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Identifier: americanencyclop00blak (find matches)
Title: The American encyclopedia of history, biography and travel
Year: 1857 (1850s)
Authors: (Blake, William O.) (from old catalog)
Subjects: World history Biography
Publisher: Columbus, Published by J. & H. Miller
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ded in obtaining the submission of that province, which was nearly inde-pendent of the Porte. Named in 1848 to the command of the army, sentto the Danubian provinces, he made the authority of the Sultan respected,while at the same time he respected the susceptibilities and the privilegesof those provinces, placed, as they were, under the double protection ofRussia and Turkey. The year 1851 was the most brilliant period of themilitary career of Omar Pasha. Named commander-in-chief of Bosnia,the principal chiefs of which had refused to recognize Tanzimat—that is,the new organization of his empire—he combatted successfully, though withan inferior force, the Beys of that country. At last he was sent to Mon-tenegro, where he found himself for the first time commanding an army of30,000 men. The intervention of Austria, as is known, put a term tcthat expedition before decisive operations could be commenced. At thepresent date, Omar Pasha is at the head of nearly 100,000 men in theCrimea.
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OMAR PASHA BIOGRAPHICAL DEPARTMENT. 753 EDWARD EVERETT. Edward Everett, an American orator, scholar, and diplomatist, wasborn in Dorchester, Massachusetts, in April 1794. His father was a re-spectable clergyman in Boston ; and his elder brother was minister at thecourt of Spain. He received his early education at Boston, and enteredHarvard college when little more than thirteen years old, leaving it withfirst honors four years later, undecided as to a pursuit for life. He turnedhis attention for two years to the profession of divinity ; but, in 1814, hewas invited to accept the new professorship of Greek literature at Cam-bridge, Massachusetts, with permission to visit Europe. He accepted theoffice; and, before entering on its duties, embarked at Boston for Liver-pool. He passed more than two years at the famous university of Gottin-gen, engaged in the study of the German language and the branchesof learning connected with his department. He passed the winter of1817-18 at Paris. The n

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