 | Joseph Gwilt - 1842 - 1114 sider
...of Greece and Asia were despoiled of their most valuable ornaments. The trophies of memorable wars» the objects of religious veneration, the most finished...those admirable monuments were intended to represent." 201. In Rome, the triumphal arch erected in honour of Constantino presents, to this day, an example... | |
 | George Jabet - 1848 - 284 sider
...despoiled the cities of Greece and Asia of their most valuable ornaments. The trophies of memorable wars, the objects of religious veneration, the most finished...contributed to the splendid triumph of Constantinople.* The character of WOLSEY was very similar to that of Constantine. We might almost venture to assert... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1852 - 380 sider
...of Greece and Asia were despoiled of their most valuable ornaments. The trophies of memorable wars, the objects of religious veneration, the most finished...those admirable monuments were intended to represent. [Magdalene College Scholarships, 1829.] 24. NOBODY admires more than I do the historical merit of Livy;... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 466 sider
...Greece and Asia were despoiled of their most valuable ornaments.42 The trophies of memorable wars, the objects of religious veneration, the most finished...; and gave occasion to the remark of the historian Cedrenus,43 who observes, with some enthusiasm, that nothing seemed wanting except the souls of the... | |
 | Edward Isidore Sears - 1869 - 440 sider
...Asia were despoiled of their most valuable ornaments to beautify the new capital. The trophies of war, the objects of religious veneration, the most finished statues of the gods, heroes, sages, and poets of the former times were transplanted thither from all parts of the empire.... | |
 | Blackie and son, ltd - 1880 - 406 sider
...of Greece and Asia were despoiled of their most valuable ornaments. The trophies of memorable wars, the objects of religious veneration,, the most finished...occasion to the remark of the historian Cedrenus, 1 who observes, with some enthusiasm, that nothing seemed wanting except the souls of the illustrious... | |
 | 1883 - 540 sider
...of Greece and Asia were despoiled of their most valuable ornaments. The trophies of memorable wars, the objects of religious veneration, the most finished...contributed to the splendid triumph of Constantinople. ... In less than a century Constantinople disputed with Rome itself the pre-eminence of riches and... | |
 | 1883 - 836 sider
...Greece and Asia were despoiled of their most valuable ornaments. The trophies of memorable wars,,the objects of religious veneration, the most finished...contributed to the splendid triumph of Constantinople. ". . . . The Circus, or Hippodrome, was a stately building of about four hundred paces in length and... | |
 | John Ulrich Ransom - 1894 - 174 sider
...sages and poets, of ancient times, contributed to the splendid triumph of Constantinople ; and gave9 occasion to the remark of the historian Cedrenus,...those admirable monuments were intended to represent. -J-GiBBON. 9 Translate : »eeanlafiten ben ®efcf)icf)tfcf)reibee tJebecnnS ju ber mit einigee SBcgeifterung... | |
 | John Ulrich Ransom - 1894 - 172 sider
...Greece and Asia were despoiled of their most valuable ornament[s]. The trophies of memorable wars, the objects of religious veneration, the most finished...contributed to the splendid triumph of Constantinople ; and gave9 occasion to the remark of the historian Cedrenus, who observes, with some enthusiasm, that nothing... | |
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Roman emperor; but the immortal productions which they had bequeathed to posterity were exposed without defence to the rapacious vanity of a despot. By his commands the cities of Greece and Asia were despoiled of their most valuable ornaments. The trophies... 
