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Side 17
... walls , and narrowing the cells , had been ingeniously contrived to prevent their escape , and aggravate their misery ; and the work was incessantly pressed by the daily visits of the tyrant . His guards watched at the gate ; and as he ...
... walls , and narrowing the cells , had been ingeniously contrived to prevent their escape , and aggravate their misery ; and the work was incessantly pressed by the daily visits of the tyrant . His guards watched at the gate ; and as he ...
Side 18
... walls of Constantinople ; but the metropolis alone counterbalanced the rest of the em- pire : nor could he attempt that important conquest till he had secured in his favour the public voice and a pri- vate correspondence . An Italian ...
... walls of Constantinople ; but the metropolis alone counterbalanced the rest of the em- pire : nor could he attempt that important conquest till he had secured in his favour the public voice and a pri- vate correspondence . An Italian ...
Side 26
... wall ; of introducing into the ditch the waters of the sea ; of erecting lofty turrets ; and of mounting a train of military engines on the rampart . The narrow bounds in which they had been circumscribed , were in- sufficient for the ...
... wall ; of introducing into the ditch the waters of the sea ; of erecting lofty turrets ; and of mounting a train of military engines on the rampart . The narrow bounds in which they had been circumscribed , were in- sufficient for the ...
Side 28
... wall was raised , and the ditch was sunk , with incredible speed . At the same time , they attacked and burnt two Byzantine galleys ; while the three others , the remainder of the imperial navy , escaped from their See Nic . Gregoras ...
... wall was raised , and the ditch was sunk , with incredible speed . At the same time , they attacked and burnt two Byzantine galleys ; while the three others , the remainder of the imperial navy , escaped from their See Nic . Gregoras ...
Side 30
... walls of Constantinople . It would not be an easy task to reconcile the accounts of the Greeks , the Venetians , and the Genoese ; and while I depend on the narrative of an impartial historian , " I d The events of this war are related ...
... walls of Constantinople . It would not be an easy task to reconcile the accounts of the Greeks , the Venetians , and the Genoese ; and while I depend on the narrative of an impartial historian , " I d The events of this war are related ...
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