 | Josiah Litch - 1842 - 264 pages
...leaving the waters in a foam, again rose and bounded against the opposite hill.' " In the siege, ' the incessant volleys of lances and arrows were accompanied...cannon. Their small arms discharged at the same time five or even ten balls of lead of the size of a walnut, and according to the closeness of the ranks,... | |
 | Edward Bishop Elliott - 1847 - 606 pages
...of the cannon at Adrianople : then, in the progress of the siege itself, describes how " the vollies of lances and arrows were accompanied with the smoke, the sound, and the fire of the musketry and cannon:" how "the long order of Turkish artillery was pointed against the walls ;... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1851 - 694 pages
...of pusillanimity* The nation was indeed pusillanimous and base ; but the last Constantine deserves the name of a hero : his noble band of volunteers...virtue ; and the foreign auxiliaries supported the honor of the Western chivalry. The incessant volleys of lances and arrows were accompanied with the... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1852 - 530 pages
...siege of Constantinople by the Turks, Mr. Gibbon says of the defence by the Christians (¡v. 343), "The incessant volleys of lances and arrows were accompanied...sound, and the fire of their musketry and cannon." " The same destructive secret," he adds, "had been revealed to the Moslems, by whom it was employed... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1855 - 628 pages
...&c.) 808 SIEGE OF CONSTANTINOPLE [CH. LXVIII. lanimous and base : but the last Constantino deserves the name of a hero ; his noble band of volunteers...even, ten, balls of lead, of the size of a walnut 4 and, according to the closeness .of the ranks and the force of the powder, several breastplates and... | |
 | Francis H. Berick - 1854 - 394 pages
...and near two months were employed in a laborious journey of one hundred and fifty miles."* Again, " The incessant volleys of lances and arrows were accompanied with the smoke, the sound, and the the fire of their musketry and cannon. Their small arms discharged at the same time either five, or... | |
 | William Deans - 1854 - 354 pages
...inferiority of their numbers, they were prudently content to defend the rampart with their missile weapons. The incessant volleys of lances and arrows, were accompanied with the smoke and fire of their musketry and cannon. The same destructive engines were employed by the Moslems with... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1859 - 520 pages
...the siege of Constantinople by the Turks, Mr. Gibbon says of the defence by the Christians (iv. 343), "The incessant volleys of lances and arrows were accompanied with the smoke, tlm sound, and the fire of their musketry and cannon." " The same destructive secret," ho adds, "had... | |
 | Francis Lieber - 1862 - 432 pages
...band of volunteers was inspired with Roman virtue ; and the foreign auxiliaries supported the honor of the Western chivalry. The incessant volleys of...at the same time, either five, or even ten, balls * About sis English miles. of lead, of the size of a walnut ; and, according to the closeness of the... | |
 | Francis Lieber - 1862 - 436 pages
...of pusillanimity. The nation was indeed pusillanimous and base ; but the last Constantine deserves the name of a hero : his noble band of volunteers...virtue ; and the foreign auxiliaries supported the honor of the Western chivalry. The incessant volleys of lances and arrows were accompanied with the... | |
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The incessant volleys of lances and arrows were accompanied with the smoke, the sound, and the fire of their musketry and cannon. 
