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" ... four basins with a pleasing sound. The roof was painted with all sorts of flowers, falling out of gilded baskets, that seemed tumbling down. On a. sofa, raised three steps, and covered with fine Persian carpets, sat the... "
The Wonders of the World, in Nature, Art, and Mind ... - Page 63
by Robert Sears - 1856
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Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W---y M----e: Written ..., Volumes 1-2

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1796 - 468 pages
...tumbling down . On a tofa raised three steps , and covered with line Persian• carpets , sat the Kahya's lady, leaning on cushions of white satin embroidered...they were hardly seen near the fair Fatima , (for that is her name) so much her beauty effaced every thing I have/Seen , nay , all that has been called...
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The Wonders of Nature and Art: Or, A Concise Account of Whatever ..., Volume 3

Thomas Smith - 1803 - 310 pages
...carpets, sat the kahya's lady, leaning on cushions of white sattin embroidered ; and at her feet sat -two girls, about twelve years old, lovely as angels, dressed...jewels. But they were hardly seen near the fair Fatima, so much did her beauty surpass every thing I had ever seen. She stood up to receive me, saluting me...
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The Wonders of Nature and Art: Or, A Concise Account of Whatever ..., Volume 3

Thomas Smith - 1803 - 280 pages
...leaning on cushions of white sattin embroidered ; and at her feet sat txvo girls, about twelve year*. old, lovely as angels, dressed perfectly rich, and...jewels. But they were hardly seen near the fair Fatima, so much did her beauty surpass«v«ry thing I had ever seen. She stood up to receive m«, saluting...
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A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of ..., Volume 14

William Fordyce Mavor - 1809 - 458 pages
...with fine Persian carpets, sat the kiyaya's lady, leaning on cushions of white satin, embroider. ed ; and at her feet sat two young girls about twelve years...But they were hardly seen near the fair Fatima (for that is her name), so much her beauty effaced every thing I have seen, nay, all that has been called...
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Arabian Nights, Volume 1

1810 - 472 pages
...tumbling down. On a sofa, raised three steps, and covered with fine Persian carpets, sat the Kahya's lady, leaning on cushions of white satin embroidered...But they were hardly seen near the fair Fatima, (for that was her name, ) so much her beauty effaced every thing I have seen, nay, all that has been called...
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Letters of the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Written During ...

Mary Wortley Montagu - 1816 - 374 pages
...tumbling down. On a sofa, raised three steps, and covered with fine Persian carpets, sat the Kiyaya's lady, leaning on cushions of white satin, embroidered;...two young girls about twelve years old, lovely as an * dressed perfectly rich, and almost covered • ' jewels. But they were hardly seen neat- ^L Fatima...
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Marriage Customs and Modes of Courtship of the Various Nations of the ...

Theophilus Moore - 1820 - 374 pages
...sofa, raised three steps, and covered with fine Persian carpets, sat the kiyaya's (lieutenant- vizier) lady, leaning on cushions of white satin, embroidered...jewels. But they were hardly seen near the fair Fatima; so much her beauty effaced every thing I have seen, nay, all th at has been called lovely either in...
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The British Prose Writers...: Lady M. W. Montagu's letters from France and Italy

1821 - 396 pages
...females, into which every man in Turkey, but the master of the house, is interdicted from entering. feet sat two young girls about twelve years old, lovely...But they were hardly seen near the fair Fatima (for that is hefname),so much her beauty effaced every thing I have seen,nay, all that has been called lovely...
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Marriage Rites, Customs, and Ceremonies, of All Nations of the Universe

Lady Augusta Hamilton - 1822 - 424 pages
...sofa, raised three steps, and covered with fine Persian carpets, sat the kiyaya's (lieutenant-vizier) lady, leaning on cushions of white satin, embroidered...— But they were hardly seen near the fair Fatima ; so much her beauty effaced every thing I have seen, nay, all that has been called lovely either in...
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The letters of lady M.W. Montagu during the embassy to ..., Volume 1

lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1825 - 352 pages
...tumbling down. On a. sofa, raised three steps, and covered with fine Persian carpets, sat the kiyaya's lady, leaning on cushions of white satin, embroidered;...But they were hardly seen near the fair Fatima (for that is her name), so much her beauty effaced every thing I have seen, nay, all that has been called...
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