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... least until excite- ment has subsided on some points to be agreed upon . 4. Christians as well as Mussulmans should retain their arms . 5. The Consuls or Delegates of the Powers shall keep a watch over the application of the reforms in ...
... least until excite- ment has subsided on some points to be agreed upon . 4. Christians as well as Mussulmans should retain their arms . 5. The Consuls or Delegates of the Powers shall keep a watch over the application of the reforms in ...
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... least a plan of settlement , including all its items , would doubtless be imprudent on the part of anyone invested with responsibility . Free as I am from that trammel , the hope of helping by my experience to clear the ground of ...
... least a plan of settlement , including all its items , would doubtless be imprudent on the part of anyone invested with responsibility . Free as I am from that trammel , the hope of helping by my experience to clear the ground of ...
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... - signatories of the Treaty of Paris - she , who in his opinion , had most to lose and least to gain by the dissolution of the Ottoman INTRODUCTION . xxiii Empire and fearlessly and uncompromisingly do that xxii INTRODUCTION .
... - signatories of the Treaty of Paris - she , who in his opinion , had most to lose and least to gain by the dissolution of the Ottoman INTRODUCTION . xxiii Empire and fearlessly and uncompromisingly do that xxii INTRODUCTION .
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... least , to that which attended the Crimean War . Supposing Russia , or Germany , or both , to attack or seriously to menace the independence of Turkey , we might not be able to achieve the same success , which twenty years ago , raised ...
... least , to that which attended the Crimean War . Supposing Russia , or Germany , or both , to attack or seriously to menace the independence of Turkey , we might not be able to achieve the same success , which twenty years ago , raised ...
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... least , who in spite of their religious prejudices and defective knowledge , have sagacity enough to feel their wants , and prudence enough to bend rather than to break under the force of reasonable pressure . Nor are the Sultan's ...
... least , who in spite of their religious prejudices and defective knowledge , have sagacity enough to feel their wants , and prudence enough to bend rather than to break under the force of reasonable pressure . Nor are the Sultan's ...
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