Narrative of a journey across the Balcan, also of a visit to Azani and other ruins in Asia Minor, Volume 1 |
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Admiral Adrian Albanians amongst anchor appearance arabahs Armenians arms arrived Balcan boat body Bourgaz British Bulgarian Captain cavalry Christian command COMMERCE OF ADRIANOPLE Constantinople consul Cossacks Count Capo d'Istria Count Diebitsch Dardanelles Demotica Derbent dervishes despatches dragoman dress Duveluz emperor empire Enos entered European favour field-marshal formed grand signior grand vizier Greek guns heard horses Ibrahim inhabitants island janizaries journey kavass ladies land late Lord Dunlo Mahomet Mahometan Marigo Maritza ment merchants miles morning mosque Mustapha nearly obliged October officers Oozan Kupri ople Ottoman Pasha of Scutari passed Philopopoli piastres plain Porte priests principal rayah received remark Reuchtern river road Rodosto Roumelia Russian army sailed Scio Selimno sent seraglio shew ship Shumla sian side Smyrna soldiers sovereign squadron sultan Sultan Selim Tartar thousand told town troops Turkey Turkish government Turks ulemas vessel village whole
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Page 420 - Porte n'accordera pas de berat drogmans en faveur d'individus qui n'exerceront point cette fonction dans le lieu de leur destination, il est convenu, conformément à ce principe, que dorénavant il ne sera accordé de...
Page 421 - Comme il a été de tout temps défendu aux vaisseaux de guerre d'entrer dans le canal de Constantinople, savoir dans le détroit des Dardanelles et dans celui de la mer Noire ; et comme cette ancienne règle de l'empire ottoman doit être de même observée dorénavant en temps de paix vis-à-vis de toute puissance quelle qu'elle soit, la cour britannique promet aussi de se conformer à ce principe.
Page 204 - I have said that Count Diebitsch owes his fortune to his face ; the sequel will shew how. He is the second son of a Prussian officer, who was on the staff of Frederic. At an early age he entered the Russian army, and obtained a company in the imperial guard. It was at this time that the King of Prussia came on a visit to the Russian autocrat, and it so happened that it was Captain Diebitsch's tour of duty to mount guard on the royal visitor. The Emperor foresaw the ridiculous figure the little captain...
Page 417 - Ottomane, ces deux puissances, également arrivées au désir sincère de rétablir l'ancienne amitié qui subsistoit ëntr'elles, ont nommé, pour cet effet, leurs plénipotentiaires respectifs ; savoir, sa Majesté le très auguste et très honoré George III. Roi (Padishah) du Royaume Uni de la Grande Bretagne et d'Irlande...
Page 420 - FF jesté le Roi de la Grande Bretagne jouiront pleinement des honneurs dont jouissent les ambassadeurs des autres nations près la Sublime Porte; et réciproquement les ambassadeurs de la Sublime Porte près la cour de Londres jouiront pleinement de tous les honneurs qui seront accordés aux ambassadeurs de la Grande Bretagne. " ARTICLE VIII. — II sera permis de nommer des Shahbenders (consuls...
Page 418 - II. S'il se trouvera des places appartenantes à la Sublime Porte dans l'occupation de la Grande Bretagne, elles devront être restituées et remises à la Sublime Porte avec tous les canons, munitions, et autres effets dans la même condition où elles se trouvaient lors de leur occupation par...
Page 387 - Commodore CAMPBELL and Captain PARKER. After the usual compliments, M. de Rigny said the interview had been requested, in order to know what answer had been brought by the messenger who arrived in the Rifleman.
Page 421 - No. VI. Extracts from a private Letter, relative to a Journey from Constantinople to Semlin, THINKING my readers would like to know the nature of a journey from Constantinople to the Austrian frontier, I here give the following extracts from a letter, which one of my friends wrote home from the quarantine houses at Semlin. I have only given the traveller's account of his trip from...
Page 421 - Anglaise ne sera accordée à personne d'entre les dépendans et négocians sujets de la Sublime Porte, et il ne sera livré à ceux-ci aucun passeport de la part des ambassadeurs ou consuls sans la permission préalable de la Sublime Porte.
Page 150 - It was an old white-bearded negro, who hurried her away towards the town. They stopped at a house, and were admitted by another negro, who proved to be the son of her captor. The younger black immediately conceived a violent affection for the pretty captive : a quarrel between the men was the consequence ; and it ended in the father seizing a pistol and discharging the contents into his son's body. The wretched old man became frantic at what he had done, and mingled his yells of grief with his son's...