Alexander William Kinglake: Eothen. Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East (1844) und Murad Efendi: Türkische Skizzen. Erster Band. Türkische Fahrten (1877)
Verehrtes Fräulein Also seit 2 Monaten an der Grenze des eigentlichen Abissien [sic!], in einer Strohhütte – Ziegenmilch, Bohnen, Milch u[nd] Fleisch (fr)essend – vor lauter Langeweile bis zum Excess fleißig in Astrologie etc. u[nd] noch nicht wissend, wie lange noch (resp. bis ein Antwort vom Keiser an den […] H[errn] Br[uder] geschrieben, zu uns gelangt). Klima ist nicht unrecht, Gegend auch nicht, aber unter diese[r] hundechristlichen [sic!] Bagage zw[ischen] Abyssien u[nd] Boghorly freiwillig zu wohnen, möchte ich nicht wählen. Ich bin stolz darauf kein Wort in der Landessprache gelernt zu haben u[nd] ich finde es wohltuend nicht zu verstehen was die Kerl reden. [...]
Kinglake, Alexander William: Eothen: Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East (1844) At Semlin I still was encompassed by the scenes and the sounds of familiar life; the din of a busy world still vexed and cheered me; the unveiled faces of women still shone in the light of day. Yet, whenever I chose to look southward, I saw the Ottoman’s fortress—austere, and darkly impending high over the vale of the Danube—historic Belgrade. I had come, as it were, to the end of this wheel-going Europe, and now my eyes would see the splendor and havoc of the East. [...]
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