Lectures, Illustrated And Embellished With Views of the World's Famous ... 6
Lectures, Illustrated And Embellished With Views of the World's Famous ... 6
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Here, for example, two hundred years ago the Viennese officials stood to watch the move- ments of the Turks, who, two hundred thousand strong, had invested the city in the form of a crescent ; and, while offering peace and protection to those who would surrender, swore by the beard of the Prophet that, if obliged to take the capital by force, they would spare no one, but would kill every man and carry into captivity all the women and children. Here, also, on the sixtieth day of the siege, those... ONE OF THE OLD RAMPARTS.
Digitized by Google 62 VIENNA eager watchers discerned with joy the banners of the ap- proaching Polish army, which, led by Sobieski, was hastening to their rescue. The principal bell in the church tower commemorates this victory of the Cross over the Cres- cent, since it was cast from the bronze of one hundred and eighty cannon taken on that occasion from the Moslems. Here, too, is the enor- mous crescent which the Vien- nese authorities fastened to the spire, in order to induce the Turks to spare the sacred edifice through fear of injuring the emblem of their faith.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Here, for example, two hundred years ago the Viennese officials stood to watch the move- ments of the Turks, who, two hundred thousand strong, had invested the city in the form of a crescent ; and, while offering peace and protection to those who would surrender, swore by the beard of the Prophet that, if obliged to take the capital by force, they would spare no one, but would kill every man and carry into captivity all the women and children. Here, also, on the sixtieth day of the siege, those... ONE OF THE OLD RAMPARTS.
Digitized by Google 62 VIENNA eager watchers discerned with joy the banners of the ap- proaching Polish army, which, led by Sobieski, was hastening to their rescue. The principal bell in the church tower commemorates this victory of the Cross over the Cres- cent, since it was cast from the bronze of one hundred and eighty cannon taken on that occasion from the Moslems. Here, too, is the enor- mous crescent which the Vien- nese authorities fastened to the spire, in order to induce the Turks to spare the sacred edifice through fear of injuring the emblem of their faith.
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