 | 1833 - 468 pages
...the Turkish empire is as mteresting now, that it is crumbling to pieces as it was in the sixteenth century, when a Tartar could ride with the sultan's...way, from the banks of the Volga to the confines of Morocco—when its armies threatened Vienna, and its fleets ravaged the coasts of Italy. It then excited... | |
 | 1836 - 758 pages
...a modern traveller,^ " is as interesting now, that it is crumbling to pieces, as it was in the 16th century, when a Tartar could ride with the Sultan's...Vienna, and its fleets ravaged the coasts of Italy." We behold that people, whose wild, unbending fanaticism long bore them, like a resistless torrent,... | |
 | 1836 - 804 pages
...16th century, when a Tartar could ride with the Sultan's finnan, respected all the way from the hanks of the VOlga to the confines of Morocco ; when its...Vienna, and its fleets ravaged the coasts of Italy." We hehold that people, whose wild, unhending fanaticism long hore them, like a resistless torrent,... | |
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... within itself vicious and unsound." Another traveller has also paid tribute to Muslim soldiers. He says, "When a Turk could ride with the Sultan's firman, he was respected all the way, from the banks of Volga to the confines of Morocco — when its... 