 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1906 - 572 страници
...you, in the first place, that the Eastern manners give a great light into many Scripture passages, that appear odd to us, their phrases being commonly...language. The vulgar Turk is very different from what is spoken at court, or amongst the people of figure, who always mix so much Arabic or Persian in their... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1906 - 580 страници
...commonly what we should call Scripture language. The vulgar Turk is very different from what is spoken at court, or amongst the people of figure, who always mix so much Arabic or Persian in their discourse, that it may very well be called another language. And 'tis as ridiculous... | |
 | Carolyn A. Barros, Johanna M. Smith - 2000 - 438 страници
...Turkish being very different. I should have told you, in the first place, that the Eastern manners6" give a great light into many Scripture-passages, that...that it may very well be called another language. And 'tis as ridiculous to make use of the expressions commonly used, in speaking to a great man or lady,... | |
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Turk is very different from what is spoke at court, or amongst the people of figure; who always mix so much Arabic and Persian in their discourse, that it may very well be called another language. And 'tis as ridiculous to make use of the expressions... 
