The Great Sieges of HistoryGeorge Routledge and Sons, 1871 - 742 sider |
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... ramparts with rams and other machines he had brought with him from Tyre . But the Jews , still intrepid , despised death , and only sought to inflict it upon their assailants . If a wall was destroyed , another arose as if by magic . If ...
... ramparts with rams and other machines he had brought with him from Tyre . But the Jews , still intrepid , despised death , and only sought to inflict it upon their assailants . If a wall was destroyed , another arose as if by magic . If ...
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... ramparts had been in many places filled up by Adrian , and access to the place was much more difficult , particularly from the north . Jerusalem , however , had had to sustain several sieges whilst under the domination of the Saracens ...
... ramparts had been in many places filled up by Adrian , and access to the place was much more difficult , particularly from the north . Jerusalem , however , had had to sustain several sieges whilst under the domination of the Saracens ...
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... ramparts . Never , say historians , was so much ardour witnessed in the soldiers of the Cross ; some , serried in close battalions , covered themselves with their bucklers , which formed an impenetrable vault over their heads , and gave ...
... ramparts . Never , say historians , was so much ardour witnessed in the soldiers of the Cross ; some , serried in close battalions , covered themselves with their bucklers , which formed an impenetrable vault over their heads , and gave ...
Side 34
... ramparts of the Saracens . Their construc- tion was directed by Gaston of Béarn , of whose bravery and skill historians speak loudly . Among these machines were three enormous towers of a new form , each having three stages : the first ...
... ramparts of the Saracens . Their construc- tion was directed by Gaston of Béarn , of whose bravery and skill historians speak loudly . Among these machines were three enormous towers of a new form , each having three stages : the first ...
Side 35
... ramparts and form a road into the place . But these powerful means of attack were not the only ones which were to second the efforts of the Crusaders . The religious enthusiasm which had already performed such prodigies , again lent its ...
... ramparts and form a road into the place . But these powerful means of attack were not the only ones which were to second the efforts of the Crusaders . The religious enthusiasm which had already performed such prodigies , again lent its ...
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Achradina allies Antioch appeared arms arrived artillery assault attack bastion batteries battle became Belgrade Belisarius besieged body Bohemond brave breach bridge British camp cannon capitulation captain carried Carthage Carthaginians cavalry Cawnpore citadel citizens commanded commenced conqueror conquest Constantinople counterscarp courage Crusaders death defended ditch duke emperor endeavoured enemy enemy's English entered Epicydes famine favour fell fire fleet force fortifications fought France French garrison gates gave German Goths guard guns head helepolis honour horse hundred infantry inhabitants intrenchments Janissaries Jerusalem Kerbogha killed king leaders machines marched master Metz Mussulmans night Odenathus officers opened Paris possession prince prisoners ramparts repulsed retreat Rhodians Romans Rome ruins Russians Saladin Saracens Sebastopol SECOND SIEGE sent side soldiers soon sortie Spaniards succour surrender Suwarrow sword taken thousand threw tion took Totila Tournai towers troops Turks Tyre valour vessels victory Vitiges walls whilst wounded
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Side 107 - But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways hast thou not glorified: Then was the part of the hand sent from him: and this writing was written.
Side 108 - This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
Side 270 - ... and sometimes marched several miles on foot at the head of the troops. The success of Odenathus was in a great measure ascribed to her incomparable prudence and fortitude. Their splendid victories over the Great King, whom they twice pursued as far as the gates of Ctesiphon, laid the foundations of their united fame and power. The armies which they commanded, and the provinces which they had saved, acknowledged not any other sovereigns than their invincible chiefs. The Senate and people of Rome...
Side 269 - Her teeth were of a pearly whiteness, and her large black eyes sparkled with uncommon fire, tempered by the most attractive sweetness. Her voice was strong and harmonious. Her manly understanding was strengthened and adorned by study. She was not ignorant of the Latin tongue, but possessed in equal perfection the Greek, the Syriac, and the Egyptian languages. She had drawn up for her own use an epitome of oriental history, and familiarly compared the beauties of Homer and Plato under the tuition...
Side 518 - Than the soft myrtle: but man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured, His glassy essence, like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven As make the angels weep; who, with our spleens, Would all themselves laugh mortal.
Side 276 - ... a slave supported the gold chain which encircled her neck, and she almost fainted under the intolerable weight of jewels. She preceded on foot the magnificent chariot, in which she once hoped to enter the gates of Rome. It was followed by two other chariots, still more sumptuous, of Odenathus and of the Persian monarch. The triumphal car of Aurelian (it had formerly been used by a Gothic king) was drawn, on this memorable occasion, either by four stags or by four elephants.
Side 275 - The seat of commerce, of arts, and of Zenobia, gradually sunk into an obscure town, a trifling fortress, and at length a miserable village.
Side 271 - Instead of the little passions which so frequently perplex a female reign, the steady administration of Zenobia was guided by the most judicious maxims of policy. If it was expedient to pardon, she could calm her resentment; if it was necessary to punish, she could impose silence on the voice of pity.
Side 272 - In both the Queen of Palmyra animated the armies by her presence, and devolved the execution of her orders on Zabdas, who had already signalized his military talents by the conquest of Egypt. The numerous forces of Zenobia consisted for the most part of light archers, and of heavy cavalry clothed in complete steel.
Side 595 - ... of sanguinary hand-to-hand fights, of despairing rallies, of desperate assaults — in glens and valleys, in brushwood glades and remote dells, hidden from all human eyes, and from which the conquerors, Russian or British, issued only to engage fresh foes, till our old supremacy, so rudely assailed, was triumphantly asserted, and the battalions of the czar gave way before our steady courage and the chivalrous fire of France.