The Divan seemed intent on restoring the old system of government in its entirety, but in 1783 the Russian representative extracted from the sultan a decree (hattisherif) defining more precisely the liberties of the principalities and fixing the amount of the annual tribute - for Walachia 619 purses exclusive of various "presents" amounting to 130,000 piasters, and for Moldavia 1 3 5 purses and further gifts to the extent of 115,000 piasters. [Please select]
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"You and your horse, then, two piasters a day, and you feed yourself and the beast." [Please select]
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"But if I am your servant--if I must obey you for two piasters a day, how shall I serve my nation." [Please select]
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The woman was rich, and would not miss a trifling sum, five or ten piasters a month for the _mutoi_. [Please select]
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The necklace is worth a hundred thousand piasters, is it not, Mansour. [Please select]
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This madcap, shall give you, therefore, a hundred thousand piasters, and all parties will be satisfied. [Please select]
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The _mutoi_ walked up and down in front of the hotel, but he would not bother her son as long as her son could get a few piasters now and then to hand to him. [Please select]
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