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...the hour, day, month, and year, to slay the third part of the men. " In the confusion of darkness the assailant may sometimes succeed; but in this great...memorable twenty-ninth of May, in the fourteen hundred and fifty third year of the Christian aero." " Several days were employed by the Sultan in the preparations...

...appointed the 29th day of May for the general assault, being then the Tuesday next following. " t " In thfs great and general attack, the military judgment and...hundred and fifty-third year of the Christian era.} After a siege of fifty-three days, Constantinople, which had defied the power of Ghosroes, the Cnagan...

...appointed the 29th day of May for the general assault, being then the Tuesday next following."• " In this great and general attack, the military judgment...of Mahomet advised him to expect the morning, the memorahle twenty-ninth of May, in the fourteen hundred and fifty-third year of the Christian era.-)-...

...closed, in reference to the Roman empire, than in the words of Gibbon, — with the prediction annexed. " In the confusion of darkness an assailant may sometimes...but in this great and general attack, the military jndgment and astrological knowledge of Mahomet advised him to expect the morning, the memorable twenty-ninth...

...general attack, the military judgment and astrological knowledge of Mahomet advised him to wait till the morning, the memorable twentyninth of May, in...of the Christian era. The preceding night had been actively employed ; the troops, the cannon, and the fascines were advanced to the edge of the ditch,...

...captives. After a siege of forty days, the fate of Constantinople could no longer be averted. In the great and general attack, the military judgment and astrological knowledge of Mahomet advised him to wait till the morning, the memorable twentyninth of May, in the fourteen hundred and fifty-third year...

...fall of the last Constantine are more glorious than the long prosperity of the Byzantine Csesars.* In the confusion of darkness, an assailant may sometimes...fourteen hundred and fifty-third year of the Christian sera. The preceding night had been strenuously employed : the troops, the cannons, and the fascines,...

...and fall of the last Constantino are more glorious than the long prosperity of the Byzantine Caesars. In the confusion of darkness, an assailant may sometimes...Mahomet advised him to expect the morning, the memorable 29th of May, in the 1453rd year of the Christian era. The preceding night had been strenuously employed...

...the general assault. And the last speech of Paleologus was the funeral oration of the Roman Empire." "In the confusion of darkness an assailant may sometimes...the military judgment and astrological knowledge of Mohammed advised him to expect THE MOUSING, THE memorable TWENTY-NINTH of MAY, in THE FOUBTEEN HUNDBED...