New voyages and travels: originals and translations [ed. by sir R. Phillips].1823 |
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... village . I thought I was beholding the most magnificent country seats , and still they were only the habitations of the farmers or merchants . The houses in the cities or market towns are indeed usually small and narrow- but how ...
... village . I thought I was beholding the most magnificent country seats , and still they were only the habitations of the farmers or merchants . The houses in the cities or market towns are indeed usually small and narrow- but how ...
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... village of Brunsbüttel , lays before us ; but as the wherry can not approach it , and we can hail no boat , we are ... villages of Holstein , are here confirmed . Houses , rooms and furniture , are all superior to what we are accustomed ...
... village of Brunsbüttel , lays before us ; but as the wherry can not approach it , and we can hail no boat , we are ... villages of Holstein , are here confirmed . Houses , rooms and furniture , are all superior to what we are accustomed ...
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... villages of Charleville and St. Hubert , and in those of Nag- yjetsa and Csadat , in the comitat of Torontal . There ... village of Charlottenburg , in the Banat . Commercial pursuits have attracted into Hungary a number of modern Greeks ...
... villages of Charleville and St. Hubert , and in those of Nag- yjetsa and Csadat , in the comitat of Torontal . There ... village of Charlottenburg , in the Banat . Commercial pursuits have attracted into Hungary a number of modern Greeks ...
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... village or an Orthodox Greek , there a Schis- matic Greek , or one of the reformed religion ; sometimes we find in the same village , three or four churches of different communions , though it may not contain fifty houses . But , in ...
... village or an Orthodox Greek , there a Schis- matic Greek , or one of the reformed religion ; sometimes we find in the same village , three or four churches of different communions , though it may not contain fifty houses . But , in ...
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... ; there would , consequently , be a benefit of from 6 to 700 francs , to be added to the eight - ninths remaining of clear produce , that will belong to the peasant . manner . In respect to police , every village has Introduction . 27.
... ; there would , consequently , be a benefit of from 6 to 700 francs , to be added to the eight - ninths remaining of clear produce , that will belong to the peasant . manner . In respect to police , every village has Introduction . 27.
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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.