Turkish

Examples

• Much of this early Turkish material still awaits examination. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Turkish elements in Russian, Latin in English, Hamitic in Keltic, & so forth; & omitting various Indian, Melanesian & other groups. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• There are several varieties, as the Irish greyhound, the Scottish, the Russian, the Italian and the Turkish. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Moreover, Egypt was a part of the Turkish empire, by no means a contemptible power in those days. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The Turkish conquests and the expansion of the known world robbed the Roman Empire of its former prestige of universality. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Yes, miss, the Turkish Knight, he replied diffidently. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• They had had a battle with a troop of Turkish cavalry and defeated them; several men killed. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• With this apostrophe Mr Fledgeby appropriately proceeded to divest himself of his Turkish garments, and invest himself with Christian attire. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Their language, for the most part, is Turkish, or, rather, a dialect of the Arabic, though many of them speak also the Persian language. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• That,' remarked Fledgeby, with his hands in the Turkish trousers, 'is matter of opinion. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He induced the Sultan to commence the reorganization of the Turkish Army upon German lines and under German officers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But in the southeast of this empire, and over the Turkish empire, the boundaries and subjugations of the conquest period still remained. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Throughout the next century the Turkish pressure upon Europe was heavy and continuous. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They were armed with crooked sabres, having the hilt and baldric inlaid with gold, and matched with Turkish daggers of yet more costly workmanship. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• A portion of the city is pretty exclusively Turkish; the Jews have a quarter to themselves; the Franks another quarter; so, also, with the Armenians. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.

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