 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 páginas
...imperial city commanded, from her seven hills, the opposite shores of Europe and Asia ; the climate wat healthy and temperate, the soil fertile, the harbour...Bosphorus and the Hellespont may be considered as the two gatei of Constantinople ; and the prince, who possessed those important passages, could always shut... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 864 páginas
...latitude, the Imperial city commanded, from her seven hills, the opposite shores of Europe and A sia ; the climate was healthy and temperate, the soil fertile,...possessed those important passages could always shut them against a naval enemy, and open them to the fleets of commerce. The preservation of the eastern provinces... | |
 | 1830 - 288 páginas
...imperial city commands, from her seven hills, the opposite shores of Europe and Asia; the climate is Healthy and temperate, the soil fertile, the harbour...capacious; and the approach, on the side of the continent, is of small extent and easy defence. The Bosphorus and the Hellespont may be considered as the two... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 páginas
...Situated in the fortyfirst degree of latitude,1 the imperial city commanded, from her seven hills, the opposite shores of Europe and Asia ; the climate...of small extent and easy defence. The Bosphorus and Hellespont may be considered as the two gates of Constantinople ; and the prince who possessed those... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1853 - 644 páginas
...natural advantages of the site of the ancient Byzantinm on the banks of the Bosphorus. It commanded the opposite shores of Europe and Asia ; the climate was healthy and temiierate ; the soil fertile ; the harbour secure and capacious ; advantageouslv situated for the... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 466 páginas
...Situated in the forty-first degree of latitude, the Imperial city commanded, from her seven hills," the opposite shores of Europe and Asia ; the climate...possessed those important passages could always shut them against a naval enemy and open them to the fleets of commerce. The preservation of the eastern provinces... | |
 | 1872 - 450 páginas
...; the approach 011 the side of the continent of small extent and easy of defence. The Bosphorus and Hellespont may be considered as the two gates of Constantinople, and the prince who possessed these important passages could always shut them against a naval enemy, and open them to the fleets... | |
 | Charles Sherwill Dawe - 1874 - 282 páginas
...before, to pour their piratical swarms into the heart of the Mediterranean. The climate was healthy, the soil fertile, the harbour secure and capacious, and the approach on the land side of small extent and easy defence. The newcapital could boast that it was the only city in... | |
 | Robert Gossip - 1878 - 328 páginas
...monarchy. Situated in the forty-first degree of latitude, the imperial city commanded from her seven hills the opposite shores of Europe and Asia ; the climate...and easy defence. The Bosphorus and the Hellespont (Dardanelles) may be considered as the two gates of Constantinople, and the prince who possessed those... | |
 | James Cotter Morison - 1878 - 216 páginas
...monarchy. Situated in the forty-first degree of latitude, the imperial city commanded from her seven hills the opposite shores of Europe and Asia ; the climate...continent was of small extent and easy defence. The Bosphoms and the Hellespont may be considered as the two gates of Constantinople, and the prince who... | |
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Situated in the forty-first degree of latitude, the imperial city commanded, from her seven hills, the opposite shores of Europe and Asia ; the climate was healthy and temperate, the soil fertile, the harbour secure and capacious ; and the approach on... 
