The Ottoman Power in Europe: Its Nature, Its Growth, and Its DeclineMacmillan and Company, 1877 - 315 sider |
Inni boken
Resultat 1-5 av 81
Side x
... Turk has gained by its freedom — as every land which remains under the Turk has but one wish , namely to get rid of the Turk -as the lands which are set free do not envy the bondage of their enslaved neighbours , while the lands which ...
... Turk has gained by its freedom — as every land which remains under the Turk has but one wish , namely to get rid of the Turk -as the lands which are set free do not envy the bondage of their enslaved neighbours , while the lands which ...
Side xiii
... Turk rules , the present state of things will go on . As long as the Turk rules , there will always be revolts , there will always be massacres . Europe cannot endure this state of things for ever . One European nation at least stands ...
... Turk rules , the present state of things will go on . As long as the Turk rules , there will always be revolts , there will always be massacres . Europe cannot endure this state of things for ever . One European nation at least stands ...
Side xiv
... Turk means one thing ; the Bulgarian or the Thessalian means another thing . By order the Turk means a state of things in which the Bulgarian and the Thes- salian lie still , while the Turk deals with them as he chooses . The number of ...
... Turk means one thing ; the Bulgarian or the Thessalian means another thing . By order the Turk means a state of things in which the Bulgarian and the Thes- salian lie still , while the Turk deals with them as he chooses . The number of ...
Side xv
... Turk , and where they stand with their arms in their hands lest he should come in again . There is no lull on the Black Mountain , where the triumphant champions of freedom , the men to whom the back of a Turk is the most familiar of ...
... Turk , and where they stand with their arms in their hands lest he should come in again . There is no lull on the Black Mountain , where the triumphant champions of freedom , the men to whom the back of a Turk is the most familiar of ...
Side xvii
... Turk , and the " eternal Eastern Question " which his presence causes , is really only an " incident , " though it is an incident which has gone on for five hundred years . The Turk's presence in Europe is incidental . It is something ...
... Turk , and the " eternal Eastern Question " which his presence causes , is really only an " incident , " though it is an incident which has gone on for five hundred years . The Turk's presence in Europe is incidental . It is something ...
Andre utgaver - Vis alle
The Ottoman Power in Europe: Its Nature, Its Growth and Its Decline Edward Augustus Freeman Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1877 |
The Ottoman Power in Europe: Its Nature, Its Growth, and Its Decline Edward Augustus Freeman Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1877 |
The Ottoman Power in Europe: Its Nature, Its Growth, and Its Decline Edward Augustus Freeman Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1877 |
Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
army Aryan Asia Austria Bajazet barbarian began Belgrade bondage Bosnia Bulgarians Caliph called century Christian Christian nations Christian powers Christian subjects civilized common conquered conquerors conquest Constantinople creed Crete Dalmatia despot difference dominion East Eastern Empire Emperor enemies England English European nations European powers evil freedom Greece Greek Herzegovina Hungary independence insurrection interest islands kind King kingdom lands Latin Lord Derby Magyars Mahmoud Mahomet Mahometan Mahometan government massacres matter ment Midhat Montenegro moral Mussulman nations of Europe never oppression oppressors Orkhan Ottoman Empire Ottoman power Ottoman Turks political princes race reform reign religion revolt Rome rulers Russia Saracens Selim Seljuk Servia set free shew simply Sir Henry Elliot Slaves Slavonic South-eastern Europe sovereign subject nations Suleiman Sultan Teutonic things treaty tributary Turanian Turkey Turkish Turkish power Turkish rule Venetian Venice wars West Western Europe words wrong yoke
Populære avsnitt
Side 264 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Side xvi - If their hopes should once more be disappointed, and if the condition of the Christian subjects of the Sultan should not be improved in a manner to prevent the return of the complications which periodically disturb the peace of the East, they think it right to declare that such a state of affairs would be incompatible with their interests and those of Europe in general.
Side xvii - The presence of the Turk and the "eternal Eastern Question" which his presence causes, is really only an "incident" though it is an incident which has gone on for five hundred years. The Turk's presence in Europe is incidental. It is something strange, abnormal, 220 contrary to the general system of Europe, something which keeps that system always out of gear, something which supplies a never-failing stock of difficulties and complications. The Turk in Europe, in short, answers to Lord Palmerston's...
Side xix - But we cannot sacrifice our people, the people of Aryan and Christian Europe, to the most genuine belief in an Asian mystery.
Side 253 - ... monstrous severity with which the Bulgarian insurrection was put down, but the necessity which exists for England to prevent changes from occurring here which would be most detrimental to ourselves, is not affected by the question whether it was 10,000 or 20,000 persons who perished in the suppression. We have been upholding what we know to be a...
Side 265 - An ambassador is an honest man, sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.
Side 253 - To the accusation of being a blind partisan of the Turks, I will only answer that my conduct here has never been guided by any sentimental affection for them but by a firm determination to uphold the interests of Great Britain to the utmost of my power, and that those interests are deeply engaged in preventing the disruption of the Turkish Empire...