Three Years in Constantinople: Or, Domestic Manners of the Turks in 1844, Volume 1 |
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Page 7 - See anti, p. 31. the two systems of great crevasses, I made a rough sketch. At the very first bridge the snow yielded under both my feet, and I fell through as far as the waist, but with the help of the alpenstock. laid flat upon the surface, I had no great difficulty in scrambling back again. It was the first time that such an accident had occurred to me, but, as I wished to keep Mathias in good spirits. I treated it as a mere matter of course ; that worthy was, however, grievously perturbed, and...
Page 131 - On the following day a firman was issued and read in the Jewish synagogues, commanding all J.ews to wear wigs. Terrible was the confusion and running to and fro among the unfortunate Israelites of Balat and Khass Kouy. Few knew the meaning of wigs, none knew where to find them. This having quickly reached La Rose's ears, he joyously delivered his store to a broker, who disposed of the whole in a few hours, and the speculator reaped a rich harvest. He was, however, directed by his master to consider...
Page xi - E darvi sol può l'umil servo vostro. Quel ch'io vi debbo, posso di parole Pagare in parte e d'opera d'inchiostro: Né che poco io vi dia da imputar sono; Che quanto io posso dar, tutto vi dono. Voi sentirete fra i più degni Eroi, Che nominar con laude m'apparecchio, Ricordar quel Ruggier, che fu di voi E de' vostri avi illustri il ceppo vecchio.
Page 321 - This is the most complete and perfect work that has ever been published on Russia. Of the authenticity of the details and the general truth of the statements in these volumes, we entertain no shadow of doubt.
Page 26 - The highest officers are carried by eight bearers, others by four, and the lowest by two : this, and every other particular, being regulated by laws." Then, elsewhere, the character of appliances for locomotion on water is similiarly prescribed. In Turkey, " the hierarchy of rank is maintained and designated by the size of each Turkish functionary's boat •" and in Siam " the height and ornaments of the cabin [in barges] designate the rank or the functions of the occupier.
Page 53 - Sultan firmly resisted; and, upon the 3rd of January, 1843, a fit of apoplexy, or, as many believed, a cup of poisoned coffee, put an end to Achmet Fevzy's existence, and to the necessity felt by Mehemet Ali to support him in exile.
Page 45 - Ooroosh, both natives of the isle of Calymos. But as the one played a conspicuous part in recent political events, it may not be irrelevant to offer a sketch of his origin and history. The man alluded to is Achmet Fevzy, the traitor captain pacha, who betrayed his munificent benefactor, Sultan Mahmoud, in 1839, and delivered the Ottoman fleet into the hands of Mehemet Ali, of Egypt. According to received opinion, the father of this archtraitor held some menial office in the seraglio. His mother was...
Page 321 - Yates has published other journeyings and records of travel of considerable liveliness and interest. The volumes before us are not less agreeable reading. The book is instructive as well as pleasant. Reading and observation are nicely blended in it, and the writer gives us every evidence of a tasteful and accomplished woman.
Page 318 - ... King and Queen of Sardinia, the King and Queen of Etruria, the Emperor of Austria, the Archduke Charles, the King of Prussia, &c. &c. The following are among the various countries, (besides England,) the manners and customs of which are illustrated in the course of these
Page 52 - Degraded and neglected, he continued to reside during four years in Egypt, a prisoner of the man to whom his treachery brought no other results than subsequent disaster, and the destruction of his dreams of conquest—fit recompense for him who prompted the treachery, but insufficient chastisement for him by whom it was consummated. Attempts were made by Muhemet Ali to obtain his prisoner's pardon, but the Sultan firmly resisted; and upon the 3rd January, 1843, a fit of apoplexy, or, as many believed...