 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 542 pages
...transports filled with men and arms ; seventy storeships laden with provisions ; and fifty stout galleys, well prepared for the encounter of an enemy. While...military and naval pomp which overspread the sea, June °-4. CHAP. The shields of the knights and squires, at once an !_ ornament and a defence, were... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1851 - 694 pages
...and fifty stout galleys, well prepared for the encounter of an enemy.54 While the wind was favorable, the sky serene, and the water smooth, every eye was...the ships ; the banners of the nations and families were displayed from the stern ; our modern artillery was supplied by three hundred engines for casting... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1855 - 502 pages
...transports filled with men and arms, seventy store-ships laden with provisions, and fifty stout galleys well prepared for the encounter of an enemy." While...and squires, at once an ornament and a defence, were arrunffi'd on either side of the ships ; the banners of the nations and families were displayed from... | |
 | George Gresley Perry - Crusades - 1865 - 246 pages
...transports, filled with men and arms ; seventy store ships, laden with provisions; and fifty stout galleys well prepared for the encounter of an enemy. While...the ships, the banners of the nations and families were displayed from the stern, our modern artillery was supplied by three hundred engines for casting... | |
 | Elizabeth Missing Sewell - 1870 - 436 pages
...240 transports filled with men and arms ; 70 store-ships laden with provisions; and 50 stout galleys well prepared for the encounter of an enemy. While...the ships ; the banners of the nations and families were displayed from the stern ; our modern artillery was supplied by three hundred engines for casting... | |
 | Elizabeth Missing Sewell - 1870 - 486 pages
...240 transports filled with men and arms ; 70 store-ships laden with provisions; and 50 stout galleys well prepared for the encounter of an enemy. While...the ships ; the banners of the nations and families were displayed from the stern; our modern artillery was supplied by three hundred engines for casting... | |
 | Greek language - 1878 - 312 pages
...transports filled with men and arms ; 70 store-ships laden with provisions ; and 50 stout galleys, well prepared for the encounter of an enemy. While...the ships : the banners of the nations and families were displayed from the stern : our modern artillery was supplied by three hundred engines for casting... | |
 | Frederick Charles Woodhouse - Hospitalers - 1879 - 396 pages
...transports filled with men and arms ; seventy store-ships laden with provisions ; and fifty stout galleys, well prepared for the encounter of an enemy. " While...overspread the sea. The shields of the Knights and esquires, at once an ornament and defence, were arranged on either side of the ships; the banners of... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1880 - 662 pages
...and fifty stout galleys, well prepared for the encounter of an enemy .M While the wind was favorable, the sky serene, and the water smooth every eye was...military and naval pomp which overspread the sea.* Tht> shields of the knights and squires, at once an ornament and a defence, were arranged on either... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1899 - 660 pages
...galleys, well prepared for the encounter of an enemy.54 While Che wind was favorable, the sky ser*»~e, and the water smooth every eye was fixed with wonder...military and naval pomp which overspread the sea.* Th« shields of the knights and squires, at once an ornament and a defence, were arranged on either... | |
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While the wind was favourable, the sky serene, and the water smooth, every eye was fixed with wonder and delight on the scene of military and naval pomp which overspread the sea. The shields of the knights and squires, at once an ornament and a defence,... 
