The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Band 3Cadell & Davies; J. Johnson; F. & C. Rivington; ... [and 32 others], 1807 |
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Edward Gibbon. CHAP . While their fterns are floating in the water 2 . XVII . From the mouth of the Lycus to that of the har- The Pro- pontis . bour , this arm of the Bofphorus is more than fe- ven miles in length . The entrance is about ...
Edward Gibbon. CHAP . While their fterns are floating in the water 2 . XVII . From the mouth of the Lycus to that of the har- The Pro- pontis . bour , this arm of the Bofphorus is more than fe- ven miles in length . The entrance is about ...
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... XVII . the fea , which feparates Afia from Europe , is again contracted into a narrow channel . IS fpont . The geographers who , with the moft fkilful The Helle accuracy , have furveyed the form and extent of the Hellefpont , aflign ...
... XVII . the fea , which feparates Afia from Europe , is again contracted into a narrow channel . IS fpont . The geographers who , with the moft fkilful The Helle accuracy , have furveyed the form and extent of the Hellefpont , aflign ...
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... XVII . gular epithet of broad , which Homer , as well as Orpheus , has frequently beftowed on the Helle- fpont . But our ideas of greatness are of a rela tive nature : the traveller , and especially the poet , who failed along the ...
... XVII . gular epithet of broad , which Homer , as well as Orpheus , has frequently beftowed on the Helle- fpont . But our ideas of greatness are of a rela tive nature : the traveller , and especially the poet , who failed along the ...
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... XVII . and the flanks of the army were guarded by the bravest chiefs who fought under the banners of Agamemnon . The first of those promontories was occupied by Achilles with his invincible Myrmidons , and the dauntless Ajax pitched his ...
... XVII . and the flanks of the army were guarded by the bravest chiefs who fought under the banners of Agamemnon . The first of those promontories was occupied by Achilles with his invincible Myrmidons , and the dauntless Ajax pitched his ...
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Edward Gibbon. XVII . Advan- tages of Conftan- tinople . CHAP . We are at prefent qualified to view the advan- tageous pofition of Conftantinople ; which ap- pears to have been formed by Nature for the centre and capital of a great ...
Edward Gibbon. XVII . Advan- tages of Conftan- tinople . CHAP . We are at prefent qualified to view the advan- tageous pofition of Conftantinople ; which ap- pears to have been formed by Nature for the centre and capital of a great ...
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