GIPSIES . that they were all navigated by Bosniac.
... hour , I again ordered the horses , although it still rained , and set forth , the road being close to the river , at one part of which a fleet of decked boats were moored . I perceived 90 GIPSIES . that they were all navigated by Bosniac.
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