Travels in Sicily, Greece & AlbaniaJ. Mawman, 1820 |
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... never became the head or capital of a sandgiac till the time of its present sovereign * . His experienced eye soon saw the advantages of its strong central situation , and from the first he de- termined to make it the focus of his ...
... never became the head or capital of a sandgiac till the time of its present sovereign * . His experienced eye soon saw the advantages of its strong central situation , and from the first he de- termined to make it the focus of his ...
Page 26
... never eaten either by Turks or Greeks . Very little animal food is consumed here comparatively , as in other Grecian cities . The diet of all ranks is rather spare and simple : oil enters into almost every article of culinary ...
... never eaten either by Turks or Greeks . Very little animal food is consumed here comparatively , as in other Grecian cities . The diet of all ranks is rather spare and simple : oil enters into almost every article of culinary ...
Page 33
... never moving the cup from the mouth till the whole of the liquor was dispatched these triplets were received by the rest of the company with unbounded applause . Possibly the celebrated Thracian Amystis may have been a similar trial of ...
... never moving the cup from the mouth till the whole of the liquor was dispatched these triplets were received by the rest of the company with unbounded applause . Possibly the celebrated Thracian Amystis may have been a similar trial of ...
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... never to marry until their sisters are disposed of ; the truth of which was frequently confirmed to me by most respectable authority . The strongest instance I ever met with of this zeal was in a poor decayed tradesman of Ioannina ...
... never to marry until their sisters are disposed of ; the truth of which was frequently confirmed to me by most respectable authority . The strongest instance I ever met with of this zeal was in a poor decayed tradesman of Ioannina ...
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... never witnessed : if practice however can make perfect , he ought to be the best marksman in Albania . Some of his guns were of a great length , and he was so surprised at seeing me bring down a bird at a long shot with a very short ...
... never witnessed : if practice however can make perfect , he ought to be the best marksman in Albania . Some of his guns were of a great length , and he was so surprised at seeing me bring down a bird at a long shot with a very short ...
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Acarnania Acheron Agà Albanian troops Alessio Ali Pasha Ali's amongst ancient Antonietti appeared Apsus Argyro-Castro arms army arrived Arta attack Avlona beautiful Berat beys called caloyer Captain carried castron character Charadrus chief church commanded Constantinople Corfu death Delvino dispatched district divan dominions Effendi endeavoured enemies English Epirus favourite fortress Foto French friends gain Gardiki Gardikiote garrison grand Greece Greek hands harem head hill honour Ibrahim Pasha inhabitants Ioannina Ionian Ionian islands Ionian Sea island Kiaffa Klissura lake Mahometan means Mouchtar Pasha mountains Mustafà officers Palasca palikars Paramithia Parga Parghiotes plain Porte possession Pouqueville Prevesa prisoners procured received republic returned river rock Romaic ruins Russians Santa Maura scarcely sent seraglio serai Signore Nicolo soon Suli Suliots Tepeleni tion took town Turkey Turkish Turks Tzavella village vizir Voïussa whilst δὲ νὰ τὴν τῆς τὸ τὸν