Blackwood's Magazine, Volumes 261-262W. Blackwood, 1947 - England |
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Page 248
... Chefik and I In language only was there dis parity . Though something of all tongues soon became mine , only in French could I speak freely and with Chefik , who also was chief interpreter , his native Turkish being as yet un purged of ...
... Chefik and I In language only was there dis parity . Though something of all tongues soon became mine , only in French could I speak freely and with Chefik , who also was chief interpreter , his native Turkish being as yet un purged of ...
Page 249
... Chefik and I soon dropped out to talk more realistically . Though a Bey by birth , Chefik had inherited nothing of the Terrible Turk of biased historians whose favourite example happens to have been half Armenian . Handsome enough to ...
... Chefik and I soon dropped out to talk more realistically . Though a Bey by birth , Chefik had inherited nothing of the Terrible Turk of biased historians whose favourite example happens to have been half Armenian . Handsome enough to ...
Page 255
... Chefik ordered ; and the Armenian , always in fear of Turkish officers , scuttled out . The days dragged on . There were rumours and counter - rumours . Kifri , after falling daily for a week , at last seemed definitely threatened ...
... Chefik ordered ; and the Armenian , always in fear of Turkish officers , scuttled out . The days dragged on . There were rumours and counter - rumours . Kifri , after falling daily for a week , at last seemed definitely threatened ...
Contents
PAGE | 114 |
LAST TRIP BY J B FOERS | 162 |
AFTER DARK BY W F GRAHAM | 177 |
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