 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 Sea-kings of the Mediterranean - Page 40by George Fyler Townsend - 1872 - 281 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 512 pages
...be called" Janiza- The Jani" ries CTengi chert, or new soldiers); may their counte- zarl£S' " nance be ever bright ! their hand victorious ! their sword...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,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 484 pages
...delivered in these Ths lani- words : " Let them be called Janizaries, (Taty " chcrl, or new soldiers) ; may their countenance " be ever bright! their hand...always hang over the heads " of their enemies ; and wheresover they go, may " they 'return with a white face * !" Such was the origin of these haughty... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 482 pages
...f/ieri) or new soldiers) ; may their countenance " be ever bright! their hand victorious! their sworJ " keen ! may their spear always hang over the heads «* of their enemies ; and wheresover they go, may " they return with a white face * /" Such was the origin of these haughty troops,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1820 - 474 pages
...i- delivered in these words: " Let them be called *"""' " janizaries (yengi cheri, or new soldiers); may " their countenance be ever bright! their hand...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,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1821 - 458 pages
...Let them be called Janizaries (yengi cheri, or new soldiers) ; may their countenance be ever bright I their hand victorious ! their sword keen ! may their...always hang over the heads of their enemies ! and wheresoevdr they go, may they return with a white face !"* Such was the origin of these haughty troops,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 542 pages
..." Let them be called ja-The Jam. " nizaries ( Yengi cfieri, or new soldiers) ; may their zanes ' " countenance be ever bright! their hand victorious!...their enemies! and wheresoever they " go, may they return with a while face !" Such was the origin of these haughty troops, the terror of the nations,... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1833 - 614 pages
...called janizaries (yenghi cheri, or new soldiers). May their countenance be ever bright; their hanA victorious ; their sword keen. May their spear always...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,... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1831 - 620 pages
...cheri, or new soldiers); may their countenances be ever bright; their hand victorious; their swords keen; may their spear always hang over the heads of...their enemies; and, wheresoever they go, may they return with a white face.' White and black fact are common and proverbial expressions of praise and... | |
 | Charles MacFarlane - 1829 - 460 pages
...their countenances be ever bright ! their hand ever victorious ! 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,... | |
 | William Pulleyn - 1830 - 402 pages
...;) may their countenance be ever light ; their hand victorious ; their sword keen. May their spenrs always hang over the heads of their enemies, and wheresoever they go may they return with a white liter." Such, adds the historian, was the origin of those haughty troops ; the... | |
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