| Sir Henry Holland - Albania - 1815 - 600 pages
...eye-witnesses to many parts of the event. Gardiki was a large city, about ten miles to the west or north-west of Argyro-Kastro, with a population of...in this part of the country, they laid a plot for surprizing him and taking away his life. Ali, with difficulty, escaped, but his mother and sister *... | |
| 1822 - 430 pages
...surrounding country, and were extremely independent and warlike in their habits. la the early part of AH Pasha's life, when relying chiefly on the zeal and...occasion, when with his mother and sister he was passing- thp rright at seme village in this part of the country, they laid a plot for surprising him and taking... | |
| English literature - 1823 - 442 pages
...extremely independent anil warlike in their habits. In the early part of Ali Pasha's life, when relyinf chiefly on the zeal and resolution of his mother,...laid a plot for surprising him and taking away his lift. Ali, with difficulty, escaped, but his mother and sister were made prisoners, and conducted to... | |
| John Murray (Firm) - Aegean Islands (Greece and Turkey) - 1854 - 492 pages
...back-ground, the castle crowning the summit of the hill. In the early part of Ali Pasha's life, when he relied chiefly on the zeal and resolution of his mother,...endeavoured to dispossess him of his small territory ; and, on one occasion, when he was passing the night in that part of the country with his mother and... | |
| John Murray (Firm) - Greece - 1872 - 608 pages
...Ali Pasha's life, when he relied chiefly on the zeal and resolution of his mother, the Gnrdikiotes became, his enemies, and endeavoured to dispossess him of his small territory ; and, on one occasion, when he was passing the night in that part of the country with his mother and... | |
| John Murray (Firm) - Greece - 1884 - 468 pages
...pass of Argyrokastro. In the early part of Ali Pasha's life, when he relied chiefly on the zeal an d resolution of his mother, the Gardikiotes became his...endeavoured to dispossess him of his small territory ; and on one occasion, when he was passing the night in that part of the country with his mother and... | |
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