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... , the defpot Thomas , was bleffed or afflicted with the birth of a fon ; " the laft heir , " fays the plaintive Phranza , " of the last spark of the Roman em- pire " 66 19 22 CHA P. for the fiege ople , A. D. 1452 OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE .
... , the defpot Thomas , was bleffed or afflicted with the birth of a fon ; " the laft heir , " fays the plaintive Phranza , " of the last spark of the Roman em- pire " 66 19 22 CHA P. for the fiege ople , A. D. 1452 OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE .
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... Phranza was a lefs remote and more accurate judge ; and his precife definition of two hundred and fifty- eight thousand does not exceed the measure of experience and probability " . The navy of the befiegers was lefs formidable : the ...
... Phranza was a lefs remote and more accurate judge ; and his precife definition of two hundred and fifty- eight thousand does not exceed the measure of experience and probability " . The navy of the befiegers was lefs formidable : the ...
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Edward Gibbon. CHA P. lifts were entrusted to Phranza " ; and , after a LXVII . diligent addition , he informed his master , with Falfe union of the two grief and furprise , that the national defence was reduced to four thousand nine ...
Edward Gibbon. CHA P. lifts were entrusted to Phranza " ; and , after a LXVII . diligent addition , he informed his master , with Falfe union of the two grief and furprise , that the national defence was reduced to four thousand nine ...
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... Phranza , an eye- May 29 . witnefs , prolongs to the measure of fix miles the Ottomans directed their principal attack ; and the emperor , after diftributing the fervice and command of the most perilous stations , undertook the defence ...
... Phranza , an eye- May 29 . witnefs , prolongs to the measure of fix miles the Ottomans directed their principal attack ; and the emperor , after diftributing the fervice and command of the most perilous stations , undertook the defence ...
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... Phranza , who affirms , from their own mouth , that they lost above twelve thousand men in the flaughter of the day . They fled in disorder to the shores of Europe and Asia , while the Chrif tian fquadron , triumphant and unhurt ...
... Phranza , who affirms , from their own mouth , that they lost above twelve thousand men in the flaughter of the day . They fled in disorder to the shores of Europe and Asia , while the Chrif tian fquadron , triumphant and unhurt ...
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Page 41 - The cries of fear and of pain were drowned in the martial music of drums, trumpets, and attaballs; and experience has proved that the mechanical operation of sounds, by quickening the circulation of the blood and spirits, will act on the human machine more forcibly than the eloquence of reason and honour.
Page 121 - ... the eyes of Petrarch, and those of his graver contemporaries, his love was a sin, and Italian verse a frivolous amusement. His Latin works of philosophy, poetry, and eloquence established his serious reputation, which was soon diffused from Avignon over France and Italy; his friends and disciples were multiplied in every city; and, if the ponderous volume of his writings be now abandoned to a long repose, our gratitude must applaud the man who by precept and example revived the spirit and study...
Page 39 - They wept, they embraced ; regardless of their families and fortunes, they devoted their lives ; and each commander, departing to his station, maintained, all night, a vigilant and anxious watch on the rampart. The Emperor, and some faithful companions, entered the dome of St. Sophia, which, in a few hours, was to be converted into a mosque, and devoutly received, with tears and prayers, the sacrament of the holy communion.
Page 35 - After a siege of forty days, the fate of Constantinople could no longer be averted. The diminutive garrison was exhausted by a double attack: the fortifications, which had stood for ages against hostile violence, were dismantled on all sides by the Ottoman cannon: many breaches were opened; and near the gate of St. Romanus, four towers had been levelled with the ground. For the payment of his feeble and mutinous troops, Constantine was...
Page 39 - In the confusion of darkness an assailant may sometimes succeed ; but in this great and general attack, the military judgment and astrological knowledge of Mahomet advised him to expect the morning, the memorable twenty-ninth of May, in the fourteen hundred and fifty-third year of the Christian era.
Page 41 - Romania were successively led to the charge ; their progress was various and doubtful; but, after a conflict of two hours, the Greeks still maintained and improved their advantage; and the voice of the emperor was heard, encouraging his soldiers to achieve, by a last effort, the deliverance of their country. In that fatal moment, the janizaries arose, fresh, vigorous, and invincible. The sultan himself on horseback, with an iron mace in his hand, was the spectator and judge of their...
Page 41 - From the lines, the galleys, and the bridge, the Ottoman artillery thundered on all sides ; and the camp and city, the Greeks and the Turks, were involved in a cloud of smoke, which could only be dispelled by the final deliverance or destruction of the Roman Empire.
Page 137 - Nicholas, severe and merciful ; deliverer of Rome ; defender of Italy ; friend of mankind, and of liberty, peace, and justice ; tribune august...
Page 44 - Greeks fled towards the city; and many were pressed and stifled in the narrow pass of the gate of St. Romanus. The victorious Turks rushed through the breaches of the inner wall; and as they advanced into the streets, they were soon joined by their brethren, who had forced the gate Phenar on the side of the harbour. In the first heat of the pursuit, about two thousand Christians were put to the sword...
Page 41 - His numerous ministers of justice were posted behind the line, to urge, to restrain, and to punish; and if danger was in the front, shame and inevitable death were in the rear, of the fugitives. The cries of fear and of pain were drowned in the martial music of drums, trumpets, and...