Publications, Issue 3, Volume 2Royal Asiatic Society, 1836 |
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Page 233
... round in the same way . At the ninth hour of the Eve of the Nativity , that is , at midnight , the bells rang , and the people flocked in haste to the churches . Between the two great bell - towers is a church dedicated under the title ...
... round in the same way . At the ninth hour of the Eve of the Nativity , that is , at midnight , the bells rang , and the people flocked in haste to the churches . Between the two great bell - towers is a church dedicated under the title ...
Page 250
... round the convent . It is smaller than the Convent of the Holy Trinity , but is built on precisely the same plan . I compared the one to the bride , and the other to the bridegroom ; and , in truth , such is their proportion , as we ...
... round the convent . It is smaller than the Convent of the Holy Trinity , but is built on precisely the same plan . I compared the one to the bride , and the other to the bridegroom ; and , in truth , such is their proportion , as we ...
Page 322
... round . The second round he drinks in the name of the festival ; the third , to the health of the Emperor of the Turks , three times . At the very instant the Beg began to drink , immediately three guns were fired , and the tabors ...
... round . The second round he drinks in the name of the festival ; the third , to the health of the Emperor of the Turks , three times . At the very instant the Beg began to drink , immediately three guns were fired , and the tabors ...
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