Travels in European Turkey, in 1850: Through Bosnia, Servia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Thrace, Albania, and Epirus; with a Visit to Greece and the Ionian Isles ...Colburn & Company, 1851 - Всего страниц: 484 |
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... rendered themselves so conspicuous , drew to our han visitors from every part of the town , who overwhelmed us with ques- tions concerning our respective countries . The kapitan , Nestor Arvamonowich , was a splendid fellow , a perfect ...
... rendered themselves so conspicuous , drew to our han visitors from every part of the town , who overwhelmed us with ques- tions concerning our respective countries . The kapitan , Nestor Arvamonowich , was a splendid fellow , a perfect ...
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... render into English , as a proof of the state of feeling , and of the attachment the Servians entertain towards the memory of their hero . When the tyrant Turk was lord O'er Servia's sons enslaved , Who first unsheathed fair freedom's ...
... render into English , as a proof of the state of feeling , and of the attachment the Servians entertain towards the memory of their hero . When the tyrant Turk was lord O'er Servia's sons enslaved , Who first unsheathed fair freedom's ...
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... render them impassable for a day or two . This will easily be understood when we add that the soil is of a deep loam with scarcely a pebble , and that to travel over it after heavy rains is like crossing some slippery morass , where for ...
... render them impassable for a day or two . This will easily be understood when we add that the soil is of a deep loam with scarcely a pebble , and that to travel over it after heavy rains is like crossing some slippery morass , where for ...
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... render it nearly impassable . We con- trived , however , to reach an elevated plateau covered with the noblest forest trees , where a most animated scene met our view ; the bivouac of a caravan , consist- ing of from forty to fifty ...
... render it nearly impassable . We con- trived , however , to reach an elevated plateau covered with the noblest forest trees , where a most animated scene met our view ; the bivouac of a caravan , consist- ing of from forty to fifty ...
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... render all due homage to beautiful Nature , in her most romantic and picturesque forms , and to rate at their full value the agreeable excitement of change and novel incident , yet after a time these become stale , and we pine for a ...
... render all due homage to beautiful Nature , in her most romantic and picturesque forms , and to rate at their full value the agreeable excitement of change and novel incident , yet after a time these become stale , and we pine for a ...
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Стр. 392 - These volumes have the fascination of romance united to the integrity of history. The work is written by a lady of considerable learning, indefatigable industry, and careful judgment. All these qualifications for a biographer and an historian she has brought to bear upon the subject of her volumes, and from them has resulted a narrative interesting to all, and more particularly interesting to that portion of the community to whom the more refined researches of literature afford pleasure and instruction....
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Стр. 392 - ... of biographies, in which the severe truth of history takes almost the wildness of romance, it is the singular merit of Miss Strickland that her research has enabled her to throw new light on many doubtful passages, to bring forth fresh facts, and to render every portion of our annals which she has described an interesting and valuable study. She has given a most valuable contribution to the history of England, and we have no hesitation in affirming that no one can be said to possess an accurate...
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Стр. 406 - M. Thiers has enjoyed facilities beyond the reach of every other biographer of Napoleon for procuring, from exclusive and authentic sources, the choicest materials for his present work. As guardian to the archives of the state, he had access to diplomatic papers and other documents of the highest importance, hitherto known only to a privileged few, and the publication of which cannot fail to produce a great sensation.
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