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The Collection of Antiquities

By: Honoré de Balzac

...ammer-Purgstall, Member of the Aulic Council, Author of the History of the Ottoman Empire. Dear Baron,—Y ou have taken so warm an interest in my long,... ... the outskirts of the kingdom.” Evidently the Marquis doubted the reigning dynasty. Mlle. d’Esgrignon was trying to reassure her brother as to the pro... ...oyal mind so much that his nobility was like to be forgotten. The restored dynasty, moreover, was surrounded by triple ranks of eligible old men and g...

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The Dove in the Eagles Nest

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...fferent. The elective constitution of the empire, the fre- quent change of dynasty, the many disputed successions, had combined to render the sovereig... ...e Christian nations on the 228 The Dove in the Eagle’s Nest skirts of the Ottoman empire might be made our allies, and attack the Turk in his rear. I... ...ade to each of the captives, if they would become Moslems, of entering the Ottoman service as Spahis; but with one voice they had refused, and had the...

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In the Fourth Year Anticipations of a World Peace

By: H. G. Wells

...urs turn their backs with an equal resolution, and that is the fate of the Ottoman Empire. What in plain English are we up to there? Whatever happens,... ...failure in decision, which trails revolution in its wake. He has ended one dynasty al- ready. The British royal family owes it to itself, that he brin...

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Catherine : A Story

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

... of the Egyptian army was stopped—the menaced empire of 19 Burlesques the Ottomans was saved from ruin; the Marchioness of Stokepogis, our ambassador... ...As thus:— “‘Lady Emily was reclining on one of Down and Eider’s voluptuous ottomans, the only couch on which Belgravian beauty now reposes, when Lord ... ...e, and raising their hands to the ceiling, swore eternal fi- delity to the dynasty and to France, and embraced each other affectingly all round. It ne... ...s had little effect upon an apathetic people; and the enemy of the Orleans dynasty, the fashionable young nobles of the Henriquinquiste party, wore gl... ...te monarch; and finally, the original edition, bound heart and soul to the dynasty of July. The poor editor, who had to write all three, complained no...

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