 | Thomas Hope - Greece - 1819 - 392 pages
...ancestors ? Do not the Turks of the present day resemble the Romans of past ages in their respect for the ingenuity, and at the same time, in their contempt...their Greek subjects? And does the Greek of the Fanar shew the least inferiority to the Greek of the Piraeus in quickness of perception, in fluency of tongue,... | |
 | 1820 - 490 pages
...ancestors 1 Do not the Tur^s oi the present day resemble the Romans of past ages in their respect for the ingenuity, and at the same time, in their contempt for the character of their Greek subjects 1 And does the Greek of the Fanar sb&t the least inferiority to. the Greek of the Piraeus in quickness... | |
 | 1821 - 788 pages
...ancestors ? Do not the Turks of the present day resemble the Romans of past ages in their respect for the ingenuity, and, at the same time, in their contempt...their Greek subjects ? And does the Greek of the Fanar shew the least inferiority to the Greek of the Piraeus in quickness of perception, in fluency of tongue,... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1821 - 786 pages
...ancestors ? Do not the Turks of the present day resemble the Romans of past ages in their re.ap«t for the ingenuity, and, at the same time, in their contempt...their Greek subjects ? And does the Greek of the Fanar shew the least inferiority to the Greek of the Pineus iu quickness of perception, in fluency of tongue,... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - Greece - 1828 - 516 pages
...ancestors ? Do not the Turks of the present day resemble the Romans of past ages in their respect for the ingenuity, and, at the same time, in their contempt...Fanar show the least inferiority to the Greek of the Pirasus in quickness of perception, in fluency of tongue, and in fondness for quibbles, for disputation,... | |
 | Thomas Hope - 1836 - 442 pages
...ancestors ? Do not the Turks of the present day resemble the Romans of past ages in their respect for the ingenuity, and, at the same time, in their contempt...Fanar show the least inferiority to the Greek of the Pirseus in quickness of perception, in fluency of tongue, and in fondness for quibbles, for disputation,... | |
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Does not every modern Greek preserve the same desire for supremacy, the same readiness to undermine by every means fair or foul his competitors, which was displayed by his ancestors ? Do not the Turks of the present day resemble the Romans of past ages... 