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" The preceding night had been strenuously employed : the troops, the cannon, and the fascines, were advanced to the edge of the ditch, which in many parts presented a smooth and level passage to the breach; and his fourscore galleys almost touched with... "
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Page 319
by Edward Gibbon - 1855
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 12

Edward Gibbon - 1788 - 470 pages
...aera. The preceding night had been 11 renuoufly employed: the troops, the cannon, and the fafcines, were advanced to the edge of the ditch, which in . many parts prefented a fmooth and level paflage to the breach ; and his fburfcore gallies almoft touched with...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 8

Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 512 pages
...memorable twenty-ninth of . May, in the fourteen hundred and fifty-third year of the Christian aera. The preceding night had been strenuously employed: the troops, the cannon, and the fascines, were1 advanced to the edge of the ditch, which in many parts pre>sented a smooth and level passage...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 12

Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 558 pages
...memorable twenty-ninth of May, in the fourteen hundred and fifty-third year of the ; Christian sera. The preceding night had been strenuously employed...and level passage to the breach ; and his fourscore gallies almost touched, with the prows and their scaling-ladders, the less defensible walls of the...
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Gibbon's History of the decline and fall of the Roman empire, repr ..., Volume 5

Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 542 pages
...memorable twenty-ninth of May, in the fourteen hundred and fifty-third year of the Christian aera. The preceding night had been strenuously employed:...fourscore galleys almost touched with the prows and their scaling ladders the less defensible walls of the harbour. Under pain of death, silence was enjoined...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 6

Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 594 pages
...him to expect the morning, the memorable twenty-ninth of May, in the fourteen hundred aud fifty-third year of the Christian era. The preceding night had...troops, the cannon, and the fascines, were advanced to thft edge of the ditch, which in many parts presented a smooth and level passage to the breach ; and...
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New elegant extracts; a selection from the most eminent prose and ..., Volume 3

New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 pages
...him to expect the morning, the memorable twenty-ninth of May, in the fourteen hundred and fifty-third year of the Christian era. The preceding night had...fourscore galleys almost touched with the prows and their scaling ladders, the less defensible walls of the harbour. Under pain of death, silence was enjoined:...
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New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection, Moral ..., Volume 3, Parts 5-6

Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 pages
...him to expect the morning, the memorable twenty-ninth of May, in the fourteen hundred and fifty-third year of the Christian era. The preceding night had...fourscore galleys almost touched with the prows and their scaling ladders, the less defensible walls of the harbour. Under pain of death, silence was enjoined...
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New elegant extracts; a selection from the most eminent prose and ..., Volume 3

New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 410 pages
...him to expect the morning, the memorable twenty-ninth of May, in the fourteen hundred and fifty-third year of the Christian era. The preceding night had...fourscore galleys almost touched with the prows and their scaling ladders, the less defensible walls of the harbour. Under pain of death, silence was enjoined...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 4

Edward Gibbon - 1829 - 482 pages
...him to expect the morning, the memorable twentyrunih of May, in the fourteen hundred and fifty-third year of the Christian era. The preceding night had...breach; and his fourscore galleys almost touched with their prows and their scaling ladders, the less defensible walls of the harbour. Under pain of death,...
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The signs of the times, as denoted by fulfilment of historical ..., Volume 1

Alexander Keith - 1832 - 384 pages
...him to expect the morning, the memorable twenty-ninth of May, in the fourteen hundred and fifty-third year of the Christian era. The preceding night had...and level passage to the breach ,- and his fourscore gallies,*almost touched with the prows and their scaling ladders, the less defensible walls of the...
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