Peter Parley's visit to London - Tim And Angi
Peter Parley's visit to London - Tim And Angi
Peter Parley's visit to London - Tim And Angi
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VISIT TO LONDON. 57<br />
partly<br />
on account of the eastern dress in<br />
which Ahmed Fetij Pasha appeared, and<br />
partly<br />
because of that undefined idea of<br />
romance which exists in the popular mind in<br />
connection with the crescent and the rising<br />
sun, the emblems of Turkish power.<br />
" The carriage was of a rich lake colour,<br />
with the emblems which <strong>Peter</strong> Parley has<br />
just mentioned richly emblazoned on the<br />
panels. Inside it was lined with crimson<br />
and yellow silk, in rich fes<strong>to</strong>ons; the hammercloth<br />
blue, with gold and scarlet hangings,<br />
the centre of scarlet velvet with the<br />
rising sun and crescent in diamonds.<br />
" The only other ambassador's carriage<br />
which <strong>Peter</strong> Parley shall notice is that of