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... BELL . Born 1690. - Died 1780 . ........... 101 Born at Antermony - Embarks for Petersburg - Sets out for Persia Descends the Volga - The Caspian - Falcons - Extraordinary incident Skamakia - Tabriz - Koom - Kashan - Scorpions - CONTENTS .
... BELL . Born 1690. - Died 1780 . ........... 101 Born at Antermony - Embarks for Petersburg - Sets out for Persia Descends the Volga - The Caspian - Falcons - Extraordinary incident Skamakia - Tabriz - Koom - Kashan - Scorpions - CONTENTS .
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... pended a number of small bells and hollow pieces of silver , which , tinkling as they proceed through their voluptuous movements , serve instead of music . Dr. Southey , a man of universal reading , laments FREDERIC HASSELQUIST . 63.
... pended a number of small bells and hollow pieces of silver , which , tinkling as they proceed through their voluptuous movements , serve instead of music . Dr. Southey , a man of universal reading , laments FREDERIC HASSELQUIST . 63.
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... BELL . Born 1690. - Died about 1780 . BELL seems to have been born about the year 1690 , at Antermony , in Scotland . He was possessed , even from his earliest years , by a strong passion for travel ; but his passion , together with a ...
... BELL . Born 1690. - Died about 1780 . BELL seems to have been born about the year 1690 , at Antermony , in Scotland . He was possessed , even from his earliest years , by a strong passion for travel ; but his passion , together with a ...
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... Bell was immediately brought forward by his coun- tryman , and received , on his favourable testimony , into the ambassador's suite . Through the same in- terest , he was likewise at once formally introduced into the service of the czar ...
... Bell was immediately brought forward by his coun- tryman , and received , on his favourable testimony , into the ambassador's suite . Through the same in- terest , he was likewise at once formally introduced into the service of the czar ...
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... Bell observes , that " at this distance few cities in the world make a finer appearance , for it stands on a rising ground , and contains many stately churches and monasteries , whose steeples and cupolas are gen- erally covered either ...
... Bell observes , that " at this distance few cities in the world make a finer appearance , for it stands on a rising ground , and contains many stately churches and monasteries , whose steeples and cupolas are gen- erally covered either ...
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Page 92 - I was so struck with admiration, that I could not for some time speak to her, being wholly taken up in gazing. That surprising harmony of features ! that charming result of the whole ! that exact proportion of body ! that lovely bloom of complexion, unsullied by art! the unutterable enchantment of her smile ! — But her eyes ! — large and black, with all the soft languishment of the blue ! every turn of her face discovering some new grace.
Page 89 - The great ladies seldom let their gallants know who they are ; and 'tis so difficult to find it out, that they can very seldom guess at her name, whom they have corresponded with for above half a year together. You may easily imagine...
Page 293 - Eleven of them ranged alongside of us about the distance of three miles. The greatest diameter of the largest appeared to me at that distance as if it would measure ten feet. They retired from us with a wind at SE leaving an impression upon my mind to which I can give no name, though surely one ingredient in it was fear, with a considerable deal of wonder and astonishment. It was in vain to think of flying...
Page 88 - ... their fancies ; some putting flowers, others a plume of heron's feathers, and, in short, what they please; but the most general fashion is a large bouquet of jewels, made like natural flowers; that is, the buds, of pearl; the roses, of different coloured rubies; the jessamines, of diamonds; the jonquils, of topazes, etc., so well set and enamelled, 'tis hard to imagine any thing of that kind so beautiful. The hair hangs at its full length behind, divided into tresses braided with pearl or ribbon,...
Page 288 - Though a mere private Briton, I triumphed here, in my own mind, over kings and their armies; and every comparison was leading nearer and nearer to presumption, when the place itself where I stood, the object of my vain-glory, suggested what depressed my short-lived triumphs.
Page 273 - I saw, with the utmost astonishment, two pieces, thicker and longer than our ordinary beefsteaks, cut out of the higher part of the buttock of the beast. How it was done I cannot positively say, because, judging the cow was to be killed from the moment I saw the knife drawn, I was not anxious to view that catastrophe, which was by no means an object of curiosity. Whatever way it was done, it surely was adroitly, and the two pieces were spread upon the outside of one of their shields.
Page 87 - The first part of my dress is a pair of drawers, very full, that reach to my shoes, and conceal the legs more modestly than your petticoats.
Page 187 - English, he obtained permission of seven days' absence from the ship, for the purpose of seeing his mother, who then kept a boarding-house at Southold, occupied chiefly by British officers. " He rode up to the door, alighted, went in, and asked if he could be accommodated in her house as a lodger. She replied that he could, and showed him a room into which his baggage was conveyed. After having adjusted his dress he came out, and took a seat by the fire, in company with several other officers, without...
Page 47 - ... like combustible matter, which were severally set on fire upon the approach of the locusts. But this was all to no purpose ; for the trenches were quickly filled up, and the fires extinguished -by infinite swarms succeeding one another ; whilst the front was regardless of danger, and the rear pressed on so close, that a retreat was altogether impossible.
Page 294 - I saw from the SE a haze come in colour like the purple part of a rainbow, but not so compressed or thick; it did not occupy twenty yards in breadth, and was about twelve feet high from the ground. It was a kind of...