The Spirit of the East: Illustrated in a Journal of Travels Through Roumeli During an Eventful Period, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1838 |
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The Spirit of the East: Illustrated in a Journal of Travels ..., Volume 2 David Urquhart Volledige weergave - 1838 |
The spirit of the East, illustrated in a journal of travels ..., Volume 2 David Urquhart Volledige weergave - 1838 |
The Spirit of the East, Illustrated in a Journal of Travels Through Roumeli ... D. Urquhart Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2017 |
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
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Populaire passages
Pagina 19 - An important part of their trust was to circulate the funds realised from hand to hand, and from place to place according to their own circumstances, necessities, and the rates of exchange." " Thus the company secured to itself both the profits of the speculation and the profit of the banker, which was exceedingly increased by the command and choice which these two capacities gave of time, market, and speculation. When the exchange was favourable, they remitted specie ; when unfavourable, they remitted...
Pagina 384 - Where the affections are so strongly involved in the other relationships, and where, from habit and the consequent structure of their houses, the family lives so constantly in common, the wife cannot acquire that exclusive affection or that domestic power, which she derives in Europe from the force of habit as well as from the comparative weakness of other, and especially of filial and parental ties. The wife in the East is not the mistress of the household, she is the daughter of her husband's mother.
Pagina 266 - The mothers of the Sultans and of the great men in Turkey have exercised greater influence over its destinies than the Ninons de 1'Enclos, the Maintenons, or the Nell Gwynnes of Europe, and may that influence never be less! Even in the...
Pagina 17 - This yarn found its way into Germany, and was disposed of at Buda, Vienna, Leipsic, Dresden, Anspach, and Bareuth. The Ambelakiot merchants had houses of their own in all these places. These houses belonged to distinct associations at Ambelakia. The competition thus established reduced very considerably the common profits; they proposed therefore to unite themselves under one central commercial administration.
Pagina 18 - ... that the capitalists might not swallow up all the profits. The workmen subscribed their little profits, and uniting in societies, purchased single shares ; and besides their capital, their labour was reckoned' in the general amount; they received their share of the profits accordingly, and abundance was soon spread through the whole community. The dividends were at first restricted to ten per cent., and the surplus profit was applied to the augmenting of the capital ; which in two years was raised...
Pagina 41 - ... they enter with the feet bare. With us the women commonly appear in gay colours, and the men in sombre ; with them it is exactly the reverse. In our rooms the roof is white, and the walls are coloured ; in theirs the walls are white, and the ceiling coloured. Amongst us, masters require a character with their servants ; in Turkey servants inquire into the character of masters. In our fashionable circles, dancing is considered an accomplishment ; they deem it a disgraceful employment. An Englishman...
Pagina 18 - This competition was of a peculiar character ; these houses were agents of one factory, and the competition between the agents did not allow the produce of the factory its fair advantages against other factories. The factories had a common administration at home, and it sent its goods to market at its own expense and risk — combining the profits of merchant, broker, and manufacturer ; as it was carried on by an association of capital and labour, which equalised the profits so much that the poorest...
Pagina 20 - The infraction of an injudicious bye-law gave rise to litigation, by which the community was split into two factions. For several years, at an enormous expense, they went about to Constantinople, Salonica, and Vienna, transporting witnesses and mendicating legal decisions, to reject them when obtained ; and the company separated into as many parts as there were associations of workmen in the original firm. At this period the Bank of Vienna, in which their funds were deposited, broke; and, with this...
Pagina 292 - ... mechanism. It was mid-day, and the shadow of the frame of the window was on the floor. I endeavoured to explain to them that the needle was always found nearly in that direction, pointing to the north : I could only make them understand that it always turned towards the sun ! The Reis Effendi then asked me to shew him England. When I pointed out the small comparative spot on the great globe, he turned to the rest, and said " Keetchuk," little; and they repeated all round " Keetchuk," in various...
Pagina 17 - Every arm, even those of the children, is employed in the factories ; whilst the men dye the cotton, the women prepare and spin it. There are twenty-four factories, in which yearly...