Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W---y M----e: Written, During Her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa, to Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, &c. in Different Parts of Europe. Which Contain, Among Other Curious Relations, Accounts of the Policy and Manners of the Turks; Drawn from Sources that Have Been Inaccessible to Other Travellers ...T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, 1763 - English letters |
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Page 13 - little fears, and is not done by thofe that are not fuperftitious, who chufe to have them in the legs, or that part of the arm that is concealed. The children or young patients play together all the reft of the day, and are in perfect health to the eighth. Then the fever begins
Page 13 - them, and they keep their beds two days, very feldom three. They have very rarely above twenty or thirty in their faces, which never mark, and in eight days time they are as well as before their illnefs. Where they are wounded, there remains
Page 5 - fitting bafking in the fun, but I recoiled good King Priam and his counfellors. Their manner of dancing is certainly the fame that Diana is fung to have danced on the banks of Eurotas. The great lady ftill leads the dance, and is followed by a troop of young girls, who imitate her fteps and, if
Page 14 - is too beneficial to them, not to expofe to all their refentment, the hardy wight that fhould undertake to put an end to it. Perhaps, if I live to return, I may, however, have courage to war with them. Upon this occafion, admire the
Page 20 - that is, a large room, commonly beautified with a fine fountain in the midft of it. It is raifed nine or ten fteps, and enclofed with gilded lattices, round which, vines, jeflamines, and honey-fuckles, make a fort of green wall. Large trees are planted round this place, which is the
Page 28 - and the very houfe confefied the difference between an old devotee, and a young beauty. It was nicely clean and magnificent. I was met at the door by two black Eunuchs, who led me through a long gallery, between two ranks of beautiful young girls, with their hair finely plaited,
Page 27 - as great a variety of ragouts, as •we have. I was very forry I could not eat of as many as the good lady would have had me, who was very earneft in ferving me of every thing. The treat concluded with coffee and perfumes, which is a high mark of
Page 24 - fhe was ufed to fee, and therefore drefled myfelf in the court habit of Vienna, which is much more magnificent than ours. However, I chofe to go incognito, to avoid any difputes about ceremony, and went in a Turkifh coach, only attended by my woman, that held up my train, and the Greek lady, who was my