The Lebanon: (Mount Souria) : a History and a Diary, Volume 2T. C. Newby, 1860 - Ethnology |
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... wool , but that they ( the monks ) preferred piastres . Again it was confessed that the cause of the change was " idleness . " They then complained of the great 29 8 DIARY IN THE LEBANON . poverty of the people MARONITE CONVENTS . 7.
... wool , but that they ( the monks ) preferred piastres . Again it was confessed that the cause of the change was " idleness . " They then complained of the great 29 8 DIARY IN THE LEBANON . poverty of the people MARONITE CONVENTS . 7.
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... plained bitterly of Mustafa Pasha , who had come with 70 horsemen , staid two days , and left 900 piastres of expenses for them to pay . This would formerly have been submitted to in silence ; now it C 2 MARONITE CONVENTS . 19.
... plained bitterly of Mustafa Pasha , who had come with 70 horsemen , staid two days , and left 900 piastres of expenses for them to pay . This would formerly have been submitted to in silence ; now it C 2 MARONITE CONVENTS . 19.
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... piastres ; 4500 for charatch at 10 piastres per head , the rest for their few mulberry grounds and vineyards ; mulberries , to produce an oke of silk , here about 60 , are charged four or five piastres ; they pay besides two paras the ...
... piastres ; 4500 for charatch at 10 piastres per head , the rest for their few mulberry grounds and vineyards ; mulberries , to produce an oke of silk , here about 60 , are charged four or five piastres ; they pay besides two paras the ...
Page 53
... piastres , of which 2500 consists in a poll - tax of 10 piastres . That evening and next morning they pursued me with questions about the census , with complaints about the treatment they received , the expenses of the soldiers and ...
... piastres , of which 2500 consists in a poll - tax of 10 piastres . That evening and next morning they pursued me with questions about the census , with complaints about the treatment they received , the expenses of the soldiers and ...
Page 85
... piastres tax . The age generally assigned to them is a thousand years ; but this may be tripled at least . The olive groves of Athens were in their vigour in the time of Pericles , and are a fine middle - aged grove to - day . The grove ...
... piastres tax . The age generally assigned to them is a thousand years ; but this may be tripled at least . The olive groves of Athens were in their vigour in the time of Pericles , and are a fine middle - aged grove to - day . The grove ...
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