 | Edward Gibbon - 1805 - Страниц: 512
...human greatness, forced itself on his mind ; and he repeated an elegant distich of 'Persian pocty : " The spider has wove his "web in the Imperial palace;...the owl hath sung her "watch-song on the towers of Airasiab."" Hisbeha- Yet his mind was not satisfied, nor did the victory seem Greeks/ * complete, till... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1816 - Страниц: 498
...greatness, forced itself on his mind ; and he repeated an elegant distich of Persian poetry : " The spi" der has wove his web in the Imperial palace ; and the " owl hath sung her watch-song on the towers of Afra« si ab77." Yet his mind was not satisfied, nor did the victory the seem complete, till he was... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1821 - Страниц: 458
...Grecian antiquity. t We are obliged to Cantemir (p. 109.) for the Turkish account of the conversion gust, but desolate, mansion of a hundred successors of the...the owl hath sung her watch-song on the towers of Afrasiab."h Hisbeha- Yet his mind was not satisfied, nor did the victory vinurtothe . .... r- ife r+... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, Mrs. Hemans - 1823 - Страниц: 336
...silence and desolation which reigned within its precincts. " A melancholy reflection on the vicissitude-, of human greatness forced itself on his mind, and...hath sung her watch-song on the towers of Afrasiab."' — Decline and Fall, &c., vol. xii. p. 240. Note 22. The Bowl of Liberty — cup called the Bowl of... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - Страниц: 594
...mysteries had so lately LXVIII. been celebrated before the last of the Césars.76 From St. So- ^^^^ phia he proceeded to the august, but desolate, mansion...in the Imperial palace ; and the owl hath sung her \vatch-song on the towers of Afrasiab."77 Yet his mind was not satisfied, nor did the victory seem... | |
 | Luís de Camões - 1826 - Страниц: 620
...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,...hath sung her watch-song on the towers of Afrasiab." NOTE 26, PAGE 22. The Moor, and all his bands, the Lusian Chief Receiv'd with generous hospitality.... | |
 | Luís de Camões - 1826 - Страниц: 628
..." 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....hath sung her watch-song on the towers of Afrasiab." NOTE 26, PACE 22. The Moor, and all his bands, the Lusian Chief Receivd wilh generous hospitality.... | |
 | Luís de Camões - 1826 - Страниц: 622
...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...hath sung her watch-song on the towers of Afrasiab." NOTE 26, PAGE 22. The Moor, and all his bands, the Lusian Chief Receiv'd with generous hospitality.... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - Страниц: 542
...repeated an elegant distich of Persian poetry: " The spider has wove his web in the Imperial pa" lace ; and the owl hath sung her watch-song on " the towers...Yet his mind was not satisfied, nor did the victory His beha. seem complete, till he was informed of the fate of Greek£' Constantine; whether he had escaped,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1827 - Страниц: 492
...to a Mussulman and a christian eye. CHAP. been stripped of the pomp of royalty. A melancholy LXV I- reflection on the vicissitudes of human greatness,...hath sung her watchsong on the towers of Afrasiab h." His beha- Yet his mind was not satisfied, nor did the victory GreeVs! thC seem complete, till he... | |
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From St. 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... 
