The City of the Sultan, and Domestic Manners of the Turks: With a Steam Voyage Up the DanubeRoutledge, 1854 - 350 sayfa |
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Achmet amid amused apartment appearance araba Armenian beauty beneath beside blue Bosphorus bright Broussa Buyuk Hanoum caïque carpet carriage centre ceremony chemisette chibouk Circassian coloured Constantinople costume court covered crimson crowd cushions Danube dark dense dervishes Dolma door dragoman Effendi embroidered European extremely eyes father feet female flowers flung formed fringed Galata gallery Giaour gilded glittering gold graceful Greek hand handsome harem head height honour horses hour immediately imperial individual Janissaries kiosk ladies lattices light looked lovely magnificent Mahmoud marble minarets mosque Mount Olympus mountain never occupied once Osmanli ourselves painted palace party Pasha passed Pera piastres priest Princess remarked saloon scene Scodra Sea of Marmora seated Seraskier shawl sherbet shore side silk silver slaves sofa spot stood Sultan sunshine surrounded thronged tower trees turban Turkey Turkish Turks valley veiled walls whence whole wild women yashmac young
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Sayfa 141 - ... of the choir pealed through the vast pile, and died away in lengthened cadences among the tall dark pillars which support it. And this was St Sophia ! To me it seemed like a creation of enchantment — the light — the ringing voices — the mysterious extent, which baffled the earnestness of my gaze — the ten thousand turbaned Moslems, all kneeling with their faces turned towards Mecca, and at intervals laying their foreheads to the earth — the bright and various colours of the dresses...
Sayfa 37 - ... lamb, in order to spare unnecessary suffering to the mother ; and an English sportsman, who had been unsuccessful in the chase, having, on one occasion, in firing off his piece previously to disembarking from his caique, brought down a gull that was sailing above his head, was reproached by his rowers with as much horror and emphasis as though he had been guilty of homicide.
Sayfa 50 - For the first few moments, I was bewildered; the heavy, dense, sulphureous vapour that filled the place, and almost suffocated me — the wild, shrill cries of the slaves pealing through the reverberating domes of the bathing-halls, enough to awaken the very marble with which they were lined — the subdued laughter, and whispered...
Sayfa 290 - ... besought that every empty tank might overflow, and every goblet be filled. The spectacle was a very striking one ; and it was followed by the observance of another yet more touching. At dusk the village children, walking two and two, and each carrying a bunch of wild flowers, drew near the cistern in their turn ; and sang, to one of the thrilling melodies of the country, a hymn of supplication...
Sayfa 276 - The negroes only remain in the open court, where they are squatted in groups until summoned to show themselves to a purchaser, while the Circassians and Georgians, generally brought there by their parents at their own request, occupy the closed apartments, in order that they may not be exposed to the gaze of the idlers who throng the court. The utmost order, decency, and quiet prevail ; and a military guard is stationed at the entrance to enforce them, should the necessity for interference occur,...
Sayfa 21 - on duty," for I know not how else to express it, was nine; seven of them being men, and the remaining two, mere boys, the youngest certainly not more than ten years of age. Nine, eleven, and thirteen are the mystic numbers, which, however great the strength of the community, are never exceeded; and the remaining members of the brotherhood, during the evolutions of their companions, continue engaged in prayer within the inclosure.
Sayfa 50 - ... of their mistresses murmuring along in an undercurrent of sound — the sight of nearly three hundred women only partially dressed, and that in fine linen so perfectly saturated with vapour, that it revealed the whole outline of the figure — the busy slaves, passing and repassing, naked from the waist upwards, and with their arms folded upon their bosoms, balancing on their heads piles of fringed or embroidered napkins — groups of lovely girls, laughing, chatting, and refreshing themselves...
Sayfa 45 - ... leave them — we are so blent with all the anxieties and cares of our male relations — we expose ourselves to danger, and brave difficulties suited only to men — we have to contend with such trials and temptations, from our constant contact with the opposite sex — in short, they regard us as slaves, buying our comparative liberty at a price so mighty, that they are unable to estimate its extent — and then, the hardship of wearing our faces uncovered, and exposing them to the sun and...
Sayfa 173 - ... sirs of sweets, and some henna to stain the palms of her hands and the soles of her feet. The bride may give some of the sweets to her brothers and sisters, nephews and nieces, but not to her parents, uncles and aunts. When a bride comes of age and lives at her husband's house, her father sends her kothli, gifts of clothing, on the first Tij. She receives a skirt, veil, and shirt; her husband...
Sayfa 141 - ... the stupendous dome; while beneath, devices of every shape and colour were formed by myriads of lamps of various hues: the Imperial closet, situated opposite to the pulpit, was one blaze of refulgence, and its gilded lattices flashed back the brilliancy, till it looked like a gigantic meteor! As I stood a few paces within the doorway, I could not distinguish the limits of the edifice — I looked forward, upward — to the right hand, and to the left — but I could only take in a given space,...