Curzon, Robert, 1810-1873 · London : J. Murray · leaf 266
outin the crowd : for a furious battlecommenced immediately ; everyone being so eager to obtain theholy light, that one man put outthe candle of his neighbour intrying to light his own. It issaid that as much as ten thousandpiasters has been paid for the privilege of first receivingthe holy fire,… … 214 EFFECTS OF THE HEAT. Chap. XVI. sermon or prayers, except a little chanting during theprocessions, and nothing that could tend to remind youof the awful event which this feast was designed tocommemorate. Soon you saw the lights increasing in all directions,every one having lit his candle from…
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