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... Turk , enslaving the noble English people until they had no more identity than the poor Eastern populations , famished and ab- ject . The Turks were cruel , but the Royalists were worse : " From my very soul I doe believe that the ...
... Turk , enslaving the noble English people until they had no more identity than the poor Eastern populations , famished and ab- ject . The Turks were cruel , but the Royalists were worse : " From my very soul I doe believe that the ...
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... Turks themselves as " God's rod for the sins of the nation . " 8 This preoccupation with the " barbarian " empires of history not only served as material for abuse but also formed part of the intellectual structure for debate about the ...
... Turks themselves as " God's rod for the sins of the nation . " 8 This preoccupation with the " barbarian " empires of history not only served as material for abuse but also formed part of the intellectual structure for debate about the ...
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... Turks fiends , in contemporary parlance ) . 10 Additionally , Milton during the regicide dispute had on fre- quent occasions maintained that " Turks " were not necessarily to be looked for in Turkey : they might be seen less as a ...
... Turks fiends , in contemporary parlance ) . 10 Additionally , Milton during the regicide dispute had on fre- quent occasions maintained that " Turks " were not necessarily to be looked for in Turkey : they might be seen less as a ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
Kings of This World | 9 |
Sultan and Barbarian | 51 |
Copyright | |
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