Word: turkish
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...sober realities of life. There were two other booths in the gallery which attracted great crowds. One had this placard above the door: "New Course in Chinese and Japanese Antiquities"; the other, "Course in Oriental Life." From the latter booth delicious odors were exhaled, mingled with the fumes of Turkish tobacco...
...Fazl and Mirza-Shafi, and the Arabic grammar of Muhammad bin Daud may not be of interest to the man of "general culture," - a phenomenon of which Harvard College, it is gratifying to know, is growing suspicious, - but they will certainly prove useful to the student of Turkish literature, and will be valuable to a scholar who intends travelling in the East...
...including Prose Fiction, Plays, and Poems." In the preface are numerous quotations from prominent authors, substantiating Mr. Winsor's views as to the value of fiction in supplementing historical studies of different periods. The different subjects treated are American, English, Scottish, Irish, French, Spanish and Portuguese, Germanic, Scandinavian, Sclavic, Turkish, Ancient Roman, Roman Imperial, Italian, Ancient Greek, Modern Greek, Asian, African, Australian History, and, last of all, Crusoe Literature. An extensive index at the end gives the men, place, subjects, events, etc., mentioned in the body of the book. Each subject is chronological, beginning, for instance, in American History, with...
...cannot dive into original Jeromes, Meissoniers, Fortunys, etc., we can, at least, enjoy their presence in photographs or engravings such as are to be purchased in Boston for as little as the wretched and oft-repeated prints of Landseer, Ansdell, etc., that cover our walls. Again, a Turkish rug of good quality can be had for nearly the same sum as one which has for a subject a herd of enraged buffaloes tearing over it. And what shows aesthetic taste more than a Persian tapestry with a couple of odd plates, a cup and saucer or two, hung over...
...friend Diogenes last Saturday proposed that we should take a Turkish bath. It had long been my desire to experience "one of the greatest luxuries of the age," and we started immediately. As we passed through the Port in the luxurious horse-car, I began to feel a strange apprehension. I recollected that I had seen persons who had tried Turkish baths and repented. When we reached our destination I was in a strangely nervous condition...