 | 1834 - 532 sider
...great altar where the Christian mysteries had so lately been celebrated before the last of the Caesars. From St. Sophia he proceeded to the august but desolate...been stripped of the pomp of royalty. A melancholy reflexion on the vicissitudes of human greatness forced itself upon his mind, and he repeated an elegant... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1840 - 406 sider
...emperors, was strongly impressed with the silence and desolation which reigned within its precincts. " A melancholy reflection on the vicissitudes of human...and he repeated an elegant distich of Persian poetry : 1 The spider has wove his web in the imperial palace, and the owl hath sung her watch-song on the... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1841 - 370 sider
...Sophia he proceeded to the august but desolate mansion of a hundred successors of the first Constantino; but which, in a few hours, had been stripped of the...the vicissitudes of human greatness forced itself upon his mind, and he repeated an elegant distich of Persian poetry : " The spider has wove his web... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1841 - 372 sider
...captives were granted to the soldiers, the public and private buildings had been reserved for the prince. From St. Sophia he proceeded to the august but desolate mansion of a hundred successors of the first Constantine; but which, in a few hours, had been stripped of the pomp of royalty. A melancholy... | |
 | P A. Beddome - 1844 - 280 sider
...so lately been celebrated before the last of the Caesars. 730. What object did Mahomet next visit? The august but desolate mansion of a hundred successors of the great Constantine, which, in a few hours, had been stripped of the pomp of royalty. 731. Did the vicissitudes of human... | |
 | Muḥammad (the prophet.) - 1799 - 202 sider
...altar, where the Christian mysteries had so lately been celebrated before the last of the Ctesars. From St. Sophia he proceeded to the august, but desolate, mansion of an hundred successors of the great Constantine ; but which, in a few hours, had been stripped of the... | |
 | 1851 - 770 sider
...great altar where the Christian mysteries had so lately been celebrated before the last of the Caesars. From St. Sophia, he proceeded to the august, but desolate...elegant distich of Persian poetry : 'The spider has woven his web in the imperial palace ; and the owl hath sung her walch-song on the towers of Afrasiab.'... | |
 | James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Bell, William MacCreary Burwell - 1851 - 760 sider
...great altar where the Christian mysteries had so lately been celebrated before the last of the Cœsars. From St. Sophia, he proceeded to the august, but desolate mansion, of a hundred successors of the great Constantino, but which in a few hours had been stripped of the pomp of royalty. A melancholy reflection... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1852 - 682 sider
...emperors, was strongly impressed with the silence and desolation which reigned within its precincts. " A melancholy reflection on the vicissitudes of human...he repeated an elegant distich of Persian poetry; *Th« spider has wove his web in the imperial palace, and the owl hath sung her watch -song on the... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1853 - 666 sider
...emperors, was strongly impressed with the silence and desolation which reigned within its precincts. " A melancholy reflection on the vicissitudes of human...he repeated an elegant distich of Persian poetry; 'Th« spider has wove his web in the imperial palace, and the owl batfr sung her watch-song on the... | |
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Constantine, but which in a few hours had been stripped of the pomp of royalty. A melancholy reflection on the vicissitudes of human greatness forced itself on his mind ; and he repeated an elegant distich of Persian poetry : " The spider hath wove his... 
