 I have seen the boatmen," says Mr. Turner, "lean on their oars almost fainting ; but I never saw, never met with any one who professed to have seen, an instance in which they yielded to the temptation of violating the fast.  Journal of a Tour in the Levant - Página 82por William Turner - 1820 - 480 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | William Turner - 1820 - 546 páginas
...must continue his work in the heat of the sun, without permitting himself even a glass of water. — I have seen the boatmen of Constantinople lean on their...saw, — never met with any one who professed to have peen, — an instance in which they yielded to the temptation of violating the fast. The moment of... | |
 | 1843 - 402 páginas
...themselves even a glass of water. ' I have seen the boatmen of Constantinople,' says Mr. Turner, ' lay on their oars almost fainting under the suffering; but I never saw, never met with any one who affirmed to have seen, an instance in which they yielded to the temptation of violating the fast.'... | |
 | 1799 - 348 páginas
...exhaustion and thirst. " I have seen the boatmen," says Mr. Turner, "lean on their oars almost fainting ; but I never saw, never met with any one who professed...yielded to the temptation of violating the fast." But at sunset, a moment anxiously looked for, and announced by the firing of cannon, all classes make... | |
 | National cyclopaedia - 1867 - 612 páginas
...traveller Bays, ' I have seen the boatmen lean on their oars almost fainting; but I never saw, and never met with any one who professed to have seen...which they yielded to the temptation of violating the fast.1 But at the sunset hour, a moment anxiously expected, and generally announced by the firing of... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1872 - 634 páginas
...draught of water is taken. ' I hive seen/ says one, ' the boatmen lean on their oars almost fainting ; but I never saw, never met with any one who professed...yielded to the temptation of violating the fast.' But at the sunset hour, a moment anxiously expected and generally announced by the firing of camion,... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1877 - 330 páginas
...exhaustion and thirst. " I have seen the boatmen," says Mr. Turner, "lean on their oars almost fainting ; but I never saw, never met with any one who professed...yielded to the temptation of violating the fast." But at sunset, a moment anxiously looked for, and announced by the firing of cannon, all classes make... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1882 - 250 páginas
...draught of water is taken. 'I have seen,' says one, 'the boatmen lean on their oars almost fainting; but I never saw, never met with any one who professed...which they yielded to the temptation of violating the fast.i But at the sunset hour, a moment anxiously expected and generally announced by the firing of... | |
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