| Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 486 Seiten
...even the workmanship, of the Deity. Yet how dull is the artifice, how insignificant is the labour, if it be compared with the formation of the vilest...insect that crawls upon the surface of the temple! Mid"a!ac«. ^o mmu te a description of an edifice which time has respected may attest the truth, and... | |
| William Brockedon - 1833 - 438 Seiten
...even the workmanship, of the Deity. Yet, how dull is the artifice, how insignificant is the labour, if it be compared with the formation of the vilest...insect that crawls upon the surface of the temple!" When, in 1453, Constantinople was taken by Mahomet the Second, and the Turks rushed into the devoted... | |
| William Brockedon - 1833 - 308 Seiten
...even the workmanship, of the Deity. Yet, how dull is the artifice, how insignificant is the labour, if it be compared with the formation of the vilest...insect that crawls upon the surface of the temple!" When, in 1453, Constantinople was taken by Mahomet the Second, and the Turks rushed into the devoted... | |
| Joseph Leech - 1850 - 284 Seiten
...of St. Sophia, huilt by Justinian, "Yet how dull is the artificer, how insignificant is the labour, if it be compared with the formation of the vilest...insect that crawls upon the surface of the temple." A huge white owl came flapping its heavy wings out of Joseph of Arimathea's Chapel before I thought... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 442 Seiten
...even the workmanship, of the Deity. Yet how dull is the artifice, how insignificant is the labour, if it be compared with the formation of the vilest...description of an edifice which time has respected churches and may attest the truth and excuse the relation of the innuI*Uc"* merable works, both in... | |
| George Borlase Childs - 1854 - 60 Seiten
...or even the workmanship of the Deity, yet how dull is the artifice, how insignificant is the labour, if it be compared with the formation of the vilest...insect that crawls upon the surface of the temple." * If a point of the finger, if any part indeed of the surface, be touched by a sharp instrument, a... | |
| 1859 - 534 Seiten
...the holy vases and vestments of the altar were of the purest gold, enriched with inestimable gems. A magnificent temple is a laudable monument of national...insect that crawls upon the surface of the temple !" Having indulged this momentary glance at the capital, let ns obtain a nearer view of some of the... | |
| William Henry Davenport Adams - 1866 - 138 Seiten
...even the workmanship, of the Deity. Yet how dull is the artifice, how insignificant is the labour, if it be compared with the formation of the vilest...insect that crawls upon the surface of the temple! St. Sophia suffered severe injuries from a shock of earthquake in 1346—the images, the altars, and... | |
| Anonymous - 1866 - 588 Seiten
...thee, O Solomon.' ' Yet how dull,' says Gibbon, ' is the artifice, how insignificant is the labour, if it be compared with the formation of the vilest insect that crawls upon the wall of the temple.' The contributions of the Roman to architecture are well defined, and it must be... | |
| 1866 - 586 Seiten
...thee, O Solomon.7 ' Yet how dull,' says Gibbon, ' is the artifice, how insignificant is the labour, if it be compared with the formation of the vilest insect that crawls upon the wall of the temple.' The contributions of the Roman to architecture are well defined, and it must be... | |
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