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Page 126
... covered with an immense population ; and every fugitive from the country of the Turks comes to settle on his domain , where great gain is to be acquired . Nearly the whole of these troops are sure to assemble on this Feast of the ...
... covered with an immense population ; and every fugitive from the country of the Turks comes to settle on his domain , where great gain is to be acquired . Nearly the whole of these troops are sure to assemble on this Feast of the ...
Page 157
... covered with tin ; and three tabernacles , over each of which is a handsome cupola . Before the gate is a round and wide cupola with many arches ; in the middle of which is a pond of water , with an elevated pipe , through which the ...
... covered with tin ; and three tabernacles , over each of which is a handsome cupola . Before the gate is a round and wide cupola with many arches ; in the middle of which is a pond of water , with an elevated pipe , through which the ...
Page 159
... covered with a description of the dread Judge- ment . On the other three walls is the circuit of heaven and earth , and the Almighty ( exalted be his name ! ) is on the work of the Creation : and Adam is there , with Eve rising from his ...
... covered with a description of the dread Judge- ment . On the other three walls is the circuit of heaven and earth , and the Almighty ( exalted be his name ! ) is on the work of the Creation : and Adam is there , with Eve rising from his ...
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afterwards Akhmil Arabic Archimandrite attended banquet Basil the Macedonian beautiful Beg of Moldavia Beg of Wallachia Beg sent Beg's bells Bishops blessing called calpack castle censer ceremony chair chaunt choir Christ church Clergy cloth coach Constantine Corta Cossack country Cossacks Crâl cross cupolas custom Deacons deceased door Easter Emperor entered Feast Festival gardens gate gold Gospel Grandees Greek hand handsome Heads of Convents Holy horses houses Iconostasis incense inhabitants Jews Khatman Akhmil Kiov kissed lofty Lord the Patriarch magnificent manner mass Matthi Beg Metropolitan miles Monks morning Moscow Muscovites Nicolas Oriental Translation painted palace passed Patriarch of Antioch Paul of Aleppo Persian person piastres Poles Prayer of Absolution present Priests Prince recited river robes round royal door saying SECT Silistria silver sprinkled standing stood Sunday Tabernacle Tartars thurible took town troops Turks Vasili Voivoda Wallachia walls whilst whole Zenobius ثم علي