An Historical Sketch of the Greek RevolutionWhite, Gallaher & White, 1828 - 452 páginas |
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Página xvii
... Turkish arms . Amurat II . overran all Greece Proper , and captured Athens ; which , however , was soon again in the pow . er of the Franks . It was reserved for Mahomet II . to put the finishing stroke to the destruction of Roman and ...
... Turkish arms . Amurat II . overran all Greece Proper , and captured Athens ; which , however , was soon again in the pow . er of the Franks . It was reserved for Mahomet II . to put the finishing stroke to the destruction of Roman and ...
Página xx
... Turkish Governor to demand them . The peasant was obliged to sell his produce to the imperial officer at a price fixed by the buyer ; soldiers were quartered upon him ; he was forced out to labour on public works ; and his time and ...
... Turkish Governor to demand them . The peasant was obliged to sell his produce to the imperial officer at a price fixed by the buyer ; soldiers were quartered upon him ; he was forced out to labour on public works ; and his time and ...
Página xxiv
... Turkish officer , and paid a very light tribute . 95 The consequences were soon seen ; its population increased in number , in civilization , in refinement ; the face of the coun- try was improved ; it was covered with flourishing ...
... Turkish officer , and paid a very light tribute . 95 The consequences were soon seen ; its population increased in number , in civilization , in refinement ; the face of the coun- try was improved ; it was covered with flourishing ...
Página xxvi
... Turkish officers , but were really in- dependent ; their men were nurtured from the cradle to the use of arms , and knew no other occupation . During the 18th century , while the Turkish empire was ra- pidly declining , and torn by ...
... Turkish officers , but were really in- dependent ; their men were nurtured from the cradle to the use of arms , and knew no other occupation . During the 18th century , while the Turkish empire was ra- pidly declining , and torn by ...
Página xxvii
... Turkish prisoners . * He was a robber , but a robber of mid - day - a robber of tyrants ; glory , and not shame was attached to his profession ; he was free , and brave ; and freedom and courage did not fail to inspire him with noble ...
... Turkish prisoners . * He was a robber , but a robber of mid - day - a robber of tyrants ; glory , and not shame was attached to his profession ; he was free , and brave ; and freedom and courage did not fail to inspire him with noble ...
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Acropolis Admiral Albanians Argos arms army arrived Athens attack attempt batteries began blockade boats body Boeotia Botzaris brave brigs brulots Candia cannon Capitan Pashaw Captain cavalry Chiefs citadel Cochrane Colocotroni command commenced Constantinople Corinth corvette defend Deputies enemy European exertions expedition Favier fire fire-ships force fortress frigate garrison Government Greece Greek fleet gulf gulf of Corinth hope hundred Hydra Hydriote Ibrahim Pashaw immediately inhabitants insurrection Ionian Islands Ipselanti island Karraiskakis Kiutahi land Lord Byron Marco Botzaris Mavrocordato Mavromichalis Mehemet Mehemet Ali ment Miaulis military Missilonghi Modon Morea mountains Napoli nation Navarino Niketas obliged Oropos party Pashaw passed Patrass peasantry Peloponessus Philhellenes plain port position possession prepared province provisions resistance retired revolt sailed sailors Scio sent ship shot siege situation soldiers soon Suliotes Sultan Thessaly thing thousand tion town Tripolitza troops Turkish fleet Turks vessels walls whole καὶ τὴν τὸ