The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 3Cadell & Davies; J. Johnson; F. & C. Rivington; ... [and 32 others], 1807 |
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Side 6
... hundred paces of each other . These fortreffes were reftored and ftrengthened by Ma- homet the Second , when he meditated the fiege of Conftantinople ' : but the Turkish conqueror was most probably ignorant , that near two thou- fand ...
... hundred paces of each other . These fortreffes were reftored and ftrengthened by Ma- homet the Second , when he meditated the fiege of Conftantinople ' : but the Turkish conqueror was most probably ignorant , that near two thou- fand ...
Side 8
... hundred yards broad , and a strong chain could be occafionally drawn across it , to guard the port and city from the attack of an hoftile navy 13 Between the Bofphorus and the Hellefpont , the fhores of Europe and Afia receding on ...
... hundred yards broad , and a strong chain could be occafionally drawn across it , to guard the port and city from the attack of an hoftile navy 13 Between the Bofphorus and the Hellefpont , the fhores of Europe and Afia receding on ...
Side 9
... hundred paces , that Xerxes imposed a stupendous bridge of boats , for the purpose of transporting into Europe an hundred and feventy myriads of barbarians 17. A fea contracted within fuch nar row 35 See an admirable differtation of M ...
... hundred paces , that Xerxes imposed a stupendous bridge of boats , for the purpose of transporting into Europe an hundred and feventy myriads of barbarians 17. A fea contracted within fuch nar row 35 See an admirable differtation of M ...
Side 15
... extravagant proportion of the fcale , and instead of 9500 , determines the circumference of the city as confifting of about 7800 French toifes . 7 about XVII . CHA P. about one hundred and fifty acres OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE . 15 Its Extent -
... extravagant proportion of the fcale , and instead of 9500 , determines the circumference of the city as confifting of about 7800 French toifes . 7 about XVII . CHA P. about one hundred and fifty acres OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE . 15 Its Extent -
Side 16
Edward Gibbon. XVII . CHA P. about one hundred and fifty acres of our own meafure . The feat of Turkifh jealoufy and de- fpotifm is erected on the foundations of a Grecian republic ; but it may be fuppofed that the By- zantins were ...
Edward Gibbon. XVII . CHA P. about one hundred and fifty acres of our own meafure . The feat of Turkifh jealoufy and de- fpotifm is erected on the foundations of a Grecian republic ; but it may be fuppofed that the By- zantins were ...
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