| William Cuninghame - Bible - 1817 - 444 pages
...rules of astrology. " Several days," says Gibbon, " were " employed by the sultan in preparations for the assault; and a " respite was granted by his favourite...twenty-ninth of May as the fortunate and fatal " hour." the earlier part of their history. It is said that they had breastplates of fire, and hyacinth, and... | |
| Alfred Addis - Prophecy - 1830 - 602 pages
...memorable twenty-ninth of May, in the fourteen hundred and fifty third year of the Christian aero." " Several days were employed by the Sultan in the preparations...twenty-ninth of May, as the fortunate and fatal hour.' " From the first hour of the memorable twenty-ninth o! May, disorder and rapine prevailed in Constantinople,... | |
| Alexander Keith - 1832 - 374 pages
...abide the last extremities of war. Several days were employed by the sultan in the preparations for the assault ; and a respite was granted by his favourite...On the evening of the twenty-seventh he issued his fatal orders ; assembled in his presence the military chiefs ; and dispersed his heralds through the... | |
| Alexander Keith - 1832 - 384 pages
...walls of Constantinople. A sense of honour, and the fear of universal reproach, forbade Palseologus to resign the city into the hands of the Ottomans,...days were employed by the sultan in the preparations for the assault ; and a respite was granted by his faaouiite science of astrology, which had fixed... | |
| Alexander Keith - Bible - 1832 - 392 pages
...walls of Constantinople. A sense of honour, and the fear of universal reproach, forbade Palreologus to resign the city into the hands of the Ottomans, and he determined to abide the fast extremities of war. Several days were employed. bj the sultan in the preparations for the assault... | |
| Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1851 - 694 pages
...the walls of Constantinople. A sense of honor, and the fear of universal reproach, forbade Pateologus to resign the city into the hands of the Ottomans...of the assault ; and a respite was granted by his favorite science for astrology, which had fixed on the twenty-ninth of May, as the fortunate and fatal... | |
| Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1855 - 628 pages
...walls of Constantinople. A sense of honour, and the fear of universal reproach, forbade Pala;ologus to resign the city into the hands of the Ottomans...favourite science of astrology, which had fixed on the 29th of May, as the fortunate and fatal hour. On the evening of the 27th he issued his final orders... | |
| William Martin - Children's literature - 1856 - 352 pages
...guards, and explore the motions of the enemy. Mahomet spent several days in making preparations for the assault, and a respite was granted by his favourite science of astrology, which had fixed on the 29th of May as the fortunate and fatal hour. On the evening of the 27th he issued his final orders,... | |
| Battles - 1862 - 432 pages
...walls of Constantinople. A sense of honor, and the fear of universal reproach, forbade Palseologus to resign the city into the hands of the Ottomans...war. Several days were employed by the Sultan in the pre parations of the assault ; and a respite was granted by his favorite science of astrology, which... | |
| Woolwich roy. military acad - 1864 - 588 pages
...the walls of Constantinople. A sense of honour <and fear of universal reproach forbade Palaeolqgus to resign the city into the hands of the Ottomans ; and he determined to abide the last extremity of war. Several days were employed by the Sultan in the preparations for the assault ; and... | |
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