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 77–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
Էջ iv
... never influence human nature taken in its phyfical sense ; that the laws and variety of manners no more change our difpofitions , than the different fashions of our garments alter the forms of our bodies . The hiftory of the Turks fur ...
... never influence human nature taken in its phyfical sense ; that the laws and variety of manners no more change our difpofitions , than the different fashions of our garments alter the forms of our bodies . The hiftory of the Turks fur ...
Էջ viii
... never have procured the impoftor a throne ; he would be king , legislator , and prophet ; it was therefore neceffary , in order to captivate , to have recourfe to what was marvellous . The Jew furnished him with all the reveries of the ...
... never have procured the impoftor a throne ; he would be king , legislator , and prophet ; it was therefore neceffary , in order to captivate , to have recourfe to what was marvellous . The Jew furnished him with all the reveries of the ...
Էջ viii
... never grow old ; de- ' licious gardens , a climate always temperate , a pure air , woods , fountains , meadows , evergreen trees , flowers exhaling a thousand perfumes , fruits of an exquifite tafte , in fhort , all the de- lights of a ...
... never grow old ; de- ' licious gardens , a climate always temperate , a pure air , woods , fountains , meadows , evergreen trees , flowers exhaling a thousand perfumes , fruits of an exquifite tafte , in fhort , all the de- lights of a ...
Էջ xi
... never escape death by any precaution whatsoever : thus , the true Muffulmen abufe the principle of God's prescience , and don't think themselves in more danger in the moft bloody battle , than at an entertainment , or in their beds ...
... never escape death by any precaution whatsoever : thus , the true Muffulmen abufe the principle of God's prescience , and don't think themselves in more danger in the moft bloody battle , than at an entertainment , or in their beds ...
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... never thoroughly recovered from this pretended proof ; he languished three years , without relaxing his ambition , without being lefs vigilant , lefs in- trepid , lefs a hypocrite , or lefs voluptuous , During the truce , the Mecchefe ...
... never thoroughly recovered from this pretended proof ; he languished three years , without relaxing his ambition , without being lefs vigilant , lefs in- trepid , lefs a hypocrite , or lefs voluptuous , During the truce , the Mecchefe ...
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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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