 | Henry Smith Williams - World History - 1904 - 736 pages
...double pay was promised to the victorious troops ; " The city and the buildings," said Muhammed, " are mine ; but I resign to your valour the captives...treasures of gold and beauty; be rich and be happy. Many are the provinces of my empire : the intrepid soldier who first ascends the walls of Constantinople,... | |
 | Esther Singleton - World history - 1908 - 528 pages
...victorious troops. "The city and the buildings," said Mahomet, "are mine; but I resign to your valor the captives and the spoil, the treasures of gold and beauty; be rich and be happy. Many are the provinces of my empire: the intrepid soldier who first ascends the walls of Constantinople... | |
 | Alphonso Gerald Newcomer - English literature - 1910 - 776 pages
...rewards. A double pay was promised to the victorious troops: "The city and the buildings," said Mahomet, more. To ALTHEA, FROM PRISON" 1 When Love with unconfined...within my gates, And my divine AJthea brings To whi Many are the provinces of my empire: the intrepid soldier who first ascends the walls of Constantinople... | |
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The city and the buildings," said Mahomet, "are mine; but I resign to your valour the captives and the spoil, the treasures of gold and beauty; be rich and be happy. Many are the provinces of my empire: the intrepid soldier who first ascends the walls... 
