[The Ottoman Empire] has the body of a sick old man, who tried to appear healthy, although his end was near.

The unspeakable Turk should be immediately struck out of the question, and the country be left to honest European guidance.

Your Majesty may think me an impatient sick man, and that the Turks are even sicker.

[The Ottoman Empire] whose sick body was not supported by a mild and regular diet, but by a powerful treatment, which continually exhausted it.

We have on out hands a sick man,--a very sick man. [The sick man of Europe, the Turk.]

The Lofty Gate of the Royal Tent.