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 influence even to Greece ; but this hope was extinguish- ed in the middle of the fifteenth century , by the torrent of Turkish invasion ...
... hope , that the light and knowledge which was then dawning in the West of Europe might extend its influence even to Greece ; but this hope was extinguish- ed in the middle of the fifteenth century , by the torrent of Turkish invasion ...
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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 par- ticularly the case in the Morea ; and those who know the coun- try , 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 par- ticularly the case in the Morea ; and those who know the coun- try , 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 moment ...
... 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 moment ...
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... hope of ameliorating their situation , even in case of complete success . These considerations operating upon men by nature very selfish , induced them to use every means to put down the revolutionary spirit which had infected the ...
... hope of ameliorating their situation , even in case of complete success . These considerations operating upon men by nature very selfish , induced them to use every means to put down the revolutionary spirit which had infected the ...
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Acropolis Admiral Albanians 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 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 Lord Cochrane Marco Botzaris Mavrocordato Mavromichalis Mehemet Ali ment Miaulis military Missilonghi Modon Morea mountains Napoli nation Navarino Niketas obliged party Pashaw passed Patrass peasantry Peloponessus Philhellenes plain port position possession prepared Primates province provisions resistance retired revolt Roumeliote sailed sailors Scio sent ships shot siege situation soldiers soon Suliotes Sultan supplies Thessaly thing thousand tion took town Tripolitza troops Turkish fleet Turks walls whole καὶ τὴν τὸ
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Página ii - In conformity to the act of Congress of the United States. entitled, " an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the time therein mentioned." And also to an act, entitled, " an act, supplementary to an act, entitled, an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned...
Página 182 - Tis Greece, but living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there. Hers is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath ; But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue which haunts it to the tomb ; Expression's last receding ray, A gilded halo hovering round decay, The farewell beam of Feeling past away!
Página ii - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Página 194 - The loss of this illustrious individual is undoubtedly to be deplored by all Greece ; but it must be more especially a subject of lamentation at Missolonghi, where his generosity has been so conspicuously displayed, and of which he had even become a citizen, with the ulterior determination of participating in all the dangers of the war.
Página 182 - Appals the gazing mourner's heart, As if to him it could impart The doom he dreads, yet dwells upon; Yes, but for these and these alone, Some moments, ay, one treacherous hour, He still might doubt the tyrant's power; So fair, so calm, so softly sealed, The first, last look by death revealed!
Página 194 - The Lord Noel Byron departed this life at six o'clock in the afternoon, after an illness of ten days; his death being caused by an inflammatory fever. Such was the effect of his Lordship's illness on the public mind, that all classes had forgotten their usual recreations of Easter, even before the afflicting event was apprehended.
Página 310 - Notwithstanding so many privations, it is a great and noble spectacle to behold the ardour and devotedness of the garrison. A few days more, and these brave men will be angelic spirits, who will accuse before God the indifference of Christendom.
Página 196 - ... the greatness of the undertaking in which he had engaged. He, whose death we are now so deeply deploring, was a man who, in one great branch of literature, gave his name to the age in which we live ; the vastness of his genius and the richness of his fancy did not permit him to follow the splendid though beaten track of the literary fame of the ancients ; he chose a new road — a road which ancient prejudice had endeavoured, and was still endeavouring...
Página 196 - Thus far, my friends, you have seen him liberal, generous, courageous — a true Philhellenist ; and you have seen him as your benefactor. This is, indeed, a sufficient cause for your tears, but it is not sufficient for his honour ; it is not sufficient for the greatness of the undertaking in which he had engaged. He, whose death we are now so deeply deploring, was a man who, in one great branch of literature, gave his name to the age in which we live : the vastness of his genius and the richness...
Página 92 - The spring of 1822 was the crisis of Grecian liberty, and its cause appeared to many persons little' better than desperate. On one side was a power larger in extent of territory than any in Europe ; which had maintained its station, for near four centuries, in one of the most commanding positions in the world ; whose integrity was admitted by all the other great powers to be essential to the general peace ; ready, by the nature of its government, to enter upon war at a short notice, and furnished...