... after which he will spend the winter at one of the German baths. A very reasonable and eligible offer has been made the Persian Shah to the French Emperor, offering him the Protectorate of the East, and calling his attention to the favourable opportunity ...

... s of the representative of the polite Persians to appear rather boorish, have been exaggerated. Although, however, the Persian Shah's title of King of Kings must in the Western countries in which he is sojourning at present provoke a smile, as being ...

... the entire mass of spectators were seized with an irrepressible desire to look out to sea, and to express a wish that the Persian Shah would come. The day being hazy, it was some time before the distinct outline of the escorting ships could be detected by ...

... heard the entire mass of spectators were seized with irrepressible desire to look out to sea, and to express wish that the Persian Shah would come. The day being hazy, it was some time before the distinct outline of the escorting ships could be detected by ...

... s of the representative of the polite Persians to appear rather boorish, have been exaggerated. Although, however, the Persian Shah's title of King of Kings must in the Western countries in which he is sojourning at present provoke a smile, as being ...

... polish. Such phrases as ■■ Soon my slumbers they were broke will not do In poetry. Lines Relatlre to the Visit of the Persian Shah” should hare been sent at tbo time when his was this country. Home the lines are pretty rigorous. Here Is a specimen - ...

... English complexions rather throws a doubt upon the fog theory.—Evening Standard. Phlegmatic Orientals. —The phlegmatic Persian Shah who declined to to the Derby because it was already known to him that one horse faster than another was a good deal like ...

... absoulutely devoid of any- thing approaching enthusiasm. They went for the same reason that they would have gone to see a Persian Shah, au Indian Nabob, or a King Ceca- wayo; and, looking upon the spectacle, I was forcibly reminded of the truth of Thomas ...

... were ahsoulutelv devoid of anything approaching enthusiasm. They went for the same reason that they would have gone to see Persian Shah, an Indian Nabob, or a King Cetawayo; and, looking upon the spectacle, I was forcibly reminded of the truth of Thomas Carlyle's ...

... civilised world. It is still commonly played Asia, and the name by which ia known most languages is a corruption of the Persian Shah or King. The board upon is played similar to that for draughts, with 64 squares. Each player must have white square his ...

... Baku supplied the whole country far Bagdad, and the trade became so valuable that Armenian Emperors fought for it with Persian Shahs. Peter the Great first determined that Russia should have the benefit of the great oil deposits. He took measures for the ...

... heat it sooa acquired commercial importance. So valuable did the trade become that Armenian Emperors fought for it with Persian Shahs. The first Czar to recognise the value of the deposits was Peter the Great. Russia, he was determined, should have them ...