New voyages and travels: originals and translations [ed. by sir R. Phillips].1823 |
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... Khan , his predecessor ; yet it affords some little insight into the strength and character of the Tartar hordes , who now roam over a small , but favourite portion of that once magnificent and boundless empire , and an analysis of it ...
... Khan , his predecessor ; yet it affords some little insight into the strength and character of the Tartar hordes , who now roam over a small , but favourite portion of that once magnificent and boundless empire , and an analysis of it ...
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... Khan on the unfortunate end of his two envoys . 1 Mr. Nazaroff , being well acquainted with the language of the Kokans , offered his services , and was dispatched by the commandant , in May , 1813 , with credentials and presents in the ...
... Khan on the unfortunate end of his two envoys . 1 Mr. Nazaroff , being well acquainted with the language of the Kokans , offered his services , and was dispatched by the commandant , in May , 1813 , with credentials and presents in the ...
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... Khan was in the habit of assembling a general council of all the khans , governors , and military chiefs of his extensive empire ; and where , we are told , were once assembled 500 ambassadors from the conquered countries only . It was ...
... Khan was in the habit of assembling a general council of all the khans , governors , and military chiefs of his extensive empire ; and where , we are told , were once assembled 500 ambassadors from the conquered countries only . It was ...
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... Khan . This short period of confinement showed the degree of respect deemed necessary for the Rus- sians , the delay being in the ratio of the estimation in which the envoys are held . The distance of the garden from the palace of the Khan ...
... Khan . This short period of confinement showed the degree of respect deemed necessary for the Rus- sians , the delay being in the ratio of the estimation in which the envoys are held . The distance of the garden from the palace of the Khan ...
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... Khan to enquire more particularly into the real cause of the death of his two ambassadors . Mr. Nazaroff now began ... Khan's ambassadors . If our envoy was startled by such an abrupt question he was not much relieved when he was told ...
... Khan to enquire more particularly into the real cause of the death of his two ambassadors . Mr. Nazaroff now began ... Khan's ambassadors . If our envoy was startled by such an abrupt question he was not much relieved when he was told ...
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Page 66 - No flocks that range the valley free To slaughter I condemn : Taught by that power that pities me, I learn to pity them : ' But from the mountain's grassy side A guiltless feast I bring ; A scrip with herbs and fruits supplied, And water from the spring. ' Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ; All earth-born cares are wrong : Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
Page 109 - Awake : The morning shines, and the fresh field Calls us ; we lose the prime, to mark how spring Our tender plants, how blows the citron grove, What drops the myrrh, and what the balmy reed, How nature paints her colours, how the bee Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet.
Page 16 - The Mahometans divide their religion into two general parts, faith and practice; of which the first is divided into six distinct branches : Belief in God, in his angels, in his scriptures, in his prophets, in the resurrection and final judgment, and in God's absolute decrees. The points relating to practice are, prayer, with washings, &c., alms, fasting, pilgrimage to Mecca, and circumcision.
Page 108 - Canighul, decorated with innumerable tents and pavilions, which displayed the luxury of a great city and the spoils of a victorious camp. Whole forests were cut down to supply fuel for the kitchens ; the plain was spread with pyramids of meat, and vases of every liquor, to which thousands of guests were courteously invited...
Page 96 - W]K> sent a horse for Scott to ride upon, and 27 dollars to buy provisions. After recruiting himself for three days longer, Scott, accompanied by the Moor, set off, and arrived safe at Mogador in five days, during which they travelled at the rate of at least thirty miles per day. As the place where Scott encountered the Moor is not above a mile and a half from Wadnoon, that place may be considered as about 150 miles from Mogador. Near the Moor's house was a river as large as canals usually are in...
Page 96 - Scott by the hand, told him he was safe, led him to his house, and gave him food. He afterwards desired Scott to write to the English Consul at Mogador ; and Scott did so. This man, leaving Scott under the care of his brother and his son, set off with the letter ; and after an absence of eight days, returned with a letter from William Willshire, Esq.