 Let them be called Janizaries ( Yengi Chert, or new soldiers) ; may their countenance be ever bright ! their hand victorious ! their sword keen ! may their spear always hang over the heads of their enemies ; and wheresoever they go, may they return with...  The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature - Page 95edited by - 1789Full view - About this book
 | Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 pages
...itatue of its founder. keen ; may their spear always be upon the heads of their enemies ; and, wherever they go, may they return with a white face." Such was the origin of those haughty troops, the most firm and faithful supporters of Ottoman greatness; the terror of surrounding... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1802 - 484 pages
...his bleffing was uric/""'" delivered m tnefe words : " Let them be called " janizaries, (Tcngi cheri, or new foldiers) ; may *' their countenance be ever...wherefoever they go, may they return with " a white face 5* /" Such was the origin of thefe haughty troops, the terror of the nations, and fometimes of the... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1805 - 512 pages
...their sword '* keen! may their spear always hang over the heads of their " enemies ! and wheresoever they go, may they return with " a white face .'"" Such was the origin of these haughty troops, the terror of the nations, and sometimes of the sultans themselves. Their valour... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1807 - 492 pages
...over the foremoft foldier, and pronounced thefe words : " Let them be called Janizaries (Ter$ " chert, or new foldiers) : may their countenance be " ever...fword ** keen !. may their fpear always hang over the head of €( their enemies ! and wherefoever they go, may they " return with a 'white face I" Such... | |
 | Charles MacFarlane - Istanbul (Turkey) - 1829 - 460 pages
...! their sword keen ! may their spears always hang over the heads of their enemies ! and wheresoever they go, may they return with a white face.' Such was the origin of these haughty troops, the terror of the nations, and sometimes of the sultans themselves. Their valour... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1833 - 548 pages
...victorious; their sword keen. May their epear always hang over the heads of their enemies ; and, wheresoever they go, may they return with a white face. Such was the origin of the janizaries. By the assistance of these troops, Amurath extended lib conquests in Europe and Asia... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 546 pages
...victorious; their sword keen. May their spear always bang over the heads of their enemies ; and, wheresoever they go, may they return with a white face." Such was the origin of the janizaries. By the assistance of these troo|is, Amurath extended his conquests in Europe and Asia... | |
 | British periodicals - 1841 - 640 pages
...victorious ; their swords keen ; may their spear always be upon the heads of their enemies ; and, wherever they go, may they return with a white face." Such was the origin of those haughty troops, the most firm and faithful supporters of Ottoman greatness; the terror of surrounding... | |
 | Francis Lieber - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1851 - 544 pages
...victorious ; their sword keen. May their spear always hang over the heads of their enemies; and, wheresoever they go, may they return with a white face." Such was the origin of the janizanes. By the assistance of these troops, Amu rath extended his conquests in Europe and Asia... | |
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