Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885. [from old catalog] · New Haven, Conn., Pub. for the author by J. H. Bradley · leaf 494
d the earth to bedug up, and found immense hoards, he exclaimed, How was itthat this place lacked ammunition and fortification, amidst suchabundance of riches! The Turks found a crucifix in the greatchurch of St. Sophia, on the head of which they wrote, This isthe God of the Christians, and then… … SOLYMAff DEFEATED BEFORE VIENNA. Grown desperate by resistance, Solyman, the Turkish chieftaindetermined to undermine the Corinthian gate, but beino- dis-covered by the citizens, they prepared a train of gunpowder,winch being set on fire, blew up about 8,000 of their enemiesand thus prevented the…
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