An Historical Sketch of the Greek RevolutionWhite, Gallaher & White, 1828 - 452 páginas |
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... hope , that the light and knowledge which was then dawning in the West of Europe might extend its influ ence even to Greece ; but this hope was extinguished in the middle of the fifteenth century , by the torrent of Turkish inva- sion ...
... hope , that the light and knowledge which was then dawning in the West of Europe might extend its influ ence even to Greece ; but this hope was extinguished in the middle of the fifteenth century , by the torrent of Turkish inva- sion ...
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... hope of an amelioration , from any exertion of industry . The Greek was literally the slave of the Turk ; he had no security for his honour , his property , or even his life ; he was despised , trampled on , and suffered only to live ...
... hope of an amelioration , from any exertion of industry . The Greek was literally the slave of the Turk ; he had no security for his honour , his property , or even his life ; he was despised , trampled on , and suffered only to live ...
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... hope of getting rid of the debt , but by a revolution . This was particularly the case in the Morea ; and those who know the country , know the immense influence these primates have over the people , who regard them as feudal chiefs ...
... hope of getting rid of the debt , but by a revolution . This was particularly the case in the Morea ; and those who know the country , know the immense influence these primates have over the people , who regard them as feudal chiefs ...
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... hope to succeed , with the undisciplined rabble , which had collected around him . Accordingly , only seven days from his first raising the standard , he made an ineffectual attempt upon the place . But his numbers increasing every ...
... hope to succeed , with the undisciplined rabble , which had collected around him . Accordingly , only seven days from his first raising the standard , he made an ineffectual attempt upon the place . But his numbers increasing every ...
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Samuel Gridley Howe. nay , they were to risk every thing , without a hope of ame- liorating their situation , even in case of complete success . These considerations , operating upon men by nature very selfish , induced them to use every ...
Samuel Gridley Howe. nay , they were to risk every thing , without a hope of ame- liorating their situation , even in case of complete success . These considerations , operating upon men by nature very selfish , induced them to use every ...
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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