...magnificence of the Ottoman state and institutions are absolutely ridiculous. Respecting their ances* tors, their ideas are almost as absurdly inflated as those...animal in the world, and I take great pleasure in pulling'him down : I remind him of the subjugation of the Greeks by the Romans, and of their degraded...

...heroic ancestors. Gait kept a stony Scots countenance faced with such claims in 1810: Respecting thetr ancestors, their ideas are almost as absurdly inflated...true Greek the most insufferable animal in the world, [...] they are really an inferior race." The belief or disbelief in the bold equation of ancient and...

...taunt: Respecting their ancestors their ideas are almost as absurdly inflated as those of an Oxford or Cambridge tutor. This national vanity renders a true...pulling him down: I remind him of the subjugation ol the Greeks by the Romans and of their degraded situation under the Turks, both of which facts I...