Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa: Greece, Egypt, and the Holy LandT. Cadell and W. Davies in the Strand, 1818 |
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... equal to 1 . One florin = 0.60 But the common reckoning is in florins and kreutzers . To reduce the German Money to its equivalent in English TABLE of WEIGHTS and MONEY Table of WEIGHTS and MONEY for the Mines of HUNGARY and TRANSYLVANIA.
... equal to 1 . One florin = 0.60 But the common reckoning is in florins and kreutzers . To reduce the German Money to its equivalent in English TABLE of WEIGHTS and MONEY Table of WEIGHTS and MONEY for the Mines of HUNGARY and TRANSYLVANIA.
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... common English acceptation of the word field ; whereas it means mountain - spar ; being a constituent of granite , and therefore called feld - spar , from the old northern or Danish word for a mountain , feld , or field ; as " Dovre ...
... common English acceptation of the word field ; whereas it means mountain - spar ; being a constituent of granite , and therefore called feld - spar , from the old northern or Danish word for a mountain , feld , or field ; as " Dovre ...
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... common procession ( rodos ) which takes place in the time of divine ervice is conducted with such state and pomp , that the poorest devotee finds himself unable to depart without paying of their ་ some token of his adoration . begging ...
... common procession ( rodos ) which takes place in the time of divine ervice is conducted with such state and pomp , that the poorest devotee finds himself unable to depart without paying of their ་ some token of his adoration . begging ...
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... common Oak , In two hours we arrived at another dervéne , and a little Dervêne , khan , upon the shore of the gulph . Thence we rode entirely along the coast , having cliffs above us upon our left , and the sea upon our right ; so near ...
... common Oak , In two hours we arrived at another dervéne , and a little Dervêne , khan , upon the shore of the gulph . Thence we rode entirely along the coast , having cliffs above us upon our left , and the sea upon our right ; so near ...
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... common sensations of interest and curiosity . Afterwards , ascending the mountainous boundary of the plain on its north - eastern side , by a broad antient paved - way , we had not day - light enough to enjoy the fine prospect of the ...
... common sensations of interest and curiosity . Afterwards , ascending the mountainous boundary of the plain on its north - eastern side , by a broad antient paved - way , we had not day - light enough to enjoy the fine prospect of the ...
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afterwards Ambassador Amphipolis Amst antient antiquity appearance April apud arrived auriferous Bannat beautiful belonging Beshek Buda Bûkorest called carriage Cavallo CHAP citadel consists Constantinople contains Cremnitz crystallized DACIA dance Danube distance Egypt exhibited Fachi Fairy Francof Geog German Gipsies gold Greece Greek Gronov Gulph of Glaucus Gyllius HEBRUS Hermanstadt Herodotus Hist Holy Land horses Hospodar houses Hungarian Hungary Ibid inhabitants journey Khan lake Land Jaffa Lond Macedonia manner medals mentioned minerals mines Mount Mount Athos mountains Nagyag nova species observed Orphano owing Paris passed Péra Perinthus Pest plain Presburg Prince principal remarkable resembles river road Roman ruins Schemnitz Shumla side silver situation specimens Strabo Strymon sulphuret Tahtar Tchohodar tellurium Thessalonica THRACE Thucydides tion town Transylvania Travels Troas tumuli Turkey Turkish Turks Urbib vein Vide Vienna village Walachia whole Willd wine δὲ καὶ τὴν τοῦ
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Seite 50 - And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them.
Seite 46 - And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely; who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison and made their feet fast in the stocks.
Seite 417 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously ; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Seite 46 - And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken ; and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.
Seite 50 - Therefore, loosing from Troas, we came, with a straight course, to Samothracia, and the next day, to Neapolis ; and from thence, to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony : and we were in that city abiding certain days.
Seite 433 - No wonder, such celestial charms For nine long years have set the world in arms! What winning graces! what majestic mien! She moves a Goddess, and she looks a Queen. Yet hence, oh Heav'n! convey that fatal face, And from destruction save the Trojan race.
Seite 289 - Tableau de 1'Angleterre" asserts that "an Englishman may be discovered anywhere, if he be observed at table, because he places his fork upon the left side of his plate; a Frenchman, by using the fork alone without the knife; and a German, by planting it perpendicularly into his plate; and a Russian, by using it as a toothpick.
Seite 114 - ... to cleanliness in their frequent ablutions; and many other of their characteristics, which forcibly contrast them with their neighbours ; — and we shall be constrained to allow that there can hardly be found a people, without the pale of Christianity, better disposed towards its most essential precepts. That they have qualities which least deserve our approbation ; and that these are the most predominant, must be attributed entirely to the want of that
Seite 107 - Indeed, some of the representations of Mercury upon antient vases, are actually taken from the scenic exhibitions of the Grecian theatre; and that these exhibitions were also the prototypes of the modern pantomime, requires no other confirmation than a reference to one of them.... where Mercury, Momus, and Psyche, are delineated exactly as we see Harlequin, the Clown, and Columbine, upon the English stage.