All 13 Uses of
Constantinople
in
Candide
- "As soon as the first fury of this terrible pestilence was over, a sale was made of the Dey's slaves; I was purchased by a merchant, and carried to Tunis; this man sold me to another merchant, who sold me again to another at Tripoli; from Tripoli I was sold to Alexandria, from Alexandria to Smyrna, and from Smyrna to Constantinople.†
Chpt 12
- "Cunegonde is not here," said Cacambo, "she is at Constantinople."†
Chpt 26
- Oh, heavens! at Constantinople!†
Chpt 26
- But Candide paid no regard to these newcomers, his thoughts were entirely employed on his voyage to Constantinople, in search of his beloved Cunegonde.†
Chpt 26
- Candide's Voyage to Constantinople
Chpt 27 *Constantinople = The city of Byzantium was renamed this prior to being named Istanbul.
- The faithful Cacambo had already prevailed upon the Turkish skipper, who was to conduct the Sultan Achmet to Constantinople, to receive Candide and Martin on his ship.†
Chpt 27
- Thou hast doubtless bought her a palace at Constantinople?†
Chpt 27
- Carry me back at once to Constantinople, and you shall receive the money directly.†
Chpt 27
- I was appointed chaplain to the French Ambassador at Constantinople.†
Chpt 28
- The barber found me a place as lackey to a knight of Malta who was going to Venice, but finding that my master had no money to pay me my wages I entered the service of a Venetian merchant, and went with him to Constantinople.†
Chpt 28
- Cacambo, who worked in the garden, and took vegetables for sale to Constantinople, was fatigued with hard work, and cursed his destiny.†
Chpt 30
- During this conversation, the news was spread that two Viziers and the Mufti had been strangled at Constantinople, and that several of their friends had been impaled.†
Chpt 30
- I am entirely ignorant of the event you mention; I presume in general that they who meddle with the administration of public affairs die sometimes miserably, and that they deserve it; but I never trouble my head about what is transacting at Constantinople; I content myself with sending there for sale the fruits of the garden which I cultivate.†
Chpt 30
Definition:
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(Constantinople) capital of the Byzantium Empire (also known as the Eastern Roman Empire); Constantine renamed the city of Byzantium to Constantinople in the fourth century; in 1930 Turkey renamed it to Istanbul