The Russian Conquest of the CaucasusLongmans, Green and Company, 1908 - 518 pages |
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Abbas Mirza Akhaltsikh Akhmet Akhoulgó Akti amongst Andee aoul Argoun arms army artillery Ashiltá attack Avar Avaria battalions camp campaign Caspian Caucasus cavalry Colonel column commander-in-chief conquest Cossacks Daghestan Dargo defeat defended Derbend Emperor enemy Eriván Erzeroum expedition Fésé fighting fire flank force forest fortress Freitag garrison Georgia Gherghébil Ghimree Grabbé Grozny guns Hadji Mourád Hamzad hand ibid Imám infantry inhabitants Kabardá Kavkazsky Sbornik Kazi Moullá Khan khanates Khounzakh killed kindjals Klugenau Koisou Koubán Koumuik latter Line loss Meantime military Mingrelia Monteith mountain Muhammad Murids Mussulman native Nogais officers once Paskiévitch Persian position Potto Prince raiding regiment retired retreat river road Russian Samour sent Shah Shamil Shamkhal Shourá side siege soldiers sotnias Soundja stanitsas storm success Tabriz taken Tcherkess Tchernisheff Tchetchens Tchetchnia Térek Tiflis took Transcaucasia tribes troops Tsar Turkey Turkish Turks Veliameenoff versts victory village Vládikavkáz Vorontsoff whole wounded Yermóloff Yevdokeemoff
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Page 378 - From enthusiasm to imposture the step is perilous and slippery ; the demon of Socrates affords a memorable instance how a wise man may deceive himself, how a good man may deceive others, how the conscience may slumber in a mixed and middle state between self-illusion and voluntary fraud.
Page 248 - God hath forbidden you to slay, unless for a just cause; and whosoever shall be slain unjustly, we have given his heir power to demand satisfaction; but let him not exceed the bounds of moderation in putting to death the murderer in too cruel a manner, or by revenging his friend's blood on any other than the person who killed him; since he is assisted by this law.
Page 180 - The limits of the territories of the two States of Russia and Persia shall be determined according to the admission of Great Britain, Persia, and Russia.
Page 306 - I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the Lord, and by his fierce anger.
Page 248 - O true believers, the law of retaliation is ordained you for the slain : the free shall die for the free, and the servant for the servant, and a woman for a woman ; but he whom his brother shall forgive, may be prosecuted, and obliged to make satisfaction according to what is just, and a fine shall be set on him l - with humanity. This is indulgence from your Lord, and mercy.
Page xxxvi - A STEED, a steed of matchless speed! A sword of metal keen! All else to noble hearts is dross, All else on earth is mean.
Page 97 - I desire that the terror of my name should guard our frontiers more potently than chains or fortresses, that my word should be for the natives a law more inevitable than death.
Page 228 - Khan, the Russian armies with a desert — were destroyed. Truly then may it be said that in presenting Persia with the boon of a so-called regular army, in order to reclaim her from her unlawful loves with France, we clothed her in the robe of Nessus.