This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 edition. Excerpt: ... While he was thus solidifying his authority within in every possible way, he let slip no opportunity of extending his influence outside his own domain. In 1803 he declared war on the Souliotes, whose independence he had several times, but to no purpose tried to purchase or to steal. The army that he ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 edition. Excerpt: ... While he was thus solidifying his authority within in every possible way, he let slip no opportunity of extending his influence outside his own domain. In 1803 he declared war on the Souliotes, whose independence he had several times, but to no purpose tried to purchase or to steal. The army that he sent against them, although it was ten thousand strong, was defeated at first in almost every engagement; thereupon, as his custom was, he resorted to treachery, and at once regained the advantage. It soon became evident that the unfortunate Souliotes must inevitably succumb sooner or later. The virtuous Emineh, anticipating the horrors which would follow their defeat, was moved to pity for them; she emerged from her retirement and threw herself at her husband's feet. He raised her, seated her beside him, and questioned her as to the cause of her alarm. She spoke to him of generosity and clemency, and he listened irresolutely, apparently touched by what she said. At last she mentioned the Souliotes. Immediately, in a frenzy of rage, Ali seized a pistol and fired at her. She was not hit, but fright made her totter and fall; her women ran to her and carried her to her apartments. For the first time in his life perhaps Ali was cowed by the fear that he had committed murder. It was his wife, the mother of his children whom he had stretched at his feet; the thought haunted him and grieved him sorely. During the night he sought to see Emineh; he knocked at her door and called, and when they refused to open to him, he lost his head, and burst in the door of the room where she lay in bed. When she heard the fracas and saw her husband still in a furious rage, she believed that he had come to destroy the feeble remnant of her life; she fell into a...
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