 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 546 стор.
...and instruments of a more ample revenge ; and was most commonly blown through long tubes of copper, which were planted on the prow of a galley, and fancifully shaped into * AnnaComnena has partly drawn aside the curtain : ATo rtg; ariuxin, xeu TiKiuv ToioyrtwV §i/$fwvotii9aXuIv... | |
 | J. H. - 1837 - 196 стор.
...Byzantine guides, so prone to the marvellous, so careless, and in this instance so jealous of the truth. " This important art was preserved at Constantinople, as the palladium of the state. The composition of the Greek fire was concealed with the most jealous scruple, and the terror of the enemies... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1838 - 646 стор.
...Syria, who deserted fr~ the service of the caliph to that of the emperor.' long tubes of copper, which planted on the prow of a galley, and fancifully shaped into the mouths of savage munsters, that seemed to vomit a stream of liquid and consuming fire.' According to Gibbon, the secret... | |
 | P. Austin Nuttall - 1840 - 722 стор.
...light with its flame, that we saw in our camps as clearly as in broad day." As these combustibles were fancifully shaped into the mouths of savage monsters,...seemed to vomit a stream of liquid and consuming fire, they probably gave rise to those tales, so current at the period of the Crusades, of encounters with... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1855 - 496 стор.
...and instruments of a more ample revenge, and was most commonly blown through long tubes of copper, which were planted on the prow of a galley, and fancifully...artillery might occasionally be lent to the allies of Rome; but the composition of the Greek fire was concealed with the most jealous scruple, and the terror... | |
 | 1855 - 664 стор.
...of the enemy's fleet, and from vessels manned with crews, it was blown through long tubes of copper, which were planted on the prow of a galley, and fancifully...seemed to vomit a stream of liquid and consuming fire. The tremendous efficacy of this inflammable compound is attested by the total destruction of the Saracen... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1864 - 596 стор.
...and instruments of a more ample revenge, and it was most commonly blown through long tubes of copper which were planted on the prow of a galley, and fancifully...artillery might occasionally be lent to the allies of Home ; but the composition of the Greek fire was concealed with the most zealous scruple, and the terror... | |
 | James H. Braund - 1870 - 524 стор.
...elsewhere. Gibbon speaks "of the Greek fire being also most commonly blown through long tubes of copper, fancifully shaped into the mouths of savage monsters,...to vomit a* stream of liquid and consuming fire." It may be further mentioned that the terms, "And in their tails, for their tails were like unto serpents,... | |
 | William Schaw Lindsay - 1874 - 746 стор.
...by some unexplained contrivance, blown through long tabes of copper, which were planted on the bow of a galley, and fancifully shaped into the mouths...seemed to vomit a stream of liquid and consuming fire. Ite composition was jealously concealed, and the Greeks terrified their enemies, not merely by the... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1879
...victims and instruments of a more ample revenge, and was most commonly blown through long tubes of copper which were planted on the prow of a galley, and fancifully...artillery might occasionally be lent to the allies of Rome ; but the composition of the Greek fire was concealed with the most jealous scruple, and the terror... | |
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which were planted on the prow of a galley, and fancifully shaped into the mouths of savage monsters, that seemed to vomit a stream of liquid and consuming fire. This important art was preserved at Constantinople, as the palladium of the state; the galleys... 
