 B the standard of St. Mark spread before him, urging his people to push on to the shore on peril of his high displeasure. By wondrous exertions they ran the galley ashore, and leaping out, bore the banner of St. Mark before him on the land. When the Venetians...  The Numismatic Journal - Page 2121837Full view - About this book
 | 1829 - 598 pages
...Duke of Venice; who, old and blind as he was, stood upon the prow of his galley, with vOL. INs 3 B the standard of St. Mark spread before him, urging...the men of the palanders sprang to land in rivalry of each other, and commenced a furious assault. And I, Geoffry de Villehardouin, Marshal of Champagne,... | |
 | Edward Smedley - Venice (Italy) - 1832 - 348 pages
...reaching the land. Now you shall hear of the dauntless valour of the Duke of Venice ; who, old and blind as he was, stood upon the prow of his galley,...pushed on in shame and emulation ; and the men of th« palanders sprang to land in rivalry with each other, and commenced a furious assault. And I, Geoffry... | |
 | American periodicals - 1854 - 694 pages
...displeasure. By wondrous exertions they ran the galley on shore, and, leaping out, bore the banner of St. Hark before him on the land. When the Venetians saw the...they pushed on in shame and emulation ; and the men in the palanders sprang to land in rivalry with each other, and began a fierce assault. And I, Geoffrey... | |
 | sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1847 - 508 pages
...leaping out, bore the gonfanon of St. Mark before him on the land. When the Venetians saw the gonfanon of St. Mark on the land, and that their Duke's galley had been the first to touch the ground, they in the vissiers pushed on in shame and emulation; and the men sprang to land in rivalry with each other,... | |
 | Venice (Italy) - 1799 - 204 pages
...history. " Now you shall hear," he says, " of the dauntless valour of the duke of Venice, who, old and blind as he was, stood upon the prow of his galley,...with each other, and commenced a furious assault." The attack was * Palamlra, n bomb-ketch. successful, but it was on a second expedition to Constantinople,... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - Venice (Italy) - 1869 - 400 pages
...when the Venetians saw their glorious flag advancing towards the foe, and that their duke's vessel had been the first to touch the ground, they pushed on in emulous discontent ; and the men of the palanders, contending with each other who should leap on shore... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - Venice (Italy) - 1869 - 390 pages
...when the Venetians saw their glorious flag advancing towards the foe, and that their duke's vessel had been the first to touch the ground, they pushed on in emulous discontent; and the men of the palanders, contending with each other who should leap on shore... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1829 - 610 pages
...galley, with voL. I.— Ns 3 b the standard of St. Mark spread before him, urging his people to pusU on to the shore on peril of his high displeasure....the men of the palanders sprang to land in rivalry of each other, and commenced a furious assault. And I, Geoffry de Villehardouin, Marshal of Champagne,... | |
 | Henry Allon - Christianity - 1853 - 620 pages
...on to shore, on peril of his high displeasure. By wondrous exertions they ran the galley on shore, and, leaping out, bore the banner of St. Mark before...they pushed on in shame and emulation ; and the men in the palanders sprang to land in rivalry with each other, and began a fierce assault. And I, Geoffry... | |
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