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Mór Jókai. The Slaves of the Padishah
The Slaves of the Padishah
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INTRODUCTION
The Slaves of the Padishah. CHAPTER I. THE GOLDEN CAFTAN
CHAPTER II. MAIDENS THREE
CHAPTER III. THREE MEN
CHAPTER IV. AFFAIRS OF STATE
CHAPTER V. THE DAY OF GROSSWARDEIN
CHAPTER VI. THE MONK OF THE HOLY SPRING
CHAPTER VII. THE PANIC OF NAGYENYED
CHAPTER VIII. THE SLAVE MARKET AT BUDA-PESTH
CHAPTER IX. THE AMAZON BRIGADE
CHAPTER X. THE MARGARET ISLAND
CHAPTER XI. A STAR IN HELL
CHAPTER XII. THE BATTLE OF ST. GOTHARD
CHAPTER XIII. THE PERSECUTED WOMAN
CHAPTER XIV. OLAJ BEG
CHAPTER XV. THE WOMEN'S DEFENCE
CHAPTER XVI. A FIGHT FOR HIS OWN HEAD
CHAPTER XVII. THE EXTRAVAGANCES OF LOVE
CHAPTER XVIII. SPORT WITH A BLIND MAN
CHAPTER XIX. THE NIGHT BEFORE DEATH
CHAPTER XX. THE VICTIM
CHAPTER XXI. OTHER TIMES—OTHER MEN
CHAPTER XXII. THE DIVÁN
CHAPTER XXIII. THE TURKISH DEATH
CHAPTER XXIV. THE HOSTAGE
CHAPTER XXV. THE HUSBAND
CHAPTER XXVI. THE FADING OF FLOWERS
CHAPTER XXVII. THE SWORD OF GOD
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE MAD MAN
CHAPTER XXIX. PLEASANT SURPRISES
CHAPTER XXX. A MAN ABANDONED BY HIS GUARDIAN-ANGEL
CHAPTER XXXI. THE NEWLY-DRAWN SWORD
CHAPTER XXXII. THE LAST DAY
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Mór Jókai
Published by Good Press, 2021
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"I thank you for the advice," said Feriz smiling. Had it been anybody else he would probably have thrust back the advice into his face. But Emeric imparted it to him with such a friendly, comrade-like voice as if they had only come there for the fun of the thing.
Then the combat began. Feriz Beg, with his usual impetuosity, pressed upon his adversary as if he would pay him back his amicable counsels in kind; while Tököly calmly, composedly smiling, flung back the most violent assaults of his rival as if it were a mere sport to him, so lightly, so confidently did his sword turn in his hand, with so much finished grace did he accompany every movement—in fact, he hardly seemed to make any exertion. The most violent blows aimed at him by Feriz Beg he parried with the lightest twist of his sword, and not once did he counter, so that at last Feriz Beg, involuntarily overcome by rage, fell back and lowered his sword.
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