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Page 41
... living by attending the entertainments of the rich Pashas and Effendis . The wrestlers are generally , when exercising , naked to the waist , and some of them are men of enormous strength , who can throw their opponents in a manner ...
... living by attending the entertainments of the rich Pashas and Effendis . The wrestlers are generally , when exercising , naked to the waist , and some of them are men of enormous strength , who can throw their opponents in a manner ...
Page 72
... living water , no less than one thousand and sixty well - known springs flow from it , and supply water in abundance to the palaces and houses . It abounds also in all kinds of flowers , particularly in syringa ( Erghiwán ) , the annual ...
... living water , no less than one thousand and sixty well - known springs flow from it , and supply water in abundance to the palaces and houses . It abounds also in all kinds of flowers , particularly in syringa ( Erghiwán ) , the annual ...
Page 182
... living sensibly and honourably and justly , nor is it possible to live sensibly and honourably and justly without living pleasantly . Where this is lacking a man cannot live a pleasant life . from the edition of C. W. Chilton ( Oxford ...
... living sensibly and honourably and justly , nor is it possible to live sensibly and honourably and justly without living pleasantly . Where this is lacking a man cannot live a pleasant life . from the edition of C. W. Chilton ( Oxford ...
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