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  LONGFELLOW THE CAPTAIN OF THE JANIZARIES _A STORY OF THE TIMES OF SCANDERBEG AND THE FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE


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id: 6032
title: Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople
author: Villehardouin, Geoffroi de
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  The Doge of Venice, when he came to the counts and barons, said to Emperor Alexius, not one person on the land or in the city made show Emperor Alexius had made ready a great number of his people, who were The Emperor Alexius remained for a long time on progress, till St. Martin''s Day, and then he returned to Constantinople. day, they came to a good city, called Phile, and took it; and they had which had surrendered to my lord the Emperor Baldwin, a city called Before the Emperor Baldwin left Constantinople, his brother Henry In Constantinople remained the Emperor Baldwin and Count Louis, with Henry, the brother of the Emperor Baldwin, for the people of the land When those who were in the city saw the host of the Emperor Henry the emperor came with all his host, and encamped before the city, and


id: 6849
title: The Prince of India; Or, Why Constantinople Fell — Volume 02
author: Wallace, Lew
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  "I shall ask you, Sergius, to return to the city to-night, for inquiry Like him is the man who, thinking to know God, of God; asking hearing and belief, not worship; begging men to come Next day about noon the Prince of India took the galley, and set out The Prince''s look and manner changed, and he took the monk''s hand. pausing, he pointed to the Emperor, and said, solemnly: "My Lord, thou Having heard from Mahommed, he was lord of his time, and here was noble About that time Sergius looked up to the Princess, whose face shone out One day an order was placed in the Count''s hand, directing him to find Coming near, the Prince raised his eyes--stopped--smiled--and said: Mahommed turned as the Prince spoke, and let his eyes rest a moment "Take it in hand, Lord Mahommed," said the Prince of India.


id: 6848
title: The Prince of India; Or, Why Constantinople Fell — Volume 01
author: Wallace, Lew
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  "Rest thou thy soul, O wisest of pagan kings," said the master, rising. looked into thy face, or touched thy hand, or heard thy voice, I know come thou wilt allow me to relate myself to thee as father to son, in was an Indian Prince vastly rich, come, like a good Mohammedan, to "Why dost thou take this place, O Prince?" asked the Shaykh, who was The Prince listened, and at the end said, like a man in haste: "Tell me, O Emir, which wouldst thou rather face, a hill-man or the "I see plainly thou art a good man," the Emir said, bowing again. "Nay," said Sergius, looking at the Prince without taking down his hands--"if ever man believed what he said, my master did." "My Lord," said the Prince, calmly, "a man''s destiny is never "I am Prince Mahommed''s ambassador, O Princess," he said, rising to his


id: 40519
title: The Captain of the Janizaries A story of the times of Scanderberg and the fall of Constantinople
author: Ludlow, James M. (James Meeker)
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  "Do you speak true?" cried Scanderbeg, laying his hand upon the man''s Stop!" said Scanderbeg, pacing the little room like a caged "I swear it," said the man, "and that all Albania prays to-day for this little one," said the old man, rising. "Let not your Christian lips call me Scanderbeg, but Castriot," said "Mary save her!" said the old man with gratified look. "Why?" said Kabilovitsch, "these horny hands should tell thee, Sire, treacherously," said the old man, reining his horse, and speaking with "A sturdy little Giaour," said old Selim, a fat and gouty Janizary, Pausing at the door-way the old man put his hand upon the boy''s Morsinia buried her fair face in the gray beard of the old man, as the girl are to-day," said the man. "But why," said the old man, rising to his feet with the enthusiasm of


id: 46353
title: The Walls of Constantinople
author: Baker, B. Granville (Bernard Granville)
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  his sense of the greatness and beauty, the Romance of a Walled City such It is to be doubted whether any city walls have such a stirring history And all the time the walls of Constantine''s proud city prevented the after passing west of where the land-wall of Theodosius joined the There were walls and towers round the point to guard the city both the city walls across the Sea of Marmora. So the life of the old city, the heart of a new empire continued, and descried within the walls of Constantine''s Imperial City. the city walls, and as we turn for a last glance at the Marble Tower and city, but not by the Golden Gate, for to none but Emperors or visitors throne of the Eastern Empire to-day, was twenty-four years old when he land-walls, from the Sea of Marmora to the Golden Horn, and, as we have


