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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... tion of CON STANTI- NOPLE . The Bof- phorus . If we furvey Byzantium in the extent which it acquired with the auguft name of Conftantinople , the figure of the Imperial city may be represented under that of an unequal triangle . The ...
... tion of CON STANTI- NOPLE . The Bof- phorus . If we furvey Byzantium in the extent which it acquired with the auguft name of Conftantinople , the figure of the Imperial city may be represented under that of an unequal triangle . The ...
Side 13
... tion of the juftify the choice of Conftantine . But as fome decent mixture of prodigy and fable has , in every 23 See Belon . Observations , c . 72—76 . Among a variety of dif- ferent fpecies , the Pelamides , a fort of Thunnies , were ...
... tion of the juftify the choice of Conftantine . But as fome decent mixture of prodigy and fable has , in every 23 See Belon . Observations , c . 72—76 . Among a variety of dif- ferent fpecies , the Pelamides , a fort of Thunnies , were ...
Side 17
... tion of which has been ingeniously determined by M. d'Anville He compares the 180 feet with the 78 Hashemite cubits , which in different writers are affigned for the height of St. Sophia . of thefe cubits was equal to 27 French inches ...
... tion of which has been ingeniously determined by M. d'Anville He compares the 180 feet with the 78 Hashemite cubits , which in different writers are affigned for the height of St. Sophia . of thefe cubits was equal to 27 French inches ...
Side 24
... tion . tations 52 . The populousness of this favoured city was the next and most ferious object of the attention of its founder . In the dark ages which fucceeded the tranflation of the empire , the remote and the immediate confequences ...
... tion . tations 52 . The populousness of this favoured city was the next and most ferious object of the attention of its founder . In the dark ages which fucceeded the tranflation of the empire , the remote and the immediate confequences ...
Side 28
... tion , A.D. with the impatience of a lover , the walls , the por- ticoes , and the principal edifices were completed in a few years , or , according to another account , in a few months 64 : but this extraordinary dili- gence 61 Senatum ...
... tion , A.D. with the impatience of a lover , the walls , the por- ticoes , and the principal edifices were completed in a few years , or , according to another account , in a few months 64 : but this extraordinary dili- gence 61 Senatum ...
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