Diversions of a Diplomat in TurkeyC. L. Webster & Company, 1887 - 685 páginas |
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Términos y frases comunes
Abdul American ancient Arab Armenian Asia Baku Batoum beautiful bishops Black Sea boat Bosporus Bulgarian Byzantine cadi caïque Caliph called capital Caspian Christian Circassian clergy conquest Constantinople dogs donkey dragoman dressed East Eastern Ecumenical Synod Egypt Emperor empire eunuch Europe faith father Galata give gold Golden Horn Grand Vizier Greek Church harem head Hebrew Hodja Holy honor horse hundred Janizaries Jerusalem Jews Kavass Koran land Legation Mahmoud Mahomed Mahomet Mahometan Majesty Minister Moslem mosque Mussulman never officers Oriental orthodox Osman Ottoman Ottoman empire palace Pasha Patriarch Pera Persian petroleum Photius piastres Pope Porte prayer present Sultan proclaimed A. D. Prophet race reigned religion religious Robert College Roman Rome Russian sacred Sea of Marmora Seraglio ships soldiers Stamboul story strange streets Sultan Therapia thousand throne tion turban Turk Turkey Turkish vessel walls Yildiz
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Página 219 - Praise be to God the Lord of all creatures, the most merciful, the King of the day of judgment. Thee do we worship, and of thee do we beg assistance. Direct us in the right way, in the way of those to whom thou hast been gracious ; not of those against whom thou art incensed, not of those who go astray.
Página 205 - No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there: And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Página 118 - Borysthenes; whatsoever was manufactured by the skill of Europe or Asia; the corn of Egypt, and the gems and spices of the farthest India, were brought by the varying winds into the port of Constantinople...
Página 385 - Larva! (make way), and preceding a Turkish carriage painted with flowers and birds, and filled with the ladies of a harem, dressed in green and violet, and wrapped in large white veils; behind, a Sister of Charity from the hospital at Pera, an African slave carrying a monkey, and a professional story-teller in a necromancer's habit; and what is quite natural, but appears strange to the...
Página 217 - For the first entertainment of the blessed on their admission, they fable that the whole earth will then be as one loaf of bread, which God will reach to them with his hand, holding it like a cake...
Página 268 - Church is the belief in the transubstantiation or the transformation of the bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ. This is attributed to the invisible co-operation of the Holy Ghost.
Página 205 - And I will plant them upon their land which I have given them, saith the Lord my God.
Página 385 - ... and bearing an Armenian lady ; and at either side of it a Bedouin wrapped in a white mantle and a Turk in muslin turban and sky-blue caftan, beside whom canters a young Greek gentleman followed by his dragoman in embroidered vest, and a...
Página 340 - Very sorry," says the Hodja, who does not want to lend the animal, " but the donkey is not here ; I have hired him out for the day." Unfortunately, just at that moment the donkey begins to bray loudly, thus giving the direct lie to the Hodja. " How is this, Hodja ? " says his friend; "you say the donkey is away, and here he is braying in the stable...
Página 338 - Very well, then," says the Hodja, "as there are some of you who do know, and others who do not know, what I was going to say, let those who do know, tell it to those that do not know ;" and he quickly descends from the pulpit.