 | William Martin - Children's literature - 1856 - 352 pages
...the domes and palaces of the Latins. In the hippodrome, his eye was attracted by the twisted columns of the three serpents, and, as a trial of his strength,...battle-axe, the under jaw of one of these monsters which, in the eye of the Turks, were the idols or talismans of the city. At the principal door of St.... | |
 | Theology - 1857 - 932 pages
...city which he could not defend, and Mohammed II. entered Constantinople in triumph. " The Conqueror gazed with satisfaction and wonder on the strange,...style of Oriental architecture. In the Hippodrome or Atmcidan, his eye was attracted by the twisted column of three serpents ; and, as a trial of his strength,... | |
 | Francis Lieber - Battles - 1862 - 432 pages
...dexterous as Apollo, and equal in battle to any ten of the race of ordinary mortals. The conqueror gazed, with satisfaction and wonder, on the strange...battle-axe, the under jaw of one of these monsters, which, in the eyes of the Turks, were the idols, or talismans of the city. At the principal door of... | |
 | Francis Lieber - Battles - 1862 - 436 pages
...dexterous as Apollo, and equal in battle to any ten of the race of ordinary mortals. The conqueror gazed, with satisfaction and wonder, on the strange...his eye was attracted by the twisted column of the threes serpents ; and, as a trial of his strength, he shattered, with his iron mace or battle-axe,... | |
 | Robert Gossip - 1878 - 328 pages
...dexterous as Apollo, and equal in battle to any ten of the race of ordinary mortals. The conqueror gazed with satisfaction and wonder on the strange...battle-axe the under jaw of one of these monsters, which in the eyes of the Turks were the idols or talismans of the city. At the principal door of St.... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1880 - 662 pages
...dexterous as Apollo, and equal in battle to any ten of the race of ordinary mortals. The conqueror74 gazed with satisfaction and wonder on the strange,...domes and palaces, so dissimilar from the style of Orientalarchitecture. In the hippodrome, or atmeidan, his eye was uttiacted by the twisted column of... | |
 | Stanley Lane-Poole - Turkey - 1888 - 414 pages
...dexterous as Apollo, and equal in battle to any ten of the race of ordinary mortals. The conqueror gazed with satisfaction and wonder on the strange...domes and palaces, so dissimilar from the style of Ottoman architecture. In the hippodrome, or At-Meydan, his eyes were attracted by the twisted column... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1899 - 660 pages
...dexterous as Apollo, and equal in battle to any ten of the race of ordinary mortals. The conqueror 74 gazed with satisfaction and wonder on the strange,...of his strength, he shattered with his iron mace or battle-ax«" the under jaw of one of these monsters,75 which in th^ eyes of the Turks were the idols... | |
 | Stanley Lane-Poole, Elias John Wilkinson Gibb, Arthur Gilman - Turkey - 1899 - 418 pages
...dexterous as Apollo, and equal in battle to any ten of the race of ordinary mortals. The conqueror gazed with satisfaction and wonder on the strange...domes and palaces, so dissimilar from the style of Ottoman architecture. In the hippodrome, or At-Meydan, his eyes were attracted by the twisted column... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1901 - 688 pages
...dexterous as Apollo, and equal in battle to any ten of the race of ordinary mortals. The conqueror" gazed with satisfaction and wonder on the strange...style of Oriental architecture. In the hippodrome, OP almeidan, his eye was attracted by the twisted column of the three serpents; and, as a trial of... | |
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He was attended by his viziers, bashaws, and guards, each of whom (says a Byzantine historian) was robust as Hercules, dexterous as Apollo, and equal in battle to any ten of the race of ordinary mortals. The conqueror gazed with satisfaction and wonder... 
