Greece, During Lord Byron's Residence in that Country, in 1823 and 1824: Being a Series of Letters, and Other Documents, on the Greek Revolution, Written During a Visit to that Country, Band 2Galignani, 1825 - 214 Seiten |
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... Character of the Oligarchs of the Morea - Siege of Pa- tras LETTER LXXVI . To the same . Colonel Stanhope's arrival at Zante - Letter of recall -Obstacles to the issuing of the Loan .... 57 60 LETTER LXXVII . - To the same . Letters to ...
... Character of the Oligarchs of the Morea - Siege of Pa- tras LETTER LXXVI . To the same . Colonel Stanhope's arrival at Zante - Letter of recall -Obstacles to the issuing of the Loan .... 57 60 LETTER LXXVII . - To the same . Letters to ...
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... character of their judges ; and the wealth and the revenue of the nation , which is the produce of their labour , may be extorted from them , and squandered away in luxury and corruption . By far the most effectual means of giving ...
... character of their judges ; and the wealth and the revenue of the nation , which is the produce of their labour , may be extorted from them , and squandered away in luxury and corruption . By far the most effectual means of giving ...
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... character and conduct of the Committee . They desired my ad- vice concerning the loan . I said that I was of opi- nion that it should be placed at Zante , under the charge of certain commissioners , and should only be paid over to an ...
... character and conduct of the Committee . They desired my ad- vice concerning the loan . I said that I was of opi- nion that it should be placed at Zante , under the charge of certain commissioners , and should only be paid over to an ...
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... character . The general assembly is thus formed . Two or four deputies are chosen in each prefecture , by bal- lot , who then unite and form the general assembly . This is the only body that can make any fundamen- tal change in the ...
... character . The general assembly is thus formed . Two or four deputies are chosen in each prefecture , by bal- lot , who then unite and form the general assembly . This is the only body that can make any fundamen- tal change in the ...
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... character of the scenery between the gulf and this place . There the eye embraces at a glance the rude sea , a valley of flowers , a winding stream , and mountains co- vered with firs and topped with snow . I have been disappointed in ...
... character of the scenery between the gulf and this place . There the eye embraces at a glance the rude sea , a valley of flowers , a winding stream , and mountains co- vered with firs and topped with snow . I have been disappointed in ...
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addressed Agrafa Ali Pacha April Argos army arrival Athens Barff Blaquiere blockade BOWRING Capt Captain Trelawney character COLETTI Colocotroni Colonel Stanhope commissioners Conduriotti congress constitution Corfu Corinthian Gulf Count Gamba Cranidi dear Stanhope Desire the government despotism dollars endeavour enemy England established executive body faction Florida foreign king fortresses Gastouni give Goorha Greek Chronicle Greek Committee Greek fleet Holy Alliance honour hope interest Ipsara Ipsilanti JOHN BOWRING Joseph Hume L. S. LETTER legislative body LEICESTER STANHOPE liberty lithographic press loan Lord Byron Mavrocordato means measures ment military chiefs Missolonghi Morea Napoli nation necessary Negris Odysseus oligarchs opinion Pacha Parry parties Patras Peloponnesus Philo-Muse Society plunder priests Primates Prince Mavrocordato proceed pursued received request Salona sent ship Sir F soldiers Stoven Suliots thing tion Tripolitza troops Turkish Turks Ulysses vernment Vide Appendix virtuous Western Greece wish Zante
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Seite 89 - SIR, I have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of his Excellency the Commander...
Seite 124 - Greece is, at present, placed between three measures; either to re-conquer her liberty, or to become a dependence of the sovereigns of Europe, or to return to a Turkish province : she has the choice only of these three alternatives. Civil war is but a road which leads to the two latter.
Seite 124 - Greece. I conceive that his name and his mission will be a sufficient recommendation, without the necessity of any other from a foreigner, although one who, in common with all Europe, respects and admires the courage, the talents, and, above all, the probity of Prince Mavrocordato. "I am very uneasy...
Seite 135 - Scrofer (or some such name), on board a Cephaloniote Mistico, Dec. 31. 1823. "My dear Stanhope, "We are just arrived here, that is, part of my people and I, with some things, &c., and which it may be as well not to specify in a letter (which has a risk of being intercepted, perhaps); — but...
Seite 136 - ... that I am here at his disposal. I am uneasy at being here : not so much on my own account as on that of a Greek boy with me, for you know what his fate would be ; and I would sooner cut him in pieces, and myself too, than have him taken out by those barbarians. We are all very well.
Seite 136 - Drake (Draco), and a body of Suliotes, to escort us by land or by the canals, with all convenient speed. Gamba and our Bombard are taken into Patras, I suppose; and we must take a turn at the Turks to get them out: but where the devil is the fleet gone? — the Greek, I mean; leaving us to get in without the least intimation to take heed that the Moslems were out again.
Seite 38 - ... with a sort of reverence and enthusiasm, ' with which he inspired those around him, that there ' was not one of us who would not, for his sake, have ' willingly encountered any danger in the world.
Seite 163 - The writer adds, after detailing the particulars of the poet's illness and death, " Your pardon, Stanhope, that I have thus turned aside from the great cause in which I am embarked. But this is no private grief. The world has lost its greatest man ; I my best friend.
Seite 187 - THAT the Honourable Colonel Stanhope is entitled to the most grateful thanks of the committee, for the unwearied zeal, sound discretion, and extensive benevolence, manifested by him, while acting as their agent in Greece ; and that the committee anticipates great benefits to Greece from the exertions and suggestions which distinguished his visit to that country, and desires particularly, to record and to communicate its high approbation of his efforts to promote harmony and a good understanding...
Seite 123 - London for fifty days, after having visited all the Committees of Germany. He is charged by our Committee to act in concert with me for the liberation of Greece. I conceive that his name and his mission will be a sufficient recommendation, without the necessity of any other from a foreigner, although one, who, in common with all Europe, respects and admires the courage, the talents, and above all, the probity of Prince Mavrocordato.