The Ottoman Power in Europe: Its Nature, Its Growth, and Its DeclineMacmillan and Company, 1877 - 315 sider |
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Side xvii
... in the wrong place . " The sooner the " incident " of his presence is " terminated , " by the help of whatever " inspiration , " the better . An inspiration likely to terminate that incident might have come from the Cabinet of St. James.
... in the wrong place . " The sooner the " incident " of his presence is " terminated , " by the help of whatever " inspiration , " the better . An inspiration likely to terminate that incident might have come from the Cabinet of St. James.
Side 4
... better understand how utterly the Turk is a stranger to all of them alike . Fully to understand the nature of this common store which belongs to the nations of civilized Europe , but in which the Turks have no share , we must go back to ...
... better understand how utterly the Turk is a stranger to all of them alike . Fully to understand the nature of this common store which belongs to the nations of civilized Europe , but in which the Turks have no share , we must go back to ...
Side 11
... better words , may be called by the inaccurate , but not wholly meaningless , names of feudal and chivalrous . The possibility of slavery and polygamy in all cases , their presence in many cases , give Eastern society its distinctive ...
... better words , may be called by the inaccurate , but not wholly meaningless , names of feudal and chivalrous . The possibility of slavery and polygamy in all cases , their presence in many cases , give Eastern society its distinctive ...
Side 15
... better than others , all fairly dis- charge the first duties of government . It is only in a very few parts of Western Europe , that any great crime of one man against another is likely to go unpunished . And , even where it is so , the ...
... better than others , all fairly dis- charge the first duties of government . It is only in a very few parts of Western Europe , that any great crime of one man against another is likely to go unpunished . And , even where it is so , the ...
Side 16
... better and better for nearly two hundred years , and to which we are so thoroughly accustomed that we are apt to take it for granted , is a thing which has been rare in the history of the world , and which in its perfect form is not ...
... better and better for nearly two hundred years , and to which we are so thoroughly accustomed that we are apt to take it for granted , is a thing which has been rare in the history of the world , and which in its perfect form is not ...
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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 |
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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...