Uncle Oliver's travels, Persia [by J. Kitto].Charles Knight, 1838 |
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... consider them so glorious and beau- tiful ? U. O. There are several ways in which we may account for that . In the first place , many of the cities appear to be much less important now than they formerly were . H. How is that ? U. O. ...
... consider them so glorious and beau- tiful ? U. O. There are several ways in which we may account for that . In the first place , many of the cities appear to be much less important now than they formerly were . H. How is that ? U. O. ...
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... . Then in reading such descriptions , I sup- pose , I ought to consider at what time the writer lived ? U. O. It will be well to do so . You might also remember to what country the writer be- longed ; B 2 THE CITIES OF PERSIA . 3.
... . Then in reading such descriptions , I sup- pose , I ought to consider at what time the writer lived ? U. O. It will be well to do so . You might also remember to what country the writer be- longed ; B 2 THE CITIES OF PERSIA . 3.
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... consider the tale to be good for nothing when I find that it really did not come from the East ? U. O. Not so . The tale may be far more instructive than one that is really from the East ; and in professing to come from thence it may ...
... consider the tale to be good for nothing when I find that it really did not come from the East ? U. O. Not so . The tale may be far more instructive than one that is really from the East ; and in professing to come from thence it may ...
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... consider them as entrances to a great city , and are often inferior in every way to the entrances to the caravanserais . Having passed the gate , the traveller looks around for the city and its houses , but he seldom sees any thing that ...
... consider them as entrances to a great city , and are often inferior in every way to the entrances to the caravanserais . Having passed the gate , the traveller looks around for the city and its houses , but he seldom sees any thing that ...
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... considering the villages , it will be best to say at once , all that is to be said ; as there is nothing about them which it would be worth while to consider separately . I think upon the whole , that a stranger is not so much ...
... considering the villages , it will be best to say at once , all that is to be said ; as there is nothing about them which it would be worth while to consider separately . I think upon the whole , that a stranger is not so much ...
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Amaun amused ancient appearance bazaars beards beautiful better bricks building caliph called caravanserai carpets Christians cities colour consider cottages court covered Dear Jane Dillon dishes domes door dress East England feast fire floor Frank ground habit hand Henry honour Hossein houses Jane Jews kaleon Kerbelah king king of Persia Koran Kufah ladies look looking-glass matter meat Mecca minaret Mohammed Mohammedans mosque Muezzin nation never Nurooz obliged Oldcastle ornaments painted perhaps Persian town person pipe plaster posture prayers present reason religion respect rich roof scarcely seen seldom servants Sheahs sherbet shoes shops sians smoke sometimes Soonees sort spect stranger straw streets suppose tell thing told towns of Persia traveller trees Turks U. O. Yes Uncle Oliver usually villages walls window women wood Yezid
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Sida 160 - I myself thought good to imitate the Italian fashion by this forked cutting of meat, not only while I was in Italy, but also in Germany, and oftentimes in England since I came home...
Sida 159 - I observed a custom in all those Italian cities and towns through the which I passed, that is not used in any other country that I saw in my travels; neither do I think that any other nation of Christendom doth use it, but only Italy. The Italian, and also most strangers that are commorant in Italy, do always at their meals use a little fork when they cut their meat.
Sida 318 - hast thou such a sense of thy duty to thy mother at thy years, and am I insensible at my age of the duty I owe to my God ? Give me thy hand, innocent boy,' he continued, ' that I may swear repentance upon it.
Sida 161 - Italian fashion by this forked cutting of meat, not only while I was in Italy, but also in Germany, and oftentimes in England since I came home: being once quipped for that frequent using of my...
Sida 317 - The fellow laughed, thinking, no doubt, I was joking with him. ' What have you got ?' said another ; I gave him the same answer. When they were dividing the spoil, I was called to an eminence where the chief stood : ' What property have you got, my little fellow ?' said he. ' I have told two of your people already," I replied ' I have forty dinars sewed up carefully in my clothes !' He ordered them to be ript open, and found my money. —
Sida 172 - When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room...
Sida 160 - Italy, their forkes being for the most part made of yron or steele, and some of silver, but those are used only by gentlemen. The reason of this their curiosity is, because the Italian cannot by any means indure to have his dish touched with fingers, seeing all men's fingers are not alike cleane.
Sida 160 - ... should unadvisedly touch the dish of meate with his fingers from which all at the table doe cut, he will give occasion of offence unto the company, as having transgressed the lawes of good manners, in so much that for his error he shall be at the least brow-beaten, if not reprehended in wordes.
Sida 160 - ... which they hold in their other hand upon the same dish, so that whatsoever he be that sitting in the company of any others at...
Sida 317 - I was called to an eminence where the chief stood : ' What property have you got, my little fellow ? ' said he. ' I have told two of your people already,' I replied ; ' I have forty dinars sewed up carefully in my clothes ! ' He ordered them to be ripped open, and found my money. —