New Voyages and Travels: Consisting of Originals and Translations, Volume 4Sir R. Phillips and Company, 1820 - Voyages and travels |
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... column , a religious object conse- crated by the victors at Plateæ . PLATE VII . - View of the Valley of the Grand - Signor . Could Venus and the Graces appear among the Mussulmans , in the full glow of their attractions , and ...
... column , a religious object conse- crated by the victors at Plateæ . PLATE VII . - View of the Valley of the Grand - Signor . Could Venus and the Graces appear among the Mussulmans , in the full glow of their attractions , and ...
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... column still standing , called Pompey's Pillar by the vulgar ; some of the learned fancy it was erected in honour of Augustus , and some attribute it to Apollo . It is of Parian marble , whose whiteness contrasts well with the black ...
... column still standing , called Pompey's Pillar by the vulgar ; some of the learned fancy it was erected in honour of Augustus , and some attribute it to Apollo . It is of Parian marble , whose whiteness contrasts well with the black ...
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... columns of vert antique , on which it stands . In admir- ing the lightness of those edifices , we are struck with the happy manner in which the shade of trees and architecture are blended , and give to the seraglio the air of enchanting ...
... columns of vert antique , on which it stands . In admir- ing the lightness of those edifices , we are struck with the happy manner in which the shade of trees and architecture are blended , and give to the seraglio the air of enchanting ...
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... Column . — The walled Pyramid . — Mosque of Sultan Achmet . - The Cistern of a Thousand - and - one Columns.- The Porphyry Column . - The Three Revolutions which de- throned Sultans Selim and Mustapha IV . DECEIVED by the common opinion ...
... Column . — The walled Pyramid . — Mosque of Sultan Achmet . - The Cistern of a Thousand - and - one Columns.- The Porphyry Column . - The Three Revolutions which de- throned Sultans Selim and Mustapha IV . DECEIVED by the common opinion ...
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... columns . An exterior court , shaded with plantains , pines , cypresses , and surrounded with appurtenances to the mosque , envelope the latter , keep- ing at a respectful distance the mansions of individuals , which too often injure ...
... columns . An exterior court , shaded with plantains , pines , cypresses , and surrounded with appurtenances to the mosque , envelope the latter , keep- ing at a respectful distance the mansions of individuals , which too often injure ...
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