A Tour to Sheeraz, by the Route of Kazroon and Feerozabad: With Various Remarks on the Manners, Customs, Laws, Language, and Literature of the Persians. To which is Added a History of Persia ... |
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... former capital of Persia , was excessively bad , indeed nearly as rugged as the hills we had crossed . Our route was at the bottom of the hills , nearly east . As I was to be received by the son of Sheikh Nasir , and to be conducted to ...
... former capital of Persia , was excessively bad , indeed nearly as rugged as the hills we had crossed . Our route was at the bottom of the hills , nearly east . As I was to be received by the son of Sheikh Nasir , and to be conducted to ...
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... soon advanced as positive truths . I greatly suspect that in the accounts we have received of the mysteries of former times , this has often been the case . 1 ย CHAPTER VII . Reception of the Prince - Queen -- [ 33 ]
... soon advanced as positive truths . I greatly suspect that in the accounts we have received of the mysteries of former times , this has often been the case . 1 ย CHAPTER VII . Reception of the Prince - Queen -- [ 33 ]
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... former in the bloom of youth , with a fine ruddy complexion . He was originally drawn without mustachios ; but some painter , taking offence at this appearance of want of manhood , supplied the defect , and has entirely disfigured his ...
... former in the bloom of youth , with a fine ruddy complexion . He was originally drawn without mustachios ; but some painter , taking offence at this appearance of want of manhood , supplied the defect , and has entirely disfigured his ...
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... former . The first room you enter is the place where you undress , smoke , talk , and hear the news of the day . The next room is the bath , the floor of which is marble stone , & c . and which is heated by means of the flues , which ...
... former . The first room you enter is the place where you undress , smoke , talk , and hear the news of the day . The next room is the bath , the floor of which is marble stone , & c . and which is heated by means of the flues , which ...
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... former is superintendant of the police during the day , the latter at night . It is his office to pre- serve the peace of the city , to take up persons who may be out of their houses at improper hours , and to prevent robberies . He has ...
... former is superintendant of the police during the day , the latter at night . It is his office to pre- serve the peace of the city , to take up persons who may be out of their houses at improper hours , and to prevent robberies . He has ...
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Page 155 - Her foes shake like a field of beaten corn, And hang their heads with sorrow; good grows with her. In her days every man shall eat in safety Under his own vine what he plants; and sing The merry songs of peace to all his neighbours. God shall be truly known; and those about her From her shall read the perfect ways of honour, And by those claim their greatness, not by blood.
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Page 18 - And level pavement. From the arched roof) Pendent by subtle magic, many a row Of starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed With naphtha and asphaltus, yielded light As from a sky.
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Page 175 - Amidst the white of new-fall'n snow. Let her lips persuasion wear, In silence elegantly fair ; As if the blushing rivals strove, Breathing and inviting love Below her chin be sure to deck With every grace her polish'd neck ; While all that's pretty, soft and sweet In the swelling bosom meet. The rest in purple garments veil ; Her body, not her shape, conceal : Enough, the lovely work is done, The breathing paint will speak anon." I am. Sir, Your humble servant.