 | Edward Gibbon - 1788 - 470 pages
...150,000 Turki, both horfe and foot. • - : .... troops, whom he referved for the decifive occafions; and. the tide of battle was directed and impelled by his voice and eye. His numerous minifters of juflice were ported behind the line, to urge, to reftrain, and to punim ; and if danger... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 332 pages
...horseback, with an iron mace in his hand, was the spectator and judge of their valor ; he was surrounded by ten thousand of his domestic troops, whom he reserved for the decisive occasion ; and the tide of battle was directed and impelled by his voice and eye. His numerous ministers... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1846 - 574 pages
...horseback, with an iron mace in his hand, was the spectator and judge of their valour: he was surrounded by ten thousand of his domestic troops, whom he reserved for the decisive occasion ; and the tide of battle was directed and impelled by his voice and eye. His numerous ministers... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1851 - 694 pages
...horseback, with an iron mace in his hand, was the spectator and judge of their valor : he was surrounded by ten thousand of his domestic troops, whom he reserved for the decisive occasion ; and the tide of battle was directed and impelled by his voice and eye. His numerous ministers... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1855 - 628 pages
...horseback, with an iron mace in his hand, was the spectator and judge of their valour ; he was surrounded by ten thousand of his domestic troops, whom he reserved for the decisive occasion; and the tide of battle was directed and impelled by his voice and eye. His numerous ministers... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1862 - 550 pages
...horseback, with an iron mace in his hand, was the spectator and judge of their valour. He was surrounded by ten thousand of his domestic troops, whom he reserved for the decisive occasion ; and the tide of battle was directed and impelled by his voice and eye. His numerous ministers... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1862 - 678 pages
...horseback, with an iron mace in his hand, was the spectator and judge of their valour. He was surrounded by ten thousand of his domestic troops, whom he reserved for the decisive occasion ; and the tide of battle was 368 SPECIMEN OF GIBBON'S PBOSE. directed and Impelled by his... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1868 - 550 pages
...he reserved for the decisive occasion ; and the tide of battle was 3C8 SPECIMEN OF GIBBON'S rnosE. directed and impelled by his voice and eye. His numerous ministers of •were posted behind the line, to urge, to restrain, to punish ; and if dan; in the front, shame and... | |
 | James H. Braund - 1870 - 524 pages
...horseback, with an iron mace in his hand, was the spectator and judge of their valour ; he was surrounded by ten thousand of his domestic troops, whom he reserved for the decisive occasion, and the tide of battle was directed and impelled by his voice and .eye. His numerous ministers... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1871 - 564 pages
...thousand of his domestic troops, whom he reserved for the decisive occasion ; and the tide of battle wan P directed and impelled by his voice and eye. His numerous...were posted behind the line, to urge, to restrain, to punish ; and if danger was in the front, shame and inevitable death were in the rear, of the fugitives.... | |
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In that fatal moment the Janizaries arose, fresh, vigorous, and invincible. The sultan himself on horseback, with an iron mace in his hand, was the spectator and judge of their... 
