An Account of the Transactions of His Majesty's Mission to the Court of Persia: In the Years 1807-11, Volumen2J. Bohn, 1834 |
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... gave it on their return to Bagdad , does it differ in essential points from the account Ally delivered to his master , and related himself to me . " The army consisted of 4000 or 5000 Turkish troops , and twice that number of allied ...
... gave it on their return to Bagdad , does it differ in essential points from the account Ally delivered to his master , and related himself to me . " The army consisted of 4000 or 5000 Turkish troops , and twice that number of allied ...
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... gave no quarter , but on this occasion the Bedouins manifested a remarkable trait of their character ; some secreted their straggling enemies in their tents , dismissed them before morning , and gave them water for the road ; whilst ...
... gave no quarter , but on this occasion the Bedouins manifested a remarkable trait of their character ; some secreted their straggling enemies in their tents , dismissed them before morning , and gave them water for the road ; whilst ...
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... gave them no time . One dow having prepared to board on the starboard side , and the other on the larboard , Captain Corbett fired both broadsides at once , and at the same moment both dows disap- peared from the surface of the sea ; he ...
... gave them no time . One dow having prepared to board on the starboard side , and the other on the larboard , Captain Corbett fired both broadsides at once , and at the same moment both dows disap- peared from the surface of the sea ; he ...
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... gave no quarter ; so that if on this occasion they left any to lament their fate , such could only have been their Wahauby brethren . The temper with which the British Government at Bombay had for some time submitted to the in- sults ...
... gave no quarter ; so that if on this occasion they left any to lament their fate , such could only have been their Wahauby brethren . The temper with which the British Government at Bombay had for some time submitted to the in- sults ...
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... gave quarter , were unlikely to conceive the offer of it to be sincere ; but at last , one amongst them who had formerly some oppor- tunity of becoming acquainted with the British character , came forward , and by this man's means the ...
... gave quarter , were unlikely to conceive the offer of it to be sincere ; but at last , one amongst them who had formerly some oppor- tunity of becoming acquainted with the British character , came forward , and by this man's means the ...
Términos y frases comunes
Abdul Abdullah Abdulwahaub afterwards Ahmed Ally Pacha amongst Arabs arrived artillery attack autres avaient avait ayant Bagdad Bedouins blessés Bourg Burckhardt Bussora Cairo camels camp Captain caravan cavalry cents chefs citadel command Constantinople d'une Dereyah desert deux Dorama dows Egypt enemy été expedition fire force garrison général Gonfonde Grain Grand guerre habitans Harbs Hassan hauby hawkman head Hedjaz hommes horse Hossein Ibn Saoud Ibrahym Pacha Imaum India infantry inhabitants Janissary Jedda jour Kerbela Kiah Kolach Koran l'armée l'artillerie Latouche Le pacha Mahommed Ally Mamelukes Mecca Medina ment Mohammed Nejd Nereide never Ottoman Paçha Pachalik palace party Persian person plunder Porte possession prendre prince prit provisions qu'il qu'on reader received returned Saoud sent shaik Shereef Ghaleb soldats sortit Suleiman Suleiman Pacha Sultan Tamy Taraba Tayef tent tion took Toussun town tribes troops troupes Turcs Turkish Turks Wahauby chief Yembo
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Página 232 - And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.
Página 233 - If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit : only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.
Página 193 - In the name of the most merciful God, to the rest of the true believers. Health and happiness, and the mercy and blessing of God, be upon you. I praise the most high God, and I pray for his prophet Mahomet. This is to acquaint you, that I intend to send the true believers into Syria l4 to take it out of the hands of the infidels. And I would have you know, that the fighting for religion is an act of obedience to God.
Página 163 - HE that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men ; which both in affection and means have married and endowed the public.
Página 172 - Europeans always have in great abundance, but which are concealed in private drawers that none except themselves can discover. He assured them these opinions were erroneous with respect to him, for that he was not a rich merchant, but only a young soldier of fortune, employed to carry orders from his government in Europe, to their...
Página 220 - ... time to take their departure. But no sooner did they make their appearance without, and were mounting their horses, than they were suddenly fired upon from every quarter, and all became at once a scene of confusion, and dismay, and horror, similar volleys being directed at all the rest who were collected round and preparing to return with them, so that the victims dropped by hundreds. ' Saim himself had time to gain his saddle, and even to penetrate to one of the gates of the citadel ; but all...
Página 109 - Palestine, related the danger* he had encountered in visiting the holy city, and described, with exaggeration, the cruelty and vexations of the Turks; who, to use the language of those zealots, not only profaned the sepulchre of the Lord by their presence, but derided the sacred mysteries in the very place of their completion, and where the Son of God was speedily expected to hold his great tribunal5.
Página 31 - It wanted little but the unbelievers had tempted thee to swerve from the instructions which we had revealed unto thee, that thou shouldest devise concerning us a different thing ; and then would they have taken thee for their friend : and unless we had confirmed thee, thou hadst certainly been very near inclining unto them a little.
Página 1 - Who is more unjust than he who uttereth a lie concerning God, and denieth the truth, when it cometh unto him? Is there not a dwelling provided in hell for the unbelievers? But he who bringeth the truth, and giveth credit thereto...
Página 220 - ... time to those in the town, and to such even as were encamped without, round the foot of the fortress, to pursue the work of extermination on all stragglers that they should find, so that not one of the proscribed body might escape. • Saim Bey, and his two brothers in command, finding that the Pasha did not return to them, and being informed by the attendants that he was gone into his harem (an answer that precluded all further inquiry), judged it to be time to take their departure. But no sooner...