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Page 113
... Turkish inguard swept the towns and villages , as far as the gates Constantinople : submission was spared and protect- ! ; whatever presumed to resist , was exterminated with e and sword . The Greek places on the Black Sea , Mesembria ...
... Turkish inguard swept the towns and villages , as far as the gates Constantinople : submission was spared and protect- ! ; whatever presumed to resist , was exterminated with e and sword . The Greek places on the Black Sea , Mesembria ...
Page 114
... Turkish powers is magnified by Ducas , Chalcocondyles , and Leonard of Chios , to the amount of three or four hundred thousand men ; but Phranza was a less remote and more accurate judge ; and his precise definition , of two hundred and ...
... Turkish powers is magnified by Ducas , Chalcocondyles , and Leonard of Chios , to the amount of three or four hundred thousand men ; but Phranza was a less remote and more accurate judge ; and his precise definition , of two hundred and ...
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... Turkish conquest , the nation was distracted by this epidemical frenzy ; and the season of Lent , the approach of Easter , instead of breathing charity and love , served only to fortify the ob- stinacy and influence of the zealots . The ...
... Turkish conquest , the nation was distracted by this epidemical frenzy ; and the season of Lent , the approach of Easter , instead of breathing charity and love , served only to fortify the ob- stinacy and influence of the zealots . The ...
Page 119
... Turkish approaches were soon sunk in trench- es , or covered with ruins . Each day added to the sci- ence of the Christians ; but their inadequate stock of gunpowder was wasted in the operations of each day . Their ordnance was not ...
... Turkish approaches were soon sunk in trench- es , or covered with ruins . Each day added to the sci- ence of the Christians ; but their inadequate stock of gunpowder was wasted in the operations of each day . Their ordnance was not ...
Page 121
... Turkish fieet , at the entrance of the Bos- phorus , was stretched from shore to shore , in the form of a crescent , to intercept , or at least to repel , these bold auxiliaries . The reader , who has present to his mind the geograph ...
... Turkish fieet , at the entrance of the Bos- phorus , was stretched from shore to shore , in the form of a crescent , to intercept , or at least to repel , these bold auxiliaries . The reader , who has present to his mind the geograph ...
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Aargau ancient ancient Greece arms army artillery Asia assault Athens attack Auvergne Bailiff Basha bastion batteries battle besieged Bishop born breach Byzantine empire called cannon canton of Switzerland capital Cardinal carried castle celebrated Christian Church command Constantinople council courage court death defence died ditch Duke Duke of Parma Emperor empire enemy England English fear fire fleet force fortifications France French German Grand Grand-master Greece Greeks hand honor houses hundred Huss Infidels inhabitants island Italy King King's Knights landvogt Leyden likewise Locri Lord Luther magistrate Mediterranean Mohammed Netherlands noble officers Ostend passed Peloponnesus Persian person Phoceans Pope Prince prisoners province Queen quoth Rhodes Roman Catholic Rome Samnites Schwytz Scipio sent ships side siege Socrates soldiers Soliman Spain Spaniards Spanish Sparta succor Sultan Switzerland Thessaly thousand tion town troops Turkish Turks Unterwalden unto valor vessels victory walls whole word Xerxes yeere
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Page 146 - THE Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee; Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion...
Page 315 - My loving people ! We have been persuaded, by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery ; but I assure you, I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people.
Page 315 - I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman ; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm...
Page 129 - But their strength and ammunition were exhausted in this laborious defence ; the ditch was filled with the bodies of the slain ; they supported the footsteps of their companions ; and of this devoted vanguard, the death was more serviceable than the life. Under their respective bashaws and sanjaks,* the troops of Anatolia and Romania were successively led to the charge.
Page 276 - I take God and all the world to witness that I have been to you a true, humble, and obedient wife, ever conformable to your will and pleasure...
Page 110 - Thus this brook has conveyed his ashes into Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into the narrow seas, they into the main ocean; and thus the ashes of Wickliffe are the emblem of his doctrine, which now is dispersed all the world over."* — Church History.
Page 316 - Europe should dare to invade the borders of my realm; to which rather than any dishonour should grow by me, I myself will take up arms, I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field. I know already for your forwardness you have deserved rewards and crowns; and we do assure you on the word of a prince, they shall be duly paid you.
Page 278 - I could in my fantasy wish or desire. She hath all the virtuous qualities that ought to be in a woman of her dignity, or in any other of baser estate. Surely she is also a noble woman born, if nothing were in her, but only her conditions will well declare the same.
Page 122 - ... bravest of the Janizaries might tremble on a new element. In the Christian squadron five stout and lofty ships were guided by skilful pilots, and manned with the veterans of Italy and Greece, long practised in the arts and perils of the sea. Their weight was directed to sink or scatter the weak obstacles that impeded their passage: their artillery swept the waters; their liquid fire was poured on the heads of the adversaries, who, with the design of boarding, presumed to approach them; and the...