This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 Excerpt: ...to bear this testimony, derived from her. It was a matter of course that she heartily wished "those barbarians, the Turks, were thrust out from amid the civilised nations of Europe." And she went further still. "The augmenting difficulty of maintaining the Turk in the possession of his European dominions seems an ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 Excerpt: ...to bear this testimony, derived from her. It was a matter of course that she heartily wished "those barbarians, the Turks, were thrust out from amid the civilised nations of Europe." And she went further still. "The augmenting difficulty of maintaining the Turk in the possession of his European dominions seems an additional motive for sustaining the Austrian government as she stands. For if Constantinople is to cease to be Turkish, it would probably pass to Russian hands, and Austria is the only power through whose help England can prevent such a consummation. Not that / ever did regard such a change of hands with the apprehension felt by many distinguished politicians amongst us." This was penned by her in 1860; and as Turkey and Russia have persevered, "paripassu" in the same relative degree of malgovernment, it would probably have been her opinion still. A significant passage in her journal, as late as July 3rd, 1878, before the announcement of the appropriation by England of Cyprus, needs no comment. "My only disquietude arises from the fear of our undertaking to administer the Asiatic provinces for Turkey as a protectorate! And also I am apprehensive of English annexation of some kind; whether of an island, or a harbour, or a patch of land, under pretence of wanting a coaling station, or a watering station, or a military depot, or any other pretext. Should we give into designs of advantage to England, we shall cut a despicable figure in the eyes of Europe, though the newspapers will applaud the acquisition as a triumph." Of Prussia, a country of her particular aversion, she writes soon after the popular outbreak of 1848: "The singular feature of the Prussian agitation seems to me to consist in the absolute w...
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VG, front inner hinge a bit weak. Light blue publishers cloth with gilt title design in center of front cover, beveled edges. vi, [2], 159 pp. A rare biography by Lady Eastlake.
