Letters from the Old World, Nide 1Harper & Brothers, 1840 After a few years of studying the available literature on the cultures and continents she wanted to visit, Sarah Rogers Haight traveled through almost all of Europe and parts of Africa and Asia. She spent years in the cosmopolitan centers of foreign countries, mingling with the intelligentsia of each place. This two-volume description of her various journeys appeared anonymously in 1840.--Provided by The Library Company of Philadelphia. |
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... curious , and , to me , a very interesting scene ensued . I had often heard of " Quarantine regulations , " and had fre quently been witness to the silly vexations of our Staten Island soi - disant " Quarantine ; " but I had yet to ...
... curious , and , to me , a very interesting scene ensued . I had often heard of " Quarantine regulations , " and had fre quently been witness to the silly vexations of our Staten Island soi - disant " Quarantine ; " but I had yet to ...
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... can- not refrain from now relating to you a curious fact which happened at Odessa , and , from the high authority whence I derived my information , it is worthy of all credit , and you may place implicit reliance on what I am about to.
... can- not refrain from now relating to you a curious fact which happened at Odessa , and , from the high authority whence I derived my information , it is worthy of all credit , and you may place implicit reliance on what I am about to.
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... westward . Turning round and facing the north , the whole city of Stamboul rose in front of me , from the water's edge to the top of the hills around ; and the Golden Horn , filled with thousands of all sorts of curious craft , from a C 2.
... westward . Turning round and facing the north , the whole city of Stamboul rose in front of me , from the water's edge to the top of the hills around ; and the Golden Horn , filled with thousands of all sorts of curious craft , from a C 2.
Sivu 30
Sarah Rogers Haight. thousands of all sorts of curious craft , from a light four - oared caique to the proud four - decker of 150 guns . After gazing with wonder and mute astonishment on this immense and truly extraordinary amphitheatre ...
Sarah Rogers Haight. thousands of all sorts of curious craft , from a light four - oared caique to the proud four - decker of 150 guns . After gazing with wonder and mute astonishment on this immense and truly extraordinary amphitheatre ...
Sivu 33
... curious shapes ; and , filled with various fancy costumes , feluccas and xebecs , with lofty lateen sails swelling in the breeze , careering and curveting around us , contributed to fill up the measure of this fairy scene . On the ...
... curious shapes ; and , filled with various fancy costumes , feluccas and xebecs , with lofty lateen sails swelling in the breeze , careering and curveting around us , contributed to fill up the measure of this fairy scene . On the ...
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Alexandria amusement ancient appearance Arab arch arrived ascend backshee beautiful Bedouins boat Bosphorus camel canal capital captain caravan Carnac cavern coffee columns Constantinople consul court curious desert divan East Egypt Egyptian endeavour eyes feet gale gates gentlemen Giovanni Grand Cairo granite Greek ground hand hareem head hill holy hundred immense land Land of Goshen LETTER light Luxor magnificent matter Memnonium Memphis ment miles monuments morning mountain mummies Mustafa nations never night Nile Nubia obelisks Odessa once pacha palace passed perhaps Pharaoh piastres plain port present priests propylon Ptolemy Pyramids quarantine river rock ruins Russia sacred Sakkarah Saracenic scene sculptured seat seen shore side Smyrna splendid spot Stamboul stone sultan Syene temple Thebaid Thebes thousand tion tomb travellers Turk Turkish turn Typhon valley vessel walls whole wind