Anastasius Or Memoirs of a Greek - 1 Author:Thomas Hope Volume: 1 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1831 Original Publisher: Harper Subjects: History / General Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy t... more »he General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER III. Received among the suite of this important tergiuman, I was soon made to exchange my miserable tarred jacket for the ample benishf of finest broadcloth trailing on the Boor, the first mark of my promotion; but I could not help regretting the loss of my raven locks, indifferently replaced, in my opinion, by a clumsy calpackj of short black lamb's wool. I swore I would some day, cost what it might, doff my uncouth headdress for one of those smart turbans of gilt brocade or shawl, worn with such a saucy air, over one ear, by the pasha's tshawooshes; gentlemen who were seen every where lounging about as if they had nothing to do but to sport their handsome legs, their vests stiff with gold lace, and their impudent bullying faces. I had confidently expected that my first apprenticeship in my new service would have been to the use of the carbine and the sabre. Great, therefore, was my mortification when, instead of learning to shoot an enemy, or to cut down a rebel, I had to practise carrying a coffeepot, or presenting a pipe; and once, when a young fellow- attendant displayed his wit in jokes on my awkwardness, I got into such a passion that I thrust my lighted pipe head foremost into his grinning mouth, and made his pert tongue smart for its petulance. An oldish, mild-looking man, a privileged domestic, who, having served out his time, now acted as a sort of pedagogue to the new comers, discerning my aspiring disposition, took me aside: " Listen, young man," said...« less