The History of the Turkish, Or Ottoman Empire: From Its Foundation in 1300, to the Peace of Belgrade in 1740, Հատոր 1R. Thorn, 1787 A translation of a work by a French abbot. Mignot had access to the French king's foreign affairs documents and included an account owned by Voltaire of Charles XII's reception in Turkey. Mignot, not fluent in any Turkic language, relied upon translations as well as the French sources. |
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Արդյունքներ 54–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... given in this hiftory of the laws , manners , customs , finances , and military force of this great nation . As abbot Mignot is the nephew of the celebrated Voltaire , it is natural to suppose that his work underwent the examination of ...
... given in this hiftory of the laws , manners , customs , finances , and military force of this great nation . As abbot Mignot is the nephew of the celebrated Voltaire , it is natural to suppose that his work underwent the examination of ...
Էջ vi
... given to literature and to truth , has prevailed on him to grant my request . I have found in thefe manufcripts the most circumftantiated , moft interefting , and least fufpected details . For near two fucceeding centuries , the ...
... given to literature and to truth , has prevailed on him to grant my request . I have found in thefe manufcripts the most circumftantiated , moft interefting , and least fufpected details . For near two fucceeding centuries , the ...
Էջ vii
... given me hopes of dif- fufing an intereft in my recitals . I shall have the merit at least of having fought after the truth , with all the attention , all the care , and all the impartiality , that could be ex- pected pected from one ...
... given me hopes of dif- fufing an intereft in my recitals . I shall have the merit at least of having fought after the truth , with all the attention , all the care , and all the impartiality , that could be ex- pected pected from one ...
Էջ x
... given the example of carnage against caravans , which he lay wait for near the walls of Medina , he returned into the mofque , bleffed the people with his bloody hands , and exhorted them to maffacre Infidels , in order to offer ...
... given the example of carnage against caravans , which he lay wait for near the walls of Medina , he returned into the mofque , bleffed the people with his bloody hands , and exhorted them to maffacre Infidels , in order to offer ...
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... given his word , he thought he ought not to retract it ; inftead of replying to these rebels , he marched against them . On his arrival near Naarvan , he placed the Alcoran on the end of a pike in fight of the town , publishing , that ...
... given his word , he thought he ought not to retract it ; inftead of replying to these rebels , he marched against them . On his arrival near Naarvan , he placed the Alcoran on the end of a pike in fight of the town , publishing , that ...
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The History of the Turkish, Or Ottoman Empire,: From Its Foundation ..., Հատոր 1 Vincent Mignot Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1787 |
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