Excerpt from Sturmer, Vol. 3 of 3: A Tale of Mesmerism; To Which Are Added Other Sketches From Life Excess of vice and social degradation; even as the vivifying power of the sun, while developing to their fullest luxuriance the flowers and fruits of the earth, gives vitality to the noxious insects that prey upon and deface their leaves. But in Constantinople such disparities are nowhere visible no escutcheoned equipage awakens the echoes of its silent streets; nor does the spectacle of inebriation in rags, and ...
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Excerpt from Sturmer, Vol. 3 of 3: A Tale of Mesmerism; To Which Are Added Other Sketches From Life Excess of vice and social degradation; even as the vivifying power of the sun, while developing to their fullest luxuriance the flowers and fruits of the earth, gives vitality to the noxious insects that prey upon and deface their leaves. But in Constantinople such disparities are nowhere visible no escutcheoned equipage awakens the echoes of its silent streets; nor does the spectacle of inebriation in rags, and unblushing depravity, offend the eye and sadden the heart. The physical wants of the people seem to be few, and easily satisfied; sobriety and dignity mark their external demeanour; the habita tions of all classes of citizens bear the same simple exterior; the pride of birth appears to be unknown or wholly disregarded; while the aristocracy of power and place alone asserts its sway, and capriciously elevates to the highest grades in the state individuals so obscurely born, that in other countries they could only be thrown to the surface by the convulsion of some. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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