 Each night, at such times, the Bosphorus may realize one's imaginings of Bagdad under Haroun al Raschid and Zobeide. The noble stream flows along for ten miles between palaces of fire. Every house on either bank is illuminated fancifully. There are Gothic...  Turkey, Greece and Malta - Side 26av Sir Adolphus Slade - 1837Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
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...ten miles between palaces of fire. Every house on either bank is illuminated fancifully. There arc Gothic temples, and Grecian colonnades with scrolled...give the slightest idea of Constantinople and the Bospliorus when thus lighted up. The effect is most striking on the water. As no object is visible... | |
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...colonnades with scrolled frontispieces, and gardens — but all of living flame. VOL. II. (1837.) NO. IV. LL The Seraglio Point, one of Europe's extremities, is...slightest idea of Constantinople and the Bosphorus when thua lighted up. The effect is most striking on the water. As no object u visible except the creations... | |
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