ISBN: 1230119892

[EAN: 9781230119892], Neubuch, [PU: RareBooksClub], COLONEL CHURCHILL,SUBJECTS, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 76 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.2in.This historic book… More...

[EAN: 9781230119892], Neubuch, [PU: RareBooksClub], COLONEL CHURCHILL,SUBJECTS, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 76 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.2in.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. 1853 edition. Excerpt: . . . there was no immediate prospect of any tangible means being afforded, to enable him to resume his government; and, after a stay of four days, the Emir took the opportunity of Sir Sidneys sailing for Cyprus, to accompany him. Here the Commodore left him. Whatever might have been the inducement held out to him to take such a step, the Emir Bechir visited Alexandria in the spring of 1800. The friendship, however, of Sir Sidney Smith, to which he fondly looked as the means of retrieving his fortunes, was still destined to be barren of any useful results; and, at length, wearied of wandering from place to place, he was fain to return once more to his native mountains. Landing at Tripoli, he immediately went to Kulaat Hosn, a fortress some distance above that town, accompanied by his brother, the Emir Hassan, and determined to await there the course of events. Already had his absence began to be regretted by the fickle population of the Lebanon. The FEUDAL DErREDATOES. 199 measures adopted by Gerious Baz and the young Emirs, in order to satisfy the rapacious cravings of Djezzar, had aroused wide and general feelings of discontent, and desultory conflicts were constantly taking place between the peasants and the Turkish soldiers, sent by the Pasha to support the Emirs in the collection of the revenue. Many of the Emirs and Sheiks likewise profited by the unlimited powers intrusted in their hands for raising the public funds, to satisfy their own exigencies; and, under these pretences, extorted from the peasantry even more than the State required. The want of a master-hand, in fact, began to be felt; and the people, harassed by various rulers, exposed to petty tyranny, vexation, and injustice, longed for the Prince, who, if he himself exacted. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN.<