New Voyages and Travels: Consisting of Originals and Translations, Volume 4Sir R. Phillips and Company, 1820 - Voyages and travels |
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... former compose almost the whole of the population of Therapia . In proof of this , are seen ladies of that nation , with their toilettes , which may give some idea of the elegant costume that attires the women in the haven . In this ...
... former compose almost the whole of the population of Therapia . In proof of this , are seen ladies of that nation , with their toilettes , which may give some idea of the elegant costume that attires the women in the haven . In this ...
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... former , as its name imparts , the city of Gold , was the depôt of the riches which the satraps of the great king wrested from the hand of labour ; and as a punishment , while all the neighbouring cities boldly claimed their liberty ...
... former , as its name imparts , the city of Gold , was the depôt of the riches which the satraps of the great king wrested from the hand of labour ; and as a punishment , while all the neighbouring cities boldly claimed their liberty ...
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... former seem to have forgotten that their forefathers dictated laws upon that very soil now moistened with their sweat , and of whose produce they are too often despoiled . Long before arriving at the Aqueduct of Mahomet I. which crosses ...
... former seem to have forgotten that their forefathers dictated laws upon that very soil now moistened with their sweat , and of whose produce they are too often despoiled . Long before arriving at the Aqueduct of Mahomet I. which crosses ...
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... former called kios , and the latter zurna , ) brass trumpets , large drums , cahazurna , which give deeper tones than the hautboy . The instruments for chamber - music are called nëez or flutes de derwisch , longer than ours , and which ...
... former called kios , and the latter zurna , ) brass trumpets , large drums , cahazurna , which give deeper tones than the hautboy . The instruments for chamber - music are called nëez or flutes de derwisch , longer than ours , and which ...
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... former , without losing sight of not displeasing the latter ; now , nothing is more difficult to conciliate than these opposite opinions , in a state where the two powers on which they depend are always , with respect to each other ...
... former , without losing sight of not displeasing the latter ; now , nothing is more difficult to conciliate than these opposite opinions , in a state where the two powers on which they depend are always , with respect to each other ...
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