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... houses interspersed with the dark - green of myrtle and orange groves , and the domes and minarets of churches and mosques rising in ter- races above the sheer sea - cliff , under the shadow of a picturesque old fortress , which is ...
... houses interspersed with the dark - green of myrtle and orange groves , and the domes and minarets of churches and mosques rising in ter- races above the sheer sea - cliff , under the shadow of a picturesque old fortress , which is ...
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... few obsolete cannon still peep over the tumble- down walls , there is a Turkish bazaar , some barracks , and perhaps a hundred houses , almost entirely tenanted by Mussulmans , to the number of 1200 or 1300 . 10 ' TWIXT GREEK AND TURK .
... few obsolete cannon still peep over the tumble- down walls , there is a Turkish bazaar , some barracks , and perhaps a hundred houses , almost entirely tenanted by Mussulmans , to the number of 1200 or 1300 . 10 ' TWIXT GREEK AND TURK .
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... houses ; whereas now there are over 500 houses , with a population of some 4000 souls , Greeks almost to a man . It consists of one long , broad street , more than half a mile in length , running parallel to the sea , with a few ...
... houses ; whereas now there are over 500 houses , with a population of some 4000 souls , Greeks almost to a man . It consists of one long , broad street , more than half a mile in length , running parallel to the sea , with a few ...
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... houses are mostly well built , of stone and stucco , in the modern Greek style ; and , besides coffee - houses and wine - shops innumerable , it boasts even a hotel , whereof the less said the better . Annexation to Greece is naturally ...
... houses are mostly well built , of stone and stucco , in the modern Greek style ; and , besides coffee - houses and wine - shops innumerable , it boasts even a hotel , whereof the less said the better . Annexation to Greece is naturally ...
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... houses of the new town ; the groves of olive - trees , nestling at the foot of the mountains ; the numerous villages , perched like eagles ' nests on the precipitous slopes of Pelion ; the bold outline of the jagged coast ; the smooth ...
... houses of the new town ; the groves of olive - trees , nestling at the foot of the mountains ; the numerous villages , perched like eagles ' nests on the precipitous slopes of Pelion ; the bold outline of the jagged coast ; the smooth ...
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Twixt Greek and Turk: Or, Jotting During a Journey Through Thessaly ... Valentine Chirol No preview available - 1999 |
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