... Europe the social status of a man may be guessed by his.dress or his equipage,' in Persia it is denoted by his pipe. A Persian shah or nrince has his pipe covered with richly enamelled plates of gold and silver and incrusted with gems, such as rubies ...

... and spectacled guest of two seasons bac 3 / 4 ,—that, in brief, the Lord Mayor of Loudon is to the Parisians but another Persian Shah, a mach-bedecked and highly-attractive savage P A man of one subject is - proverbially and positively a bore, but n ...

... richest to tbe poorest. m Europe tbe social status of a man may guessed by hisldress or his Persia is denoted by his pipe. A Persian shah or prince has his pipe covered with richly enamelled plates of gold silver and inerusted with gems, such rubies, pearls ...

... hopeless to throw of, was fain to take refuge in divisions, trifles, and irrelevances, such the visit of the discreditable Persian Shah. A similar disposition may now be observed under the repeated blows which Mr Gladstone’s administration Sslnflicted upon ...

... smoking. rrlwin the Fizht. and Innocent the Twelfth. excommunicated smokers. Sultans and Czars, cut off ir heads. and Persian Shahs their none ! Le n• Ono leoeltebafferf wan one of thos light and with puhlieations no numerous in Paris. Having en• tens' ...

... 33, coins of the Sheriffs of Morocco ; 34. Pagratides; 33, coins of the Caucasian laminates; 36. Beberides; 37, of the Persian Shahs ; 38, Afghans ; 39. Brim-Gireis; 40, Genoese-Crimean ; 41. Anglo-Oriental ; 42, Tibetan ; 43, Armenian ; 44, of undecided ...