caravansera

The social spirit peculiar to the French nation bad already introduced into the inns of that country the gay and cheerful character of welcome, upon which Erasmus, at a later period, dwells with strong emphasis, as a contrast to the saturnine and sullen reception which strangers were apt to meet with at a German caravansera.

Anne of Geierstein 2008

When night began to approach, they alighted at a caravansera or inn, where they supped, and slept till about midnight; then Marzavan awakened the prince without awakening the grooms, and desired his highness to let him have his suit, and to take another for himself, which was brought in his baggage.

Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights E. Dixon

Night approaching, they alighted at a caravansera or inn, where they supped, and slept till about midnight; when Marzavan awaked the prince without awaking the grooms, desiring his highness to let him have his suit, and take another for himself, which was brought in his sumpter.

The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01 Anonymous

After viewing the mitfere, or cistern, and batteries at Mazagan, we mounted at four o'clock, and arrived at Azamor at seven o'clock P.M., pitched the tents in a large spacious fondaque, or caravansera, in the centre of the town.

An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa Abd Salam Shabeeny

Finally we came into an extemporized village, where some women, unveiled and ugly, advised us to apply to the traders in the khan, or caravansera.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 Various

Strict economy was imperative during the days which followed and it became no uncommon occurrence for Andy P. Symes to whisk Augusta into a caravansera where the gentlemen patrons ate large, filling plates of griddle cakes with their hats on.

The Lady Doc Caroline Lockhart 1916

A fever by day, a revel by night, San Francisco is a caravansera of all nations.

The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance Richard Savage 1874

He rapidly crept through the large room and down the steps, and on the ground floor ran up against one of the lodgers in the caravansera.

Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag Gustav Freytag 1855

The only caravansera we had seen was left some hours behind us, not a vestige of a town or even cottage was within sight or hope, and this “city of the dead” appeared to be the sole refuge for my unfortunate friend, who seemed on the verge of becoming the last of its inhabitants.

Life of Lord Byron Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852 1854

I left my benediction on this pretty little natural caravansera, and a brief record on one of its white birches, hoping to visit it again on some sweet summer or autumn day.

Pages from an Old Volume of Life; a collection of essays, 1857-1881 Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851