 Sophia he proceeded to the august but desolate mansion of a hundred successors of the great Constantine ; but which, in a few hours, had been stripped of the pomp of royalty. A melancholy reflection, on the vicissitudes of human greatness, forced itself...  The Sword of Islam - Página 106por Arthur Naylor Wollaston - 1905 - 523 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 512 páginas
...the last of the Caesars.78 From St. Sophia he proceeded to the august, but desolate, mansion of an hundred successors of the great Constantine ; but...the vicissitudes of human greatness, forced itself on his mind ; and he repeated an elegant distich of 'Persian pocty : " The spider has wove his "web... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1816 - 498 páginas
...he proceeded to the august, but desolate, mansion ef an hundred successors of the great Cnnstantine; but which in a few hours had been stripped of the...the vicissitudes of human greatness, forced itself on his mind ; and he repeated an elegant distich of Persian poetry : " The spi" der has wove his web... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 542 páginas
...before the last of the Caesars. From St. Sophia he proceeded to the august but desolate mansion of a hundred successors of the great Constantine, but which...the vicissitudes of human greatness forced itself on his mind; and he repeated an elegant distich of Persian poetry: " The spider has wove his web in... | |
 | Luís de Camões - 1826 - 620 páginas
...Mosch, Mahomet proceeded, says Gibbon, (vol. xii. p. 240.) " to the august, but desolate mansion of an hundred successors of the great Constantine, but which,...the vicissitudes of human greatness forced itself on his mind : and he repeated an elegant distich of Persian poetry : The spider has wove his web in... | |
 | Luís de Camões - 1826 - 628 páginas
..." to the august, but desolate mansion of an hundred successors of the great Constantine, hut wlm-h, in a few hours, had been stripped of the pomp of royalty....the vicissitudes of human greatness forced itself on his mind : and he repeated an elegant distich of Persian poetry : The spider has wove his web in... | |
 | Luís de Camões - 1826 - 622 páginas
...august, but desolate mansion of an hundred sifccessors of the great Constantine, but which, in a fe\v hours, had been stripped of the pomp of royalty. A...the vicissitudes of human greatness forced itself on his mind : and he repeated an elegant distich of Persian poetry : The spider has wove his web in... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1827 - 492 páginas
...the last of the Caesars s. From St. Sophia he proceeded to the august, but desolate, mansion of an hundred successors of the great Constantine; but which in a few hours had e See the Turkish Annals, p. 329. and the Pandects of Leunclavius, p. 448. f I have had occasion (vol.... | |
 | 1834 - 532 páginas
...before the last of the Caesars. From St. Sophia he proceeded to the august but desolate mansion of a hundred successors of the great Constantine ; but...been stripped of the pomp of royalty. A melancholy reflexion on the vicissitudes of human greatness forced itself upon his mind, and he repeated an elegant... | |
 | Old Humphrey, Peter Parley - 1839 - 376 páginas
...period to the Roman name. When Mahomet was surveying the splendid and desolate palaces of Constantine, " a melancholy reflection on the vicissitudes of human...greatness forced itself upon his mind, and he repeated this distich of Arabian poetry: ' The spider hath wove his web in the imperial palace, and the owl... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1841 - 370 páginas
...Sophia he proceeded to the august but desolate mansion of a hundred successors of the first Constantino; but which, in a few hours, had been stripped of the...and he repeated an elegant distich of Persian poetry : " The spider has wove his web in the imperial palace ; and the owl hath sung her watch-song on the... | |
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