Thus in France the porters at the gates of palaces, public offices, hotels, &c. are still styled Swiss, because in former times natives of Switzerland were usually selected for porters, on account of their characteristic fidelity and ...
Travels in Epirus, Albania, Macedonia, and Thessaly by FCHL Pouqueville (London: Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co, 1820). http://www.promacedonia.org/en/fp/index.html. TRAVELS IN EPIRUS AND ALBANIA 1. Voyage from Ancona to Ragusa ...
