The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T091577 The imprint to vols.3, 4 and 7 contain nine other booksellers after J. and F. Rivington, vols.5, 6 and 8 ten others. V.1 is a translation of L'Esploratore turco .. ' by G.P. Marana originally published in Paris in 1684; Subsequent volumes have been variously attributed, but were probably edited by Robert Midgley from William Bradshaw's translation of the original Italian MS. London: printed for A. Wilde, J. Brotherton and Sewell, C. Bathurst, E. Ballard, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington [and 8 others in London], 1770. 8v., plate; 12°

Excerpt from Letters Writ by a Turkish Spy, Who Lived Five and Forty Years Undiscovered at Paris, Vol. 6: Giving an Impartial Account to the Divan at Constantinople, of the Most Remarkable Transactions of Europe; And Discovering Several Intrigues and Secrets of the Christian Courts (Especially of That of France); Continued From the Year 1642, to the Year 1682 To'the R E A D E R. T'hey' have fent 'to the Bookfeller, on this account, are not fubfcribed at length: Yet, by accident, one of the' Gentlemen's hand-writing is known: And though we acknowledge him to be an ingenious perfon, and a man' of learning; yet I believe he would be unwilling his letter lhould here be expofed in print (or the original fhewed to forne that know him, and. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Letters Writ by a Turkish Spy, Who Lived Five and Forty Years Undiscovered at Paris, Vol. 6: Giving an Impartial Account to the Divan at Constantinople, of the Most Remarkable Transactions of Europe In the firf't place they fay the Italian tranflation keeps elafe to the original Ambick whereas the Englifl abounds too much with Anglicifins, which are not fuflicient to exprefs the author's primitive fenfe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Letters Written by a Turkish Spy, Who Lived Five-and-Forty Years Undiscovered at Paris, Vol. 6: Giving an Impartial Account to the Divan at Constantinople of the Most Remarkable Transactions of Europe, and Discovering Several Intrigues and Secrets of the Christian Courts, (Especially of That of France) Continued From the Year 1659 to the Year 1682 But to come to the purpofe: 'i have often heard tranflations blamed for keeping too clofe to the ori ginal phrafe, but never any before this for a negli gence that is a'bfolutely necefl'ary to retain the fenfe of a foreign author. All the world knows there is a wait difference between Arabic and the languages of Europe; and if the Italian tranllator was more traé'r in forming his words up to a near imitation of the Eafi'ern proprieties of fpeech, no doubt 'but int partial men will rather cenfure it as a fault, than cry it up for an excellency, fince nothing founds well in any language, which is not delivered in the natural idiom. Every thing ought to be written in-as familiar a fiyle as we difcourfe, efpecially letters, which are but a proxy method of converiing at a diliance; and he that tranllates out of one language into another ought to aim chiefly at this, that he be fore to retain the original fenfe, and render it fmooth and eafy to the reader. The flowers of Arabia and Italy, when once tranfplanted to our barren Englilh 'foil, 'lofe their virtue and beauty till they are naturalifed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.