 An attempt to drill these lawless ragamuffins occasioned the last insurrection — no marching and countermarching, no playing at soldiers ; they, however, suffer themselves to be drawn up in line to listen to the music, if such it may be called, when...  Notes, During a Visit to Egypt, Nubia, the Oasis, Mount Sinai, and Jerusalem - Sida 66efter Sir Frederick Henniker - 1823 - 340 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Sir Frederick Henniker - 1824 - 380 sidor
...there came a mighty voice from the castle window, " The sultan wishes health and fortune to you all j" this was answered, on the part of the soldiers, by...himself with clothes and arms, according to his means } the jackets of some of the private soldiers are worth fifty sheep each — others are scarcely worth... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1831 - 376 sidor
...number of voices frequently chimed in, and destroyed the monotony ; during this the soldiers were quiet. It is nearly impossible to distinguish officers from...this family likeness among them,— that pistols, swords, and a shirt, outwardly exhibited, are necessary. An Albanian is not improved since the time... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1831 - 536 sidor
...number of voices frequently chimed in, and destroyed the monotony ; during this the soldiers were quiet. It is nearly impossible to distinguish officers from...only this family likeness among them, that pistols, swords, and a shirt, outwardly exhibited, are necessary. An Albanian is not improved since the time... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1831 - 514 sidor
...were quiet. It is nearly impossible to distinguish officers from privates; every man provides-himself with clothes and arms according to his means ; there...only this family likeness among them, that pistols, swords, and a shirt, outwardly exhibited, are necessary. An Albanian is not improved since the time... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1835 - 356 sidor
...number of voices frequently chimed in, and destroyed the monotony ; during this the soldiers were quiet. It is nearly impossible to distinguish officers from...this family likeness among them, — that pistols, swords, and a shirt, outwardly exhibited, are necessaiy. An Albanian is not improved since the time... | |
 | 1842 - 358 sidor
...number of voices frequently chimed in, and destroyed the monotony; during this the soldiers were quiet. It is nearly impossible to distinguish officers from...to his means ; there is only this family likeness acron/r them, — that pistols, swords, and a shirt, outwardly exhibited, are necessary. ' An Albanian... | |
 | Thomas Archer - 1886 - 344 sidor
...number of voices frequently chimed in and destroyed the monotony; during this the soldiers were quiet. It is nearly impossible to distinguish officers from...only this family likeness among them, that pistols, swords, and a shirt outwardly exhibited are necessary. An Albanian is not improved since the time of... | |
 | Sir Frederick Henniker - 1823 - 378 sidor
...merit is noticed and rewarded — kill, burn, and destroy, is the passport to wealth and power — the individual bravery of an Englishman " in line" will...this family likeness among them, that pistols, sword, arid a shirt, outwardly exhibited, are necessary; these peculiarities remind me of the Highland costume,... | |
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