Travels in Russia, Persia, Turkey, and Greece, in 1828-9E. Clarke, 1831 - 227 Seiten |
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Seite 13 - Europe, not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces or the stateliness of temples; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts, but to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to take the...
Seite 13 - ... but to dive into the depths of dungeons, to plunge into the infection of hospitals, to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt, to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Seite 113 - Praise be to God, the all-perfect and all-sufficient. These happy leaves are a nosegay plucked from the thornless garden of Concord, and tied by the hands of the plenipotentiaries of the two great states in the form of a definitive treaty, in which the articles of friendship and amity are blended.
Seite 49 - IT is the fate of those who toil at the lower employments of life, to be rather driven by the fear of evil, than attracted by the prospect of good ; to be exposed to censure, without hope of praise; to be disgraced by miscarriage, or punished for neglect, where success would have been without applause, and diligence without reward.
Seite 111 - According to the doctrine inculcated by Mahomet, the women in Persia are not only excluded from all society, but go about so little that a traveller might pass through the whole country and not see a female face ; as the Persians are, perhaps, even more jealous than the Turks. The Armenian, and other Christian women living amongst them, are obliged to conform to Mahometan law in this respect, and cover their faces, and wrap up their figures in a large sort of domino orferadgee, in the same manner...
Seite 63 - Here lies our mutton-eating king, Whose word no man relies on ; He never said a foolish thing, He never did a wise one.
Seite 111 - ... (the Persian hookah) whilst we were in company with her, but kept it under her veil ; it was altogether a most ludicrous scene : in vain we told her that it was unfair she should have the opportunity of seeing us through the little holes...
Seite 112 - ... of her dress, and that we could not be permitted the advantage of seeing her, even with her husband's consent. She felt it would be extremely indecent to show her face, and we were obliged to satisfy ourselves with the assurance of her husband that she was not worth seeing, and the great probability that she would accidentally have dropped aside her veil, if she had any hopes of exciting our admiration.
Seite 111 - Cbristians to the custom that it was the cause of a great disappointment to us upon one occasion. An Italian doctor, who had been lately married to an Armenian, was polite enough to endeavor to induce his bride to uncover her face for our curiosity and amusement; but his best efforts to persuade her it would not be improper were in vain; the lady even smoked...
Seite 13 - ... hospitals, to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt, to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan is original, and it is full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery, a circumnavigation of charity.