| William Francis Collier - American literature - 1869 - 572 pages
...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...could only be dispelled by the final deliverance or destra> tian of th« Roman Empire. CHAPTER III. ROBERT BURNS. Born 1759 AD .....Died 1796 AD The lyrist's... | |
| James H. Braund - 1870 - 524 pages
...thundered on all sittvs ; and the camp and city, the Greeks and the Turks, were involved in a ctuud of smoke, which could only be dispelled by the final deliverance or destruction of the Roman empire." To Gibbon's terribly graphic picture, we may add the Apocalyptic, " By these three was the third part... | |
| University of Oxford - Taylorian Scholarships - 1874 - 104 pages
...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...of history or fable amuse our fancy and engage our aifections : the skilful evolutions of war may inform the mind, and improve a necessary, though pernicious,... | |
| James H. Braund - 1875 - 606 pages
...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...smoke, which could only be dispelled by the final delticrance or destruction of the Roman empire." The result follows at p. 454, " It was thus, after... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1876 - 652 pages
...only be dispelled by the final deliverance or destruction of the Roman empire. The single corr.bats of the heroes of history or fable amuse our fancy...evolutions of war may inform the mind, and improve a recessary, though pernicious, science. But in the uniform and odious pictures of a general assault,... | |
| William Francis Collier - American literature - 1877 - 560 pages
...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...deliverance or destruction of the Roman Empire. THE SONGS Olf BURNS. 309 CHAPTER III. EOBEET BUENS. Born 1759 AD Died 1796 AD <7' The lyrist's power. Birth... | |
| Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1880 - 662 pages
...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...pernicious, science. But in the uniform and odious pictures of a general assault, all is blood, and horror, and confusion ; nor shall I strive, at the... | |
| Blackie and son, ltd - 1880 - 406 pages
...and the bridge, the Ottoman artillery thundered on all sides, and the camp and city, the Greeks and Turks, were involved in a cloud of smoke which could...final deliverance or destruction of the Roman Empire. 12. The immediate loss of Constantinople may be ascribed to the bullet or arrow which pierced the gauntlet... | |
| Brainerd Kellogg - American literature - 1882 - 492 pages
...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...pernicious, science; but, in the uniform and odious pictures of a general assault, all is blood and horror and confusion : nor shall I strive, at the distance... | |
| Brainerd Kellogg - English literature - 1882 - 460 pages
...and the bridge, the Ottoman artillery thundered on all sides; and the camp and city, the Greeksand the Turks, were involved in a cloud of smoke, which...pernicious, science; but, in the uniform and odious pictures of a general assault, all is blood and horror and confusion: nor shall I strive, at the distance... | |
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