 | 1799 - 730 стор.
...exclaim with the hiltoriau of the rooian empire, " yet how dull is the artifice, how infignificant is the labour, if it be compared with 'the formation of the .vileft infcft that crawls upon the furface of the temple !" . It is not to be forgotten, however,... | |
 | Charles Wilkinson - 1806 - 484 стор.
...sum of one million sterling is the result of the lowest computation of the expences of this building. A magnificent temple is a laudable monument of national...labour, if it be compared with the formation of the smallest insect that crawls upon the surface of the temple ! I shall conclude this letter, my dear... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 486 стор.
...of the church had risen two cubits above the ground, forty-five thousand two hundred pounds Riches. were already consumed; and the whole expense amounted...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 - 462 стор.
...gems. Before the structure of the church had risen two cubits above the ground, forty-five thousand two hundred pounds were already consumed ; and the whole...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 - 438 стор.
...gems. Before the structure of the church had risen two cubits above the ground, forty-five thousand two hundred pounds were already consumed ; and the whole...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... | |
 | Guillaume Monod - 1838 - 244 стор.
...les mosa'iques,etc.j, avait coûté, dit Gibbon, au moins un million de livres sterling. Il ajoute :. "Yet how dull is the artifice, how insignificant is the labour, if itbe compared with the formation of the vilest msect that crawls upon the surface of the temple ! "... | |
 | Joseph Leech - 1850 - 284 стор.
...describing with enthusiasm the Cathedral of St. Sophia, huilt by Justinian, "Yet how dull is the artificer, how insignificant is the labour, if it be compared...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 - 440 стор.
...consumed, and the whole expense amounted Riches. , ill! ii if \ to three hundred and twenty thousand. La.cn reader, according to the measure of his belief, may...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 стор.
...works. Now listen to what the first of English historians says of this grandest of human labours : — "A magnificent temple is a laudable monument of national...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 стор.
...or even the workmanship, of the Deity. Yet how dull is the artifice, how insignificant is the labor, if it be compared with the formation of the vilest 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... | |
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A magnificent temple is a laudable monument of national taste and religion, and the enthusiast who entered the dome of St. Sophia might be tempted to suppose that it was the residence, or even the workmanship, of the Deity. Yet how dull is the artifice,... 
