 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 436 pągines
...latitude, .the imperial city commanded, from Jver seven hills *, the opposite shores of Europe and Asia ; the climate was healthy and temperate, the soil fertile,...and easy defence. The Bosphorus and the Hellespont may1 be. considered as the two gates of Constantinople ; -and the vprmce who possessed those important... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1810 - 462 pągines
...commanded, from her seven hills33, the opposite shores of Europe and Asia ; the climate was healtby and temperate, the soil fertile, the harbour secure and capacious ; and the approach on ike side of the continent was of small extent and easy defence. The Bosphorus and the Hellespont may... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 pągines
...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 - 1820 - 432 pągines
...latitude, the imperia city commanded, from her seven hills,1 the op-] posite shores of Europe and Asia; the climate was healthy and temperate, the soil fertile, the harbour secure and capacious, and the approac on the side of the continent was a small extent and easy defence. The Bosphorus and the Hellespont... | |
 | 1830 - 288 pągines
...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 Gibbon - 1837 - 1304 pągines
...latitude, the Imperial city commanded, from her seven hills,4li the opposite shores of Europe and Asia^ the climate was healthy and temperate, the soil fertile,...possessed those important passages could "always shut them tint of the Peniam, and afterwards of the Greek*, was Interested to magnify the armament and the victory,... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 pągines
...latitude,1 the imperial city commanded, from her seven hills, the opposite shores of Europe and Asia ; the climate was healthy and temperate, the soil fertile,...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... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1857 - 720 pągines
...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,...continent was of small extent and easy defence. The Bosporus and the Hellespont may be considered as the two gates of Constantinople, and the prince who... | |
 | 1872 - 450 pągines
...; 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 pągines
...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... | |
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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 the... 
