 Vizier's ; and the very house confessed the difference between an old devotee and a young beauty. It was nicely clean and magnificent. I was met at the door by two black eunuchs, who led me through a long gallery between two ranks of beautiful young girls,...  Annual Register of World Events - Pagina 2981796Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1837 - 466 pagina’s
...All things here were with quite another air than at the Grand-Vizier's ; and the very house confessed the difference between an old devotee and a young...through a long gallery between two ranks of beautiful young girls, with their hair finely plaited, almost hanging to their feet, all dressed in fine light... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1837 - 470 pagina’s
...All things here were with quite another air than at the Grand-Vizier's ; and the very house confessed the difference between an old devotee and a young...through a long gallery between two ranks of beautiful young girls, with their hair finely plaited, almost hanging to their feet, all dressed in fine light... | |
 | Louisa Stuart Costello - 1844 - 416 pagina’s
...things here were with quite another air than at the Grand- Vizier's ; and the very house confessed the difference between an old devotee and a young...was met at the door by two black eunuchs, who led me though a long gallery between two ranks of beautiful young girls, with their hair finely plaited, almost... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1851 - 650 pagina’s
...says, ' is as if all English beauty, in her shape, had gone to compare notes with all Turkish : ' — ' I was met at the door by two black eunuchs, who led...through a long gallery between two ranks of beautiful young girls, with their hair finely plaited, almost hanging to then- feet, all dressed in fine light... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1854 - 740 pagina’s
...to the Grand Vizier. Her account of this visit, written more than a century since, is here given. " I was met at the door by two black eunuchs, who led me through a long gallery between two ranges of beautiful young girls, with their hair finely plaited, almost hanging to their feet, all... | |
 | 1855 - 488 pagina’s
...All things here were with quite another air than at the Grand Vizier's; and the very house confessed the difference between an old devotee and a young...through a long gallery between two ranks of beautiful young girls, with their hair finely plaited, almost hanging to their feet, all dressed in fine light... | |
 | Robert Sears - 1856 - 566 pagina’s
...grand vizier's, and the very house confessed the difference between an old devotee and a young boauty. It was nicely clean and magnificent. I was met at...led me through a long gallery, between two ranks of heautiful young girls, with their hair finely plaited, almost hanging to their feet, all dressed in... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1859 - 636 pagina’s
...says, ' is as if all English beauty, in her shape, had gone to compare notes with all Turkish : ' — ' I was met at the door by two black eunuchs, who led...through a long gallery between two ranks of beautiful young girls, with then- hair finely plaited, almost hanging to their feet, all dressed in fine light... | |
 | Henry Heavisides - 1864 - 184 pagina’s
...idea of the style in which the ladies of the harem spend their time : "I was met," she states, •" at the door by two black eunuchs, who led me through a long gallery, between two ranks of beautiful young girls, with their hair finely platted, almost hanging to their feet, all dressed in fine white... | |
 | lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1865 - 278 pagina’s
...All things here were with quite another air than at the grand vizier's ; and the very house confessed the difference between an old devotee and a young...through a long gallery between two ranks of beautiful young girls, with their hair finely plaited, almost hanging to their feet, all dressed in fine light... | |
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