Éditeur : Harcourt & Brace | Date & Lieu : 1956, London |
Préface : | Pages : 114 |
Traduction : | ISBN : |
Langue : Anglais | Format : 155x230 mm |
Code FIKP : Liv. Eng. Sta. Rid. N° 195 | Thème : Général |
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Table des Matières | Introduction | Identité | ||
Riding to the Tigris |
TO THE READER …. But now I may be justly blamed to pretend to give account of …. matters farre above my reach or capacity, but herein I have described what have come within my knowledge either by view or reading, or relation by others which according to my conception have faithfully Rehearsed, but where I have mistaken in any form or subject matter I easily submitt to a correction and will enter such Erratas in a supplement annext to ye Book of some particulars since remarked; and shall conclude with a hearty wish and recommendation to all, but especially my own Sex, the studdy of those tilings which tend to Improve the mind and make our Lives pleasant and comfortable as well as profittable in all the Stages and stations of our Lives, and render suffering and age supportable and Death less fformidable and a future State more happy.’ Celia Fiennes Copied from the MSS of her Diary, Through England on a Sidesaddle in the time of William and Mary—by kindness of Lord and Lady Saye and Sele. The Hakkiari The hakkiari lie, a deep wedge with strong gorges, between the Tigris and Lake Van, with the country of the upper Euphrates above them and the Mesopotamian comlands below. The Niphates of the Ancients, they had haunted me for years. |