This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868 edition. Excerpt: ...of hearts were gladdened and strengthened. The following letters came unsolicited from their regularly organized municipal and general authorities, and, allowance being made for the hyperbolic style of the Easterns, will show, not only the feelings of the people, but also the character of the writers. The ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868 edition. Excerpt: ...of hearts were gladdened and strengthened. The following letters came unsolicited from their regularly organized municipal and general authorities, and, allowance being made for the hyperbolic style of the Easterns, will show, not only the feelings of the people, but also the character of the writers. The original can be examined by the curious, who will see how nearly the language conforms to the ancient Greek. The first is an outbreak of feeling on the part of simple religious people reduced to sad extremity, and expressed' with more zeal than taste: --Glory to the Triune God, the Bestower of all blessings! And God save our Heaven-sent benefactor and supporter, Dr. Howe! And God save the illustrious and Philhellenic people of glorious America! And best wishes for our brother and genuine compatriot, Stekoulis. In our despair, at a moment when we were expecting that all, not only our wives and children, but our warriors, would die of hunger, --at a moment when our bloodthirsty enemy was preparing to invade our province with all his force, to decimate and ruin it, --the Heaven-sent " Arcadium" arrived, bringing the precious gift, sent us by illustrious and freedom-loving people of America, through our most beneficent father, Dr. Howe, and transmitted to us under the direction of our kind brother, Stekoulis. The day this donation arrived was to us a day of regeneration, a day of freedom, a real festival, because then a perishing multitude was fed and revived. Women and children, who, for many months, had been exposed to the extremity of cold and of heat, were comfortably clothed. Warriors, after suffering the hardships of want and warfare, were cheered and encouraged, so as to be prepared again, please God, to repel the foe, and all to...
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Add this copy of The Cretan Refugees and Their American Helpers to cart. $13.70, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2022 by Legare Street Press.
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