History of the Greek Revolution: And of the Wars and Campaigns Arising from the Struggles of the Greek Patriots in Emancipating Their Country from the Turkish Yoke, Volym 1W. Blackwood, 1844 |
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History of the Greek Revolution: And of the Wars and Campaigns ..., Volym 1 Thomas Gordon Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1844 |
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Acarnania affairs Albanians Archipelago Argos Armatoles arms army arrived Arta artillery Athens attack Balesto batteries besieged betwixt blockade Bozzaris brig Bukorest Burj cannon Capitan Pasha Capitana Bey Captain Caravia castle cavalry Christians citadel Colocotroni commanded Constantinople consul Corinth corps Danube detachment districts Dukas enemy Epirus European favour fire fleet force fortress garrison Gogos Greece Greeks Gulf guns head Hellenic Hetoria Hetorists hostilities Hydra Hydriote inhabitants insurgents Ionian island isle Kalavryta Khourshid land latter Livadia Mainatts Mavrocordato ment Messalonghi military Mohammedans Moldavia Morea Moslems mountains Mussulmans Napoli night Nikitas Odysseus Ottoman Pandours party Patrass Peloponnesians Peloponnesus Philhellenes piastres population Porte Pouqueville Prevesa primates Prince provinces Psarra Rayahs Rhetymo Russian sail Salona sent Serasker Servian Sfakia Sfakiotes ships soldiers Souliotes Spezzia Spezziote squadron Sultan tains Tergovisht Thessaly tion town Tripolizza troops Turkish Turks Value in piastres vessels village Wallachia Yannina Yassy Ypsilanti Yussuf Pasha
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Sida 333 - ... including all the Mohammedans and Israelites. Celebrated for its fertility, and the enchanting aspect of its gardens, Chios carried on a brisk trade in silk and fruit; from thence Constantinople was supplied with oranges, lemons, and citrons; but the most valuable production of the country is gum mastic, expressed from the seed of a species of lentiscus, a substance highly prized by the Eastern ladies, who amuse their indolence by chewing it, deriving from that practice as much gratification...
Sida 285 - Crete is indeed the garden of Greece, and were it thoroughly civilized and cultivated, would produce in vast abundance corn, wine, oil, silk, wool, honey, and wax. In the state, however, to which this superb island was reduced, grain, silk, and cotton were imported from other provinces, and its exports consisted only in a large quantity of oil, (the staple commodity,) wine of fair quality, excellent soap, and cheese of Sfakia, much esteemed in the Levant.
Sida 350 - ... two-decker, which was likewise preserved through the exertions of its crew. Overwhelmed with despair, the Capitan Pasha was placed in a launch by his attendants, but just as he seated himself there, a mast falling, sunk the boat, and severely bruised him; nevertheless expert swimmers supported Kara Ali to the beach, only to draw his last breath on that spot where the Sciote hostages had suffered! For three quarters of an hour the conflagration blazed, casting its light far and wide over the sea...
Sida 230 - Inflamed as the insurgents were, by the remembrance of a long bondage, as well as by recent injuries, it was too natural for them, in the first moments of victory, to wreak their vengeance on the Moslems ; but their insatiable cruelty knew no bounds, and seemed to inspire them with a superhuman energy for evil, which set lassitude at defiance.
Sida 203 - American Daily Advertiser. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22. At Philadelphia : " February 23. — Yesterday being the anniversary of the birth-day of the President of the United States, when he entered into the 64th [65th] year of his age, it was ushered in here by the firing of cannon, ringing of bells, and other demonstrations of joy. In the course of the day, the members of both houses of Congress, the Senate and representatives of this...
Sida 167 - Greece, our mother, was the lamp that illuminated you ; on this ground she reckons on your active philanthropy. Arms, money, and counsel, are what she expects from you.
Sida 230 - Greek soldiers x saw with indignation the conduct of their generals, and rightly conjecturing that it would defraud them of the best part of the booty, only awaited the departure of the Albanians to make an attempt upon the place, with or without their officers' consent. Such was the posture of things on the morning of the 5th of October, when, just as a fresh negotiation was begun, and a truce verbally agreed upon, a fortuitous incident precipitated the inevitable catastrophe of Tripolizza. Some...
Sida 45 - ... of treachery to the cause of Greece. Every member paid on initiation a contribution to the funds of the Society, the amount being optional, but expected to be proportionate to his pecuniary ability; and signed a document in the following form :—" I, , native of , exercising the profession of , although now arrived at the age of years, have not yet had time to dedicate a gift to some useful purpose; I now, therefore, consign to you, , the sum of piastres, to be paid over to the Monastery [or...
Sida 350 - ... to save their lives. Although the Reala Bey's ship got clear of the Hydriote brulot, and the flames were extinguished on board of her, yet she was so seriously damaged as to be unfit for ulterior service; and the brulot, driving about the roadstead in a state of combustion, set fire to a third two-decker, which was likewise preserved through the exertions of its crew. Overwhelmed with despair, the Capitan Pasha was placed in a launch by his attendants, but just as he seated himself there, a mast...