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...into the port of Constantinople, which for many ages attracted the commerce of the ancient world.34 The prospect of beauty, of safety, and of wealth,...Constantine. But as some decent mixture of prodigy and fuble has, in every age, been supposed to reflect a becoming majesty on the origin of great cities,25...

...Constantinople, which, for many ages, attracted the commerce of the ancient world. § 8. The prospect of beaut}', of safety, and of wealth, united in a single spot...majesty on the origin of great cities, the emperor was careful to instruct posterity that, in obedience to the commands of God, he laid the everlasting foundations...

...traveler can visit it without confirming, by his own observation, the truthfulness of the historian : " The prospect of beauty, of safety, and of wealth,...was sufficient to justify the choice of Constantine. Standing upon two continents, approached by two gateways, the Bosphorus and the Hellespont, the prince...

...traveler can visit it without confirming, by his own observation, the truthfulness of the historian : " The prospect of beauty, of safety, and of wealth,...single spot, was sufficient to justify the choice of Constantino. Standing upon two continents, approached by two gateways, the Bosphorus and the Hellespont,...

...into the port of Constantinople, which, for many ages, attracted the commerce of the ancient world. The prospect of beauty, of safety, and of wealth,...single spot, was sufficient to justify the choice of Constantinople." Again, chap, liii., "A Jewish traveller, Benjamin of Tudela, who visited the East...

...safety, and of wealth, united in a single spot was sufficient to justify the choice of Constantino. But as some decent mixture of prodigy and fable has,...majesty on the origin of great cities, the emperor was careful to instruct posterity that, in obedience to the commands of God, he laid the everlasting foundations...

...into the port of Constantinople, which for many ages attracted the commerce of the ancient world. " The prospect of beauty, of safety, and of wealth united...to justify the choice of Constantine. But as some mixture of prodigy and fable has in every age been supposed to reflect a becoming majesty on the origin...

...against a naval enemy and open them to the fleets of commerce. This prospect of beauty, of safety, ajid of wealth, united in a single spot, was sufficient to justify the choice of Constantino. Whatever could adorn the dignity of a great capital, or contribute to the benefit or pleasure...

...winds into the port of Constantinople, which for many ages attracted the commerce of the ancient world. The prospect of beauty, of safety, and of wealth,...sufficient to justify the choice of Constantine." We need only add that the recent improvements in the science of military defence, the inventions of...