Travels in Russia, Persia, Turkey, and Greece, in 1828-9 |
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Other editions - View all
Travels in Russia, Persia, Turkey, and Greece, in 1828-9 (Classic Reprint) Thomas Alcock No preview available - 2017 |
Common terms and phrases
Abbas Meerza admiral Adrianople advantage agreeable ambassador amusement ancient appearance Argos Armenian arms army Arzroom attended Balakan beautiful Black Sea Brussa capital Capodistrias carried cattle Caucasus character chief Christians church Circassians civilized Colonel command commencement Constantinople Corfu Cossacks Crimea danger dress Egina emperor enemy England English Erivan European fear feeling French frequently Georgia Gerousia Greece Greeks Hamudan honour horses Hoshab hundred inhabitants interest islands journey Kabardians Kirmanshah Koords land Mahometan Makoo manner Mavrocordato ment miles military Morea mountains Mussulmans never object obliged observed occasion Odessa officers opportunity ourselves palace party Pasha Paskevitch passed perhaps Persia present President of Greece prince principal received religion remark residence revolution ruins Russia Sea of Marmara seemed Sennah servants Shah side singular soldiers Sultan superior supposed Tabreez talents Tehraun thousand Tiflis tion town travelling troops Turkey Turkish Turks twenty vessels village visited whilst whole
Popular passages
Page 13 - visited all Europe, not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur ; not to form a scale of the curiosities of modern art; not to collect medals, or
Page 13 - ancient grandeur ; not to form a scale of the curiosities of modern art; not to collect medals, or to collate manuscripts: but to dive into the depth of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain; to take the
Page 13 - depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten ; to attend to the neglected; to visit the forsaken ; and to compare and collate the distresses of all men, in all countries. His plan is original; it is
Page 13 - to collate manuscripts: but to dive into the depth of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten ; to attend to the neglected; to visit the forsaken ; and to compare and collate the distresses of all men, in all countries. His plan is original; it is
Page 13 - it is full of genius as it is of humanity; it was a voyage of discovery,—a circumnavigation of charity.
Page 117 - These happy leaves are a nosegay plucked from the thornless garden of concord, and tied by the hands of the
Page 51 - are rather driven by the fear of evil than attracted by the prospect of good,
Page vii - neither fatigue the reader with remarks on places and antiquities, which have already been described at full length by former travellers ; nor shall I lead him stage by stage through the Provinces of the Rhine and Austria, but rather at once conduct him to the less frequented parts of my Tour.
Page 13 - collate the distresses of all men, in all countries. His plan is original; it is
Bibliographic information
| Title | Travels in Russia, Persia, Turkey, and Greece, in 1828-9 |
| Author | Thomas Alcock (M.P.) |
| Published | 1831 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | Mar 31, 2006 |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |