 As they passed along, they gazed with admiration on the capital of the East, or, as it should seem, of the earth, rising from her seven hills, and towering over the continents of Europe and Asia. The swelling domes and lofty spires of five hundred palaces...  History of the Crusades - Page 160by George Gresley Perry - 1884 - 224 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1805 - 512 pages
...were exchanged between the ships and the rampart. As they passed along, they gazed with admiration on the capital of the East, or, as it should seem, of...and churches were gilded by the sun and reflected in the waters ; the walls were crowded with soldiers and spectators, whose numbers they beheld, of... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 542 pages
...were exchanged between the ships and the rampart. As they passed along, they gazed with admiration on the capital of the East, or, as it should seem, of...and churches were gilded by the sun and reflected in the waters ; the walls were crowded with soldiers and spectators, whose numbers they beheld, of... | |
 | Joseph Berington - Civilization, Medieval - 1846 - 494 pages
...approached the sovereign city, they are said to have gazed with admiration on this capital of the East, rising from her seven hills, and towering over the continents of Europe and Asia. With sensations of apprehension, they contemplated her long chain of bulwarks, with her lofty ramparts... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1851 - 694 pages
...were exchanged between the ships and the rampart. As they passed along, they gazed with admiration on the capital of the East, or, as it should seem, of...and churches were gilded by the sun and reflected in the waters : the walls were crowded with soldiers and spectators, whose- numbers they beheld, of... | |
 | Animals - 1854 - 392 pages
...wondering eyes of the warriors of the West at length beheld the magnificent city of the great Constantino, "rising from her seven hills, and towering over the...and churches, were gilded by the sun, and reflected in the waters ; the walls were crowded with soldiers and spectators." The hearts of the assailants... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1855 - 502 pages
...were exchanged between the ships and the rampart. As they passed along, they gazed with admiration on the capital of the East, or, as it should seem, of...and churches were gilded by the sun and reflected in the waters ; the walls were crowded with soldiers and spectators, whose numbers they beheld, of... | |
 | Celestia Angenette Bloss - Crusades - 1855 - 522 pages
...Stephen, three leagues to the west of Constantinople. As they passed along, they gazed with admiration on the capital of the East, or, as it should seem, of...and churches were gilded by the sun, and reflected in the waters ; the walls were crowded with soldiers and spectators, whose numbers they beheld, of... | |
 | Architecture - 1860 - 654 pages
...wondering eyes of the warriors of the West at length beheld the magnificent city of the great Constantino, "rising from her seven hills, and towering over the...and churches, were gilded by the sun, and reflected in the waters ; the walls were crowded with soldiers and spectators." The hearts of the assailants... | |
 | Elizabeth Missing Sewell - 1870 - 486 pages
...were exchanged between the ships and the ramparts. As they passed along they gazed with admiration on the capital of the East, or, as it should seem, of...and churches were gilded by the sun and reflected in the waters, the walls were crowded with soldiers and spectators, whose numbers they beheld, of whose... | |
 | Elizabeth Missing Sewell - 1870 - 436 pages
...were exchanged between the ships and the ramparts. As they passed along they gazed with admiration on the capital of the East, or, as it should seem, of...and churches were gilded by the sun and reflected in the waters, the walls were crowded with soldiers and spectators, whose numbers they beheld, of whose... | |
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