Anastasius: Or, Memoirs of a Greek; Written At the Close of the Eighteenth Century 1
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I thought the opportunity a good one for disposing of my provision and my person ; and thence it happens that you find me going onward to Rhodes, instead of returning back to Constantinople." " And do 3 ou not fear," said I, " that the grand Admiral may some day discover your exploits?" " No," replied the Candiote. " He lays his account with them before hand* He knows he cannot furnish his hall with forty or fifty strapping fellows, stiff" with gold lace, and ready to break their necks at his n...od, for nothing but a miserable dish of pilaff ; and like a man of sense, he suffers his Greek subjects to maintain his retinue." A young sailor boy of the district of Sphachia^ — whose inhabitants consider themselves as the only descendants of the ancient Cretans, and are shep- herds in their mountains half the year, and pirates at sea the other half — stood by hstening to Aly's narrative. " You Sphachiote scoundrels," added the Tchawoosh, turning sharply upon him, " may thank your stars that your Sultana is fond of your cream cheeses.
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