The Turks arriv’d at their amazing Grandeur from ſo obſcure an Origin, that the invaded World ſtood wondering at their Growing Fortunes, while they ſhou’d have endeavour’d to repulſe, by a vigorous Oppoſition, the bold Incurſions of their encroaching Numbers. And then the Dragons arriv’d. (“A Full and Juſt Account of the Preſent State of the Ottoman Empire in All Its Branches: with the Government, and Policy, Religion, Cuſtoms, and Way of Living of the Turks, in General. faithfully related From a Serious OBSERVATION, taken in many Years TRAVELS thro’ thoſe Countries”, by Aaron Hill, Gent., 1709.)
Er, sorry about that. Trouble getting the ſ to show up properly. Using the Unicode character directly didn't work, the move didn't get posted. Using the hex HMTL entity (ſ) didn't work either: ſ. Only the decimal version (ſ) works: ſ.