 | Joseph Gwilt - 1842 - 1114 pagine
...their most valuable ornaments. The trophies of memorable wars» the objects of religious veneration, the most finished statues of the gods and heroes,...Constantinople, and gave occasion to the remark of the historian Cedrenus, who observes, with some enthusiasm, that nothing seemed wanting except the souls of the illustrious... | |
 | George Jabet - 1848 - 284 pagine
...their most valuable ornaments. The trophies of memorable wars, the objects of religious veneration, the most finished statues of the gods and heroes,...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 pagine
...their most valuable ornaments. The trophies of memorable wars, the objects of religious veneration, the most finished statues of the gods and heroes,...; and gave occasion to the remark of the historian Cedrenus, who observes, with some enthusiasm, that nothing seemed wanting except the souls of the illustrious... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 466 pagine
...their most valuable ornaments.42 The trophies of memorable wars, the objects of religious veneration, the most finished statues of the gods and heroes,...; 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... | |
 | James Cotter Morison - 1878 - 216 pagine
...their most valuable ornaments. The trophies of memorable wars, the objects of religious veneration, the most finished statues of the gods and heroes,...contributed to the splendid triumph of Constantinople. «. . . . rp^g Qi rcus ^ or Hippodrome, was a stately building of about four hundred paces in length... | |
 | Blackie and son, ltd - 1880 - 406 pagine
...their most valuable ornaments. The trophies of memorable wars, the objects of religious veneration,, the most finished statues of the gods and heroes,...Constantinople, and gave occasion to the remark of the historian Cedrenus, 1 who observes, with some enthusiasm, that nothing seemed wanting except the souls of the... | |
 | 1883 - 540 pagine
...their most valuable ornaments. The trophies of memorable wars, the objects of religious veneration, the most finished statues of the gods and heroes,...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 pagine
...their most valuable ornaments. The trophies of memorable wars,,the objects of religious veneration, the most finished statues of the gods and heroes,...contributed to the splendid triumph of Constantinople. ". . . . The Circus, or Hippodrome, was a stately building of about four hundred paces in length and... | |
 | Robert Wheler Bush - 1885 - 368 pagine
...the splendid triumph of Constantinople, and gave occasion to the remark of the historian Cedrenus, who observes, with some enthusiasm, that nothing seemed...wanting except the souls of the illustrious men whom these admirable monuments were intended to represent.' Its upper classes were immersed in luxury, indulged... | |
 | John Ulrich Ransom - 1894 - 172 pagine
...their most valuable ornament[s]. The trophies of memorable wars, the objects of religious veneration, the most finished statues of the gods and heroes,...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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By his commands the cities of Greece and Asia were despoiled of their most valuable ornaments. The trophies of memorable wars, the objects of religious veneration, the most finished statues of the gods and heroes, of the sages and poets, of ancient times,... 
