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 99–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... MAHOMET and his SUCCESSORS . T HE Arabians , an ancient people , de- fcended from Ifhmael according to fome writers , forgot by degrees the God of their forefathers . Ignorance and weakness led them into fuperftition , from fuperftition ...
... MAHOMET and his SUCCESSORS . T HE Arabians , an ancient people , de- fcended from Ifhmael according to fome writers , forgot by degrees the God of their forefathers . Ignorance and weakness led them into fuperftition , from fuperftition ...
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... Mahomet , or rather that of the caliphs , arofe . The falfe prophet laid only the foundation : his daring hands were aided by others ftill more induftrious , who gave this edi- fice the dimenfions and folidity requifite for its ...
... Mahomet , or rather that of the caliphs , arofe . The falfe prophet laid only the foundation : his daring hands were aided by others ftill more induftrious , who gave this edi- fice the dimenfions and folidity requifite for its ...
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... Mahomet was twenty - five years old when he was fo fortunate as to please his miftrefs . He foon became one of the richest citizens in Mecca . Cadisja's paffion increafed by poffeffion ; Maho- met always treated her with that attention ...
... Mahomet was twenty - five years old when he was fo fortunate as to please his miftrefs . He foon became one of the richest citizens in Mecca . Cadisja's paffion increafed by poffeffion ; Maho- met always treated her with that attention ...
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... Mahomet and his accomplices promised them- felves much from the weight which evidence has on all mankind ; but they meant to make ufe of truth , only to deceive with more certainty . A worship fimple and pure would never have procured ...
... Mahomet and his accomplices promised them- felves much from the weight which evidence has on all mankind ; but they meant to make ufe of truth , only to deceive with more certainty . A worship fimple and pure would never have procured ...
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... Mahomet offered them a felicity , fuch as they could com- prehend and defire . Women , whose beauty was unfading , and who would never grow old ; de- ' licious gardens , a climate always temperate , a pure air , woods , fountains ...
... Mahomet offered them a felicity , fuch as they could com- prehend and defire . Women , whose beauty was unfading , and who would never grow old ; de- ' licious gardens , a climate always temperate , a pure air , woods , fountains ...
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The History of the Turkish, Or Ottoman Empire,: From Its Foundation ..., Հատոր 1 Vincent Mignot Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1787 |
The History of the Turkish, Or Ottoman Empire: From Its Foundation ..., Հատոր 1 Vincent Mignot Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1787 |
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