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The City of the Sultan; and Domestic Manners of the Turks, in 1836, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Note 5 — Chapter XXII

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I am aware that I may here be taxed with an anachronism, and reminded that in the days of Mahomet the use of tobacco was altogether unknown in Turkey; but I, nevertheless, maintain my position, being perfectly convinced that the Hourii would now beckon in vain to a paradise of which the chibouk did not form a feature.

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