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coolom-sha_a the_o king_n slave_n 257_o their_o employment_n ibid._n cuperli_fw-la mahamet_n bassa_n make_v grand_a visir_n 15._o he_o resent_v the_o french_a ambassador_n slight_n 16._o the_o most_o remarkable_a passage_n of_o his_o life_n 57_o etc._n etc._n cupri_n kent_n 239_o d._n dadian_n the_o title_n of_o the_o prince_n of_o mingrelia_n he_o be_v guilty_a of_o the_o robbery_n commit_v upon_o the_o author_n 131_o darejan_n daughter_n to_o the_o last_o king_n of_o georgia_n will_v have_v marry_v her_o son_n in_o law_n 136._o her_o wicked_a prank_n to_o continue_v herself_o in_o the_o dominion_n 137_o etc._n etc._n she_o marry_v vactangle_n one_o of_o her_o lord_n 137_o which_o cause_v a_o revolt_n of_o the_o rest_n ibid._n bitray_v 138._o her_o tragic_a end_n 145_o darejan_n levans_n aunt_n and_o wife_n 134_o she_o set_v up_o her_o son_n vomeki_n 136_o deria-shirin_a or_o the_o lake_n of_o irivan_n describe_v 247_o dily-jan_a and_o the_o country_n about_o it_o 240_o e._n ebber_n the_o description_n of_o it_o 377_o echmiazin_n or_o the_o monastery_n of_o the_o three_o church_n 249_o echmovil_n a_o place_n famous_a for_o the_o pilgrimage_n of_o the_o persian_n 387_o f._n feast_n the_o order_n of_o a_o nuptial_a feast_n in_o persia_n 226_o two_o friar_n commissioner_n for_o the_o holy_a land_n their_o claim_n at_o the_o port_n 39_o etc._n etc._n their_o large_a offer_n to_o the_o turk_n and_o the_o reason_n 45_o g._n genoeses_n maintain_v a_o consul_n at_o smyrna_n 11_o george_n prince_n of_o libardian_n 134_o his_o wife_n be_v take_v from_o he_o ibid._n he_o die_v for_o grief_n 135_o georgia_n the_o description_n of_o it_o 186_o etc._n etc._n the_o religion_n of_o the_o country_n 192_o conquer_a by_o ishmael_n the_o the_o great_a 193._o the_o history_n of_o georgia_n ibid._n &c_n &c_n revolt_v from_o the_o persian_a and_o conquer_v by_o rustan_n can_n 203_o gonie_n describe_v 185_o gori_n describe_v 188_o guriel_n the_o description_n of_o it_o p_o 105_o its_o 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108_o fearful_a of_o danger_n 152_o popish_a missionary_n slight_v in_o georgia_n 211_o the_o mountain_n where_o noah_n ark_n rest_v 252_o moutshacour_n a_o large_a village_n 416_o music_n not_o use_v in_o the_o mahometan_a religion_n 229_o n._n nacchivan_n the_o description_n of_o it_o 346_o the_o deputy_n governor_n uncivil_a to_o the_o author_n 349_o turkish_a navigation_n 66_o m._n noyntel_n french_a ambassador_n at_o the_o port_n 28_o &c_n &c_n his_o negotiation_n frustrate_v 44_o o._n otta_n chekaizè_n betray_v q._n darejan_n 138_o oil_n sacred_a call_v myrone_n p._n 101_o p._n parthia_n the_o air_n and_o description_n of_o the_o country_n 373_o the_o vice_n roy_n of_o georgias_n pass_v 236_o the_o governor_n of_o irivan_n pass_n 342_o mirza-thair's_a pass_n 368_o the_o king_n of_o persia_n patent_n 236_o the_o patriarch_n of_o armenia_n a_o story_n of_o his_o extravagance_n 333._o ill_o use_v by_o the_o governor_n of_o irivan_n 365_o pervarè_v a_o village_n of_o persia_n 372_o 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of_o it_o 352_o etc._n etc._n
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