The Beauties of the Bosphorusproprietors, 1838 - 164 oldal |
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amid apartments appearance Aqueduct Aqueduct of Valens arches Armenian Bajazet Bazār beautiful Belgrade Bendt beneath beside Black Sea blue Bosphorus Bournou bright building Buyukdèrè BYRON caïques Castle cemetery channel chibouque cluster coffee-kiosques COLUMN OF MARCIAN columns Constantine Constantinople court cypresses dark dome edifice elegant Emperor entrance European extremely Eyoub fair favourite flung fountain Frank Galata gardens gate gilded glittering gold Golden Horn graceful grave Greek Guz-Couli harbour harem height hills houses Imperial inhabitants Janissaries Khan kiosque lofty look luxury magnificent mihrab minarets Moslem mosque noble occupied once ornamented painted palace Pasha passed Pera picturesque pile pillars portion present Sultan Propontis Pyrgo richly roof ruin scene Scutari sea of Marmora Seraï shadows shore side singular slaves Solyman Sophia spot Stamboul stands stranger stretch Suleimaniè Sultan sweeps Symplegades Tcharchi terrace tomb towers traveller trees turban Turkish Turks valley village W. H. Bartlett walls wander waves whence white marble
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37. oldal - Tis a little thing To give a cup of water ; yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drained by fevered lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when Nectarean juice Renews the life of joy in happiest hours.
95. oldal - I am in the middle of a wood, consisting chiefly of fruit-trees, watered by a vast number of fountains, famous for the excellency of their water, and divided into many shady walks, upon short grass, that seems to me artificial, but, I am assured, is the pure work of nature — within view of the Black sea, from whence we perpetually enjoy the refreshment of cool breezes, that make us insensible of the heat of the summer.
104. oldal - The river nobly foams and flows, The charm of this enchanted ground, And all its thousand turns disclose Some fresher beauty varying round; The haughtiest breast its wish might bound Through life to dwell delighted here; Nor could on earth a spot be found To nature and to me so dear, Could thy dear eyes in following mine Still sweeten more these banks of Rhine! LVI. By Coblentz, on a rise of gentle ground, There is a small and simple pyramid, Crowning the summit of the verdant mound ; Beneath its...
15. oldal - ... of their mistresses murmuring along in an under-current 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...
80. oldal - Where'er we gaze, around, above, below, What rainbow tints, what magic charms are found : Rock, river, forest, mountain, all abound, And bluest skies that harmonize the whole : Beneath, the distant torrent's rushing sound Tells where the volumed cataract doth roll Between those hanging rocks, that shock yet please the soul.
16. oldal - ... laughing, chatting, and refreshing themselves with sweetmeats, sherbet, and lemonade — parties of playful children, apparently quite indifferent to the dense atmosphere which made me struggle for breath — and, to crown all, the sudden bursting forth of a chorus of voices into one of the wildest and shrillest of Turkish melodies, that was caught up and flung back by the echoes of the vast hall, making a din worthy of a saturnalia of demons — all combined to form a picture, like the illusory...
4. oldal - the Giant's Grave," To watch the progress of those rolling seas, Between the Bosphorus, as they lash and lave Europe and Asia, you being quite at ease ; There's not a sea the passenger e'er pukes in, Turns up more dangerous breakers than the Euxine.
15. oldal - 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...
127. oldal - From the madhouse we proceeded to the slavemarket ; a square court, three of whose sides are built round with low stone rooms, or cells, beyond which projects a wooden peristyle. There is always a painful association connected with the idea of slavery, and an insurmountable disgust excited by the spectacle of money given in exchange for human beings ; but, beyond this, (and assuredly this is enough !) there is nothing either to distress or to disgust in the slavemarket of Constantinople. No wanton...
139. oldal - ... saw this, and poured me out a glass of brandy ; but ere I could receive it from her hand, a film came over my eyes, the room appeared to swim round me, and I thought myself dying. I had only time to take off my cap and point to my wounded head, which she had not before perceived, when I fainted away. I know not how long I remained in this state, but when I came to myself, my head was reclining on a pillow placed by her on the table for me, and she was bathing the contusion in the tenderest manner...