 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 pągines
...Thames are usually free from ice. GIBBON. DESCRIPTION OF CONSTANTINOPLE. IF we survey Byzantium, in the extent which it acquired with the august name of Constantinople,...triangle. The obtuse point, which advances towards th« east, and the shores of Asia, meets and repels the waves of the Thracian Bosphorus. The northern... | |
 | 1830 - 288 pągines
...-1' When employed, quand ili paraissent. I . . . . . i CONSTANTtNOPLE. IF we surrey Byzantium, in the extent which it acquired with the august name of Constantinople,...meets and repels the waves of the Thracian Bosphorus. Thenorthern side of the city is bounded by the harbour, and the southern is washed by the Propontis,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 466 pągines
...the sea, and the honours of a flourishing and independent republic.2 If we survey Byzantium in the extent which it acquired with the august name of Constantinople, the figure of the Imperial . s , , . f \, f° I *_• i Description city may be represented under that ot an unequal triangle,... | |
 | Walter MacGilvray - 1871 - 384 pągines
...its geographical situation. Gibbon's description is short and good : ' If we survey Byzantium, in the extent which it acquired with the august name of Constantinople,...the southern is washed by the Propontis, or Sea of Marmora. The basis of the triangle is opposed to the west, and terminates the continent of Europe.'... | |
 | William Schaw Lindsay - 1874 - 724 pągines
...description of its andi.ar- position is as applicable now as ever.1 "The imbour' perial city," he remarks, " may be represented under that of an unequal triangle....the southern is washed by the Propontis, or Sea of Marmora : the basis of the triangle is opposed to the west, and terminates the continent of Europe."... | |
 | William Schaw Lindsay - 1874 - 746 pągines
...description of its andi.ar- position is as applicable now as ever.1 "The imperial city," he remarks, " may be represented under that of an unequal triangle. The obtuse point, whicli advances towards the east and the shores of Asia, meets and repels the waves of the Thracian... | |
 | William Jackson Brodribb - 1879 - 298 pągines
...but we have prefixed as frontispiece a map of the city. INTRODUCTION. j|F we survey Byzantium in the extent which it acquired with the august name of Constantinople,...of Asia, meets and repels the waves of the Thracian Bosporus. The northern side of the city is bounded by the harbour, and the southern is washed by the... | |
 | James Cotter Morison - 1879 - 220 pągines
...fidelity and brilliancy, coming from a man who had never seen the place. " If we survey Byzantium in the extent which it acquired with the august name of Constantinople,...shores of Asia, meets and repels the waves of the Thiacian Bosphorus. The northern side of the city is bounded by the harbour ; and the southern is washed... | |
 | 1883 - 836 pągines
...fidelity and brilliancy, coming from a man who had never seen the place. " If we survey Byzantium in the extent which it acquired with the august .name of...the southern is washed by the Propontis, or Sea of Marmora. The basis of the triangle is opposed to the west, and terminates the continent of Europe.... | |
 | 1883 - 528 pągines
...brilliancy, coming from a man who had never seen the place : — • " If we survey Byzan'tium in the extent which it acquired with the august name of Constantinople,...of Asia, meets and repels the waves of the Thracian Bos'phurus. The northern side of the city is bounded by the harbor; and the southern is washed by the... | |
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If we survey Byzantium in the extent which it acquired with the august name of Constantinople, the figure of the Imperial city may be represented under that of an unequal triangle. The obtuse point, which advances towards the east and the shores of Asia,... 
