Journal of a Tour in the Levant, Volumen1John Murray, 1820 - 480 páginas |
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... and must have been beautiful when well cultivated and covered with vines , as it was when the island was well peopled ; but the plague made such ravages in it a hundred years ago , that the population of the whole CHAPTER III. ...
... and must have been beautiful when well cultivated and covered with vines , as it was when the island was well peopled ; but the plague made such ravages in it a hundred years ago , that the population of the whole CHAPTER III. ...
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... plague was known to exist in the city at the time it took place ; and be- sides the number of people with whom we had ne- cessarily come in contact , the pelisses we had put on were reasonable sources of apprehension , fur being the ...
... plague was known to exist in the city at the time it took place ; and be- sides the number of people with whom we had ne- cessarily come in contact , the pelisses we had put on were reasonable sources of apprehension , fur being the ...
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... plague , fires , and dragomans . It is indeed an absurdity to suppose , that the affairs of a great nation can be conducted with dignity or effect by a set of Le- vantines , who are equally ignorant of its politics , and strangers to ...
... plague , fires , and dragomans . It is indeed an absurdity to suppose , that the affairs of a great nation can be conducted with dignity or effect by a set of Le- vantines , who are equally ignorant of its politics , and strangers to ...
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... , he has too much discernment not to distinguish be- tween the practice and the abuse of its doctrines . Soon after our arrival at Constantinople , the plague , that periodical scourge of the Levant , made THE JANIZARIES . 73.
... , he has too much discernment not to distinguish be- tween the practice and the abuse of its doctrines . Soon after our arrival at Constantinople , the plague , that periodical scourge of the Levant , made THE JANIZARIES . 73.
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... plague generally breaks out after the conclusion of peace . Successive accidents , however ( it is thus that cases of plague are called in the Levant , ) gave credit to these rumours ; and by the 27th of July no doubt remained of its ...
... plague generally breaks out after the conclusion of peace . Successive accidents , however ( it is thus that cases of plague are called in the Levant , ) gave credit to these rumours ; and by the 27th of July no doubt remained of its ...
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Página 83 - Turks, have no other shelter than they can find under gateways and benches in the streets, whence at intervals they send forth such repeated bowlings, that it requires practice to be able to sleep in spite of their noise. — This silence is occasionally and frequently disturbed by a fire, which is announced by the patrole striking on the pavement with their iron-shod staves, and calling loudly Yangenvar,
Página 83 - There is a fire," on which the firemen, (mostly Janizaries) assemble, and all the inhabitants in the neighbourhood of the conflagration are immediately on the alert. — If it be not quickly subdued, all the ministers of state are obliged to attend, and if it threaten extensive ravages, the Sultan himself must appear, to encourage the efforts of the firemen.
Página 80 - ... novelties that strike the European on his arrival, nothing surprises him more than the silence that pervades so large a capital. He hears no noise of carts or carriages rattling through the streets ; for there are no wheeled vehicles in the city, except a very few painted carts, called arabahs, drawn by buffaloes, in which women occasionally take the air in the suburbs, and which go only a foot pace.
Página 180 - ... government.", to whom, indeed, the selling of impunity or of pardon was a common source of emolument. A Zantiotc nobleman not long ago, on his deathbed, pistolled his own brother; another administered a slow poison to the only son of a rival, as the most bitter vengeance he could take on the father. The poor boy survived, but is to this day a wretched object from its effect. In short it would be equally impossible and needless to enumerate their crimes. There are only two classes, the very rich...
Página 84 - He must not even smoke or take snuff. This injunction falls easy on the rich, who pass nearly all the day in bed or in idleness, and thus ward off the assaults of hunger and thirst. Yet even these look very wretched, sitting on their divan or at their doors without their favourite pipe in their mouths, and having no other occupation than turning with their fingers a chaplet of beads, which almost every inhabitant of the country, in easy circumstances, carries in his hand to amuse himself, by passing...
Página 45 - ... a little northerly of the castles) against such a current; and higher up or lower down, the strait widens so considerably, that he would save little labour by changing his place of starting. I therefore treat the tale of Leander's swimming across both ways, as one of those fables, to which the Greeks were so ready to give the name of history.
Página 59 - His turban was surmounted by a splendid diamond aigrette and feather ; his pelisse was of the finest silk, lined with the most valuable sable fur, and his girdle was one mass of diamonds. I thought him the handsomest Turk I had seen : his features were regular, his eyes piercing, and his countenance bore the character of fierce determination, which has since marked his conduct...
Página 84 - 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.
Página 83 - The contrast between Constantinople and a European city is still more strongly marked at night. By ten o'clock every human voice is hushed...
Página 84 - Constantinople lean on their oars almost fainting under the suffering ; 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.