Travels in Europe, Asia Minor and ArabiaT. Cadell and W. Davies ; and Peter Hill, Edinburgh, 1805 - 396 pages |
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... called signoria ; a little council consisting of one hundred members , and a great council of four hundred members : there were also formerly scindici , whose powers were similar to those of the Roman censors ; but since Genoa has been ...
... called signoria ; a little council consisting of one hundred members , and a great council of four hundred members : there were also formerly scindici , whose powers were similar to those of the Roman censors ; but since Genoa has been ...
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... called bracciale . At a little distance it resem- bles a muff , but is covered with short wooden diamond - shaped points . The hand and arm being introduced into it , the player , by grasping a peg placed for the purpose across the ...
... called bracciale . At a little distance it resem- bles a muff , but is covered with short wooden diamond - shaped points . The hand and arm being introduced into it , the player , by grasping a peg placed for the purpose across the ...
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... called Il Braccio di Santo Renieri , and so often sung by the Latin poets , are in- finitely less than they have been supposed ; and , excepting when a particular wind sets in against the spring - tide , they can be a- voided by the ...
... called Il Braccio di Santo Renieri , and so often sung by the Latin poets , are in- finitely less than they have been supposed ; and , excepting when a particular wind sets in against the spring - tide , they can be a- voided by the ...
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... greater variety of changes , or have been subject to a greater variety of masters , than Sicily . It was anciently called Siconia and Sicilia , from the Sicani and Siculi who inhabited it , and Trinacria , from its E 2 ( 35 )
... greater variety of changes , or have been subject to a greater variety of masters , than Sicily . It was anciently called Siconia and Sicilia , from the Sicani and Siculi who inhabited it , and Trinacria , from its E 2 ( 35 )
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... considerable point of land we made was Cape Matapan ; from whence , continuing in a north - east direction , we passed the fine island of Cerigo , formerly called . Cythera , but at too great a distance to discover ( 37 )
... considerable point of land we made was Cape Matapan ; from whence , continuing in a north - east direction , we passed the fine island of Cerigo , formerly called . Cythera , but at too great a distance to discover ( 37 )
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Adana Aleppo Allah allowed amongst appearance Arabs Asia Minor attended authority Bassorah beautiful boat Bosporus built called Caloyer camels captain caravan bashee caravanserai ceremonies CHAP Christian coffee companion compelled confined considerable Constantinople convey customs departure dervishes Desart distance dress elegant Emperor engaged established exposed fatigue favor fawn colour formed fortune frequently grand Greek ground harbour hill horses hundred inhabitants island Janissaries journey khauns Koniah Koran Mahommed Mahommedan Mahommedan religion manner marble ment merchants miles mode Mootouwaulee morning mosque mountain Muftee Mussulmaun nearly night o'clock observed ornamented Ottomaun palace party Pashah passed piasters Porte present principal proceeded procured Prophet religion remained residence respect river Scamander scarcely Schaik sea of Marmora Seraglio ship shore side situation Smyrna soon streets Sultaun supposed Syria Timariots tion town travellers tribes Turkish Turks Ulemah vessel village Vizeer wakf whilst whole wind
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Page 298 - The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water: the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them : the oars were silver ; Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water, which they beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes.
Page 298 - Burn'd on the water: the poop was beaten gold; Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them; the oars were silver. Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person. It beggar'd all description...
Page 298 - O'er-picturing that Venus, where we see The fancy outwork nature: on each side her Stood pretty dimpled boys, like smiling Cupids, With divers-colour'd fans, whose wind did seem To glow the delicate cheeks which they did cool, And what they undid, did. Agr: O, rare for Antony! Eno: Her gentlewomen, like the Nereides, So many mermaids, tended her i...
Page 352 - Our usual mode of proceeding was to set out about two o'clock in the morning and continue travelling till nine, ten, or eleven, when an encampment was formed for the day ; but it several times occurred that We were obliged to go on until five or six o'clock in the evening; and the fatigue of those days is not easy to be described.
Page 127 - Sirat. which they say is laid over the midst of hell, and described to be finer than a hair, and sharper than the edge of a sword...
Page 373 - Arabian desart in the month of July ! BUT this moment of gratification was soon succeeded by one of peculiar horror and anxiety. Scarcely had I quenched my thirst before the Mohaffah arrived. I flew with a bowl full of water to my friend; who drank but little of it, and in great haste. Alas ! it was his last draught ! His lovely child, too, eagerly moistened her mouth of roses, blistered by the noxious blast...
Page 353 - The coffee ground or beaten to an impalpable powder is preserved, by closely pressing it down in a wooden box ; and the quantity required for use is scraped from the surface by means of a wooden spoon. Two small coffee-pots are employed ; in one is boiled the water, generally mixed with the remaining coffee of a former meal; in the other is put the fresh powder, which is sometimes placed near the fire, to become heated before the boiling water is added to it. The mixture is then boiled two or three...
Page 323 - ... as he could perceive no marks of violence. He therefore judiciously concluded he had been delivered by an angel ; and eagerly spread the report, to avoid the reprehension he merited. The old man, on the other hand, asserted the same thing to his disciples, and preached his doctrine with more earnestness than ever.
Page 323 - An opportunity soon offered to effect her design. One day, when the gaoler was gone to bed intoxicated, and in a profound sleep, she gently took the keys from under his pillow, and after opening the door to the old man, returned them to their place unperceived by her master. The next day, when .the gaoler went to visit his prisoner, he was extremely astonished at finding he had made his escape ; and the more so since he could perceive no marks of violence.
Page 288 - The kind Turcomaunee covered her face precipitately and retired within the tent, — she was alone, I did not advance a step, until that curiosity which it were ungracious in me to disapprove, induced her to peep from behind her coarse retreat. She saw me unassuming : my inverted bowl still explained my wants, and a salutation repeated seemed to be addressed to her hospitality. The timidity of her sex, the usages of her country, and even the fear of danger, gave way to the benevolence of her heart....