Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa: Russia, Tartary, and TurkeyT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1816 |
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... travellers who had visited Tcherkask ; and therefore he begged to bestow upon his family such a mark of his gratitude as it was then in his power to offer . " Having accompanied this declaration with a handsome present , Sir Gore ...
... travellers who had visited Tcherkask ; and therefore he begged to bestow upon his family such a mark of his gratitude as it was then in his power to offer . " Having accompanied this declaration with a handsome present , Sir Gore ...
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... Traveller who has preceded him . In addition to their testimony , the unpublished observations of the late Lord ROYSTON ' may be adduced , to shew that , sub- sequently to the author's travels , and under happier auspices of government ...
... Traveller who has preceded him . In addition to their testimony , the unpublished observations of the late Lord ROYSTON ' may be adduced , to shew that , sub- sequently to the author's travels , and under happier auspices of government ...
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... traveller may withhold : he may say , with Fonte- nelle , " If I had my hand full of truths , I would not suffer one of them to escape ; or , like Voltaire , he may wait " until he has leisure to methodize ( 1 ) You can hardly imagine ...
... traveller may withhold : he may say , with Fonte- nelle , " If I had my hand full of truths , I would not suffer one of them to escape ; or , like Voltaire , he may wait " until he has leisure to methodize ( 1 ) You can hardly imagine ...
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... traveller from all that adorns and dignifies the human mind , to whatsoever , most abject , has been found to degrade it . If , there- fore , the late Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias , CATHERINE THE SECOND , could find a Volney ...
... traveller from all that adorns and dignifies the human mind , to whatsoever , most abject , has been found to degrade it . If , there- fore , the late Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias , CATHERINE THE SECOND , could find a Volney ...
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... a fixed rule . Upon this subject it not only happens that no two authors agree , but that the same author is inconsistent . Jonas Hanway , whose writings are more accurate than those of any other English traveller who vi PREFACE .
... a fixed rule . Upon this subject it not only happens that no two authors agree , but that the same author is inconsistent . Jonas Hanway , whose writings are more accurate than those of any other English traveller who vi PREFACE .
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الصفحة 350 - And ever against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony ; That Orpheus...
الصفحة 74 - AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah : and I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship...
الصفحة 71 - Its vibrations seemed the rolling of distant thunder; and they were instantly accompanied by the noise of all the bells in Moscow. Every inhabitant was stirring, and the rattling of carriages in the streets was greater than at noon-day. The whole city was in a blaze; for lights were seen in all the windows, and innumerable torches in the streets.
الصفحة 61 - Having heard accounts of its immense population, you wander through deserted streets. Passing suddenly towards the quarter where the shops are situated, you might walk upon the heads of thousands. The daily throng is there so immense, that, unable to force a passage through it, or assign any motive that might convene such a multitude, you ask the cause, and are told that it is always the same. Nor is the costume less va--rious than the aspect of the buildings; Greeks, Turks, Tartars, Cossacks, Chinese,...
الصفحة 60 - Moscow!' and you behold nothing but a wide and scattered suburb, huts, gardens, pig-sties, brick walls, churches, dunghills, palaces, timber-yards, warehouses, and a refuse, as it were, of materials sufficient to stock an empire with miserable towns and miserable villages.
الصفحة 4 - Razumovsky was, by the Emperor's order, broken into small pieces, while he stood by and directed the work. The horses had been found with it in the streets, without their driver. It happened to be of a blue colour ; and the Count's servants wore red liveries: upon which...
الصفحة 59 - ... gate. Having passed, you look about, and wonder what is become of the city, or where you are; and are ready to ask, once more, How far is it to Moscow? They will tell you>
الصفحة 71 - The walls, ceilings, and every part of this building, are covered with the pictures of saints and martyrs. In the moment of our arrival the doors were shut ; and on the outside appeared Plato, the archbishop, preceded by banners and torches, and followed by all his train of priests with crucifixes and censers, who...