The Golden Horn: And Sketches in Asia Minor, Egypt, Syria, and the Hauraan, Volume 1R. Bentley, 1851 |
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... ground at a little distance from Misseri's hotel , and a great part of the principal street destroyed . The fires of Constantinople form one of the chief and most melancholy features of the place ; a week never passes without the ...
... ground at a little distance from Misseri's hotel , and a great part of the principal street destroyed . The fires of Constantinople form one of the chief and most melancholy features of the place ; a week never passes without the ...
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... ground , now in a deep lane entirely covered in with overshadowing trees , from which clusters of grapes hung down in wild profusion , till at length I came to the shores of the Black Sea above the Cyanean rocks , a few miles north of ...
... ground , now in a deep lane entirely covered in with overshadowing trees , from which clusters of grapes hung down in wild profusion , till at length I came to the shores of the Black Sea above the Cyanean rocks , a few miles north of ...
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... upper and lower mouths of the channel , the Black Sea , and the Sea of Marmara , with nearly all the interesting and picturesque ground that intervenes between those extremities . CHAPTER II . THE SERAGLIO - MOSQUE OF SANTA SOPHIA.
... upper and lower mouths of the channel , the Black Sea , and the Sea of Marmara , with nearly all the interesting and picturesque ground that intervenes between those extremities . CHAPTER II . THE SERAGLIO - MOSQUE OF SANTA SOPHIA.
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... ground . The great dome of Suley- manye is supported by walled columns , between which are the four largest and finest granite pillars in Constantinople , with capitals of white marble . The pulpit and the altar are likewise of white ...
... ground . The great dome of Suley- manye is supported by walled columns , between which are the four largest and finest granite pillars in Constantinople , with capitals of white marble . The pulpit and the altar are likewise of white ...
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... ground of Pera . Separated from each other by the waters of the Bosphorus are three distinct cities , stretched for no inconsider- able distance along its sloping shores , and crowning the hills which rise immediately out of the blue ...
... ground of Pera . Separated from each other by the waters of the Bosphorus are three distinct cities , stretched for no inconsider- able distance along its sloping shores , and crowning the hills which rise immediately out of the blue ...
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The Golden Horn: And Sketches in Asia Minor, Egypt, Syria, and the Hauraan ... Charles James Monk No preview available - 2015 |
The Golden Horn: And Sketches in Asia Minor, Egypt, Syria, and the Hauraan Charles James Monk No preview available - 2015 |
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