Uncle Oliver's travels, Persia [by J. Kitto].Charles Knight, 1838 |
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... surround the towns , are generally enclosed by uniform walls , from twelve to eighteen feet high , and built of mud . They are thus also walled from the lanes which conduct through them to the gates of the towns 10 PERSIA .
... surround the towns , are generally enclosed by uniform walls , from twelve to eighteen feet high , and built of mud . They are thus also walled from the lanes which conduct through them to the gates of the towns 10 PERSIA .
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... feet high , and sometimes only distinguished by the floor of the one being a little more raised than that of the other . One of these rooms is used for the common purposes of a habitation , and the other as a store - room or a stable ...
... feet high , and sometimes only distinguished by the floor of the one being a little more raised than that of the other . One of these rooms is used for the common purposes of a habitation , and the other as a store - room or a stable ...
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... feet , at the same time mingling it with straw that has been crushed and cut small , —such as they feed their horses with . J. But what can that straw be for ? I don't see any straw in our bricks . U. O. Nor is there any in such of ...
... feet , at the same time mingling it with straw that has been crushed and cut small , —such as they feed their horses with . J. But what can that straw be for ? I don't see any straw in our bricks . U. O. Nor is there any in such of ...
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... feet in diameter , by one foot in depth ; then four of the men stand around the heap , and thresh it with clubs for about half an hour . It is rather amusing to see the workmen thus employed . They stoop at every blow , keep time with ...
... feet in diameter , by one foot in depth ; then four of the men stand around the heap , and thresh it with clubs for about half an hour . It is rather amusing to see the workmen thus employed . They stoop at every blow , keep time with ...
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... feet . So , also , it is one of their usual compliments in writing to a prince or other great person , to say , " Let me make the dust of your threshold into surmeh for my eyes . " H. Surmeh ! what is that ? U. O. Stuff with which they ...
... feet . So , also , it is one of their usual compliments in writing to a prince or other great person , to say , " Let me make the dust of your threshold into surmeh for my eyes . " H. Surmeh ! what is that ? U. O. Stuff with which they ...
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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. —