East By West Essays in Transportation a Commentary On the Political Framework
East By West Essays in Transportation a Commentary On the Political Framework
Alfred J Alfred James Morrison
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The night before the final assault, end of May, the whole Ottoman encampment was resplend- ent with the blaze of lanterns. The Ottoman army was silent through the night, except for solemn chants, calling true believers to prayer. May 29th was the end. The walls had been battered at a great breach, and the assault was 96 EAST BY WEST not withstood. Constantine the Emperor fought to the last: a column of janissaries dashed into the city over his lifeless body. The young Mohammed, riding through t...he streets, was struck with the desolate aspect of the place and the proofs of old decay : he was moved to quote Firdausi " The spider's curtain hangs before the portal of Caesar's palace; The owl is the sentinel on the watch tower of Afrasiab. " VENICE FROM 1453 Think, in this battered Caravanserai Whose portals are alternate Night and Day, How Sultan after Sultan with his Pomp Abode his destin'd Hour and went his Way We may fancy certain of the merchants of Venice, (not a few of them writer, philosopher, merchant, and statesman all in one), quoting some such lines of Khayyam, on learning the news of the fall of Constantinople.
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