Journal of a Tour in the Levant, Volumen2J. Murray, 1820 |
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Página 145 - When ye are saluted with a salutation, salute the person with a better salutation, or at least return the same; for God taketh an account of all things; God!
Página 282 - Catholick convent is said to be built on the site of the house of Nico- . demus, who, say the Catholicks here, gave his tomb-for our Saviour's interment.
Página 49 - ... watered by a small river : the tout ensemble, with the mountains round, made a pleasing prospect. On my way my guide complained bitterly of the tyranny of the government, who exacted from each cottager 150 piastres yearly. When we came to the antique he had boasted of, I found it was a small Venetian building, on which I left it immediately, and he led me to the site of the ancient Idalium, which is about a quarter of a mile to the north of the village, between two small mountains, part of which...
Página 199 - On its first appearance, the torch was seized by a boy near the window, who nibbed it against his face, head, and neck, with such vehemence as to extinguish it ; for which he was well beaten by those near him. Eight different times was the fire given from the window, and as every pilgrim carried candles in his hand (in bunches, some of four, some of six, some of eight, some...
Página 200 - ... received with a tremendous and universal shout through the whole church. On its first appearance, the torch was seized by a boy near the window, who rubbed it against his face, head, and neck, with such vehemence as to extinguish it ; for which he was well beaten by those near him. Eight different times was the fire given from the window, and as every pilgrim carried candles in his hand (in bunches, some of four, some of six, some of eight, some of twelve, and some a single one, according to...
Página 580 - Caramania, from the hot sirocs of Syria, and from the plague of Egypt, which never fails to infect it when prevalent there. The transit commerce of Cyprus is considerable, owing to the numerous vessels that come from other ports of the Levant, and from Malta. But this is only within a few years ; Signor Vondiziano tells me that the average of the consular duties in Larnaca for the last four years, has been 30,000 piastres, of which he takes two sevenths, according to the rules of the Levant company,...
Página 199 - ... in his hand. Of the priests, some wore green, some yellow, and some dark-coloured robes, richly embroidered with gold ; and the monks and nuns were all clothed in deep black. All wor.e, except, of course, the women who had long veils, the common cap of the Greek priests. They walked, singing loudly, three times round the tomb, preceded by six banners, representing the nativity, passion, and crucifixion, of our Saviour As the time approached for the coming of the fire, the crowd became more tumultuous,...
Página 197 - What a scene was before me ! The Greek and Armenian galleries overlooking the dome were filled with female pilgrims of those nations enthusiastically looking towards the Sepulchre, and crossing themselves. Below me, the whole church, and particularly the circular apartment containing the dome, was absolutely crammed with pilgrims, men and women, hallooing, shouting, singing, and violently struggling to be near the Sepulchre, while the Turkish soldiers were driving them back with their whips. One...
Página 197 - Below me, the whole church, and particularly the circular apartment containing the dome, was absolutely crammed with pilgrims, men and women, hallooing, shouting, singing, and violently struggling to be near the Sepulchre, while the Turkish soldiers were driving them back with their whips. One man I saw in the contention, had his right ear literally torn off. The place immediately near the windows, whence the fire is given, was occupied by the richest pilgrims, who, for this precedence, pay to the...
Página 40 - ... piastres a year. Servants' wages (men-servants the dearest) a few years ago were only from fifty to sixty piastres a year; but now they are generally ten, and sometimes even twenty, piastres a month. In the morning I went with Signor Vondiziano (who put himself in grand state, with a large cocked...