 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 pages
...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... | |
 | 1830 - 288 pages
...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 Hughes - 1853 - 766 pages
...Situated in the fortyfirst degree of latitude,1 the imperial city commanded, from her seven hills, the opposite shores of Europe and Asia ; the climate...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... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1853 - 644 pages
...natural advantages of the site of the ancient Byzantinm on the banks of the Bosphorus. It commanded the opposite shores of Europe and Asia ; the climate was healthy and temiierate ; the soil fertile ; the harbour secure and capacious ; advantageouslv situated for the... | |
 | 1872 - 450 pages
...; 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 pages
...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... | |
 | Robert Gossip - 1878 - 328 pages
...monarchy. 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...and easy defence. The Bosphorus and the Hellespont (Dardanelles) may be considered as the two gates of Constantinople, and the prince who possessed those... | |
 | James Cotter Morison - 1878 - 216 pages
...monarchy. 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...continent was of small extent and easy defence. The Bosphoms and the Hellespont may be considered as the two gates of Constantinople, and the prince who... | |
 | Robert Phillimore - 1879 - 864 pages
...Situated in the forty-first " degree of latitude, the imperial city commanded frc.m " her seven hills the opposite shores of Europe and Asia ; " the climate..." defence. The Bosphorus and the Hellespont may be con" sidered as the two gates of Constantinople, and the prince " who possessed those important passages... | |
 | William Jackson Brodribb - 1879 - 298 pages
...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...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... | |
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We are at present qualified to view the advantageous position of Constantinople ; which appears to have been formed by nature for the centre and capital of a great monarchy. Situated in the forty-first degree of latitude, the imperial city commanded from... 
