The Present State of Turkey: Or, A Description of the Political, Civil, and Religious Constitution, Government, and Laws, of the Ottoman Empire; the Finances, Military and Naval Establishments; the State of Learning, and of the Liberal and Mechanical Arts; the Manners and Domestic Economy of the Turks and Other Subjects of the Grand Signor, &c., &c. Together with the Geographical, Political, and Civil, State of the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. From Observations Made, During a Residence of Fifteen Years in Constantinople and the Turkish Provinces, 2 tomasJ. Mawman, 1809 - 436 psl. |
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... . But as I have it from persons engaged to give lessons to young ladies in the empress - dowager's palace , I think there can be no reason to doubt the veracity of it endeared to their husbands by the exercise of all the 248.
... . But as I have it from persons engaged to give lessons to young ladies in the empress - dowager's palace , I think there can be no reason to doubt the veracity of it endeared to their husbands by the exercise of all the 248.
267 psl.
... palace . " I have taken care , " says her Ladyship , " to see as * De Tott ( preliminary discourse , p . xv ) questions the au- thenticity of Lady Mary's letters : he calls them " the pretended letters of Lady Montagu . " - " They were ...
... palace . " I have taken care , " says her Ladyship , " to see as * De Tott ( preliminary discourse , p . xv ) questions the au- thenticity of Lady Mary's letters : he calls them " the pretended letters of Lady Montagu . " - " They were ...
268 psl.
... palace : but the gardens are very large , plentifully supplied with water , and full of trees , which is all I know of them , having never been in them . " These expressions cer- tainly imply , that she had not even seen all that was to ...
... palace : but the gardens are very large , plentifully supplied with water , and full of trees , which is all I know of them , having never been in them . " These expressions cer- tainly imply , that she had not even seen all that was to ...
269 psl.
... palace , and even into his harem . " But the doctor is mistaken , for M. de la Motraye , more than a century ago , went even further into the harem than he appears to have donet . * See Lady M. W. Montagu's letters , v . ii , p . 188 ...
... palace , and even into his harem . " But the doctor is mistaken , for M. de la Motraye , more than a century ago , went even further into the harem than he appears to have donet . * See Lady M. W. Montagu's letters , v . ii , p . 188 ...
270 psl.
... have spurned ? Truly , because our illustrious countrywoman , in her description of a lady's boudoir , does not exactly convey the idea of a garden in the sultan's palace . The passage which has provoked the angry invective of Dr. 270.
... have spurned ? Truly , because our illustrious countrywoman , in her description of a lady's boudoir , does not exactly convey the idea of a garden in the sultan's palace . The passage which has provoked the angry invective of Dr. 270.
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The Present State of Turkey– Or, A Description of the Political ..., 2 tomas Thomas Thornton Visos knygos peržiūra - 1809 |
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