...to the august, but desolate, mansion of an hundred successors of the great Constantine ; but which in a few hours had been stripped of the pomp of royalty....mind ; and he repeated an elegant distich of 'Persian pocty : " The spider has wove his "web in the Imperial palace; and the owl hath sung her "watch-song...

...proceeded to the august but desolate mansion of an hundred successors of the great Constantine ; but which, in a few hours, had been stripped of the pomp of royalty....spider has " wove his web in the, Imperial palace j and the " owl * We Ere obliged to Cantemir (p. 1OC.) for the Turkish account of the -conversion of...

...greatness, forced itself on his mind ; and he repeated an elegant distich of Persian poetry : " The spi" der has wove his web in the Imperial palace ; and the " owl hath sung her watch-song on the towers of Afra« si ab77." Yet his mind was not satisfied, nor did the victory the seem complete, till he was...

...conversion gust, but desolate, mansion of a hundred successors of the great Constantine ; but which, in a few hours, had been stripped of the pomp of royalty....the owl hath sung her watch-song on the towers of Afrasiab."h Hisbeha- Yet his mind was not satisfied, nor did the victory vinurtothe . .... r- ife r+...

...silence and desolation which reigned within its precincts. " A melancholy reflection on the vicissitude-, of human greatness forced itself on his mind, and...hath sung her watch-song on the towers of Afrasiab."' — Decline and Fall, &c., vol. xii. p. 240. Note 22. The Bowl of Liberty — cup called the Bowl of...

...proceeded to the august, but desolate, mansion of a hundred successors of the great Constantine ; but which in a few hours had been stripped of the pomp of royalty....in the Imperial palace ; and the owl hath sung her \vatch-song on the towers of Afrasiab."77 Yet his mind was not satisfied, nor did the victory seem...

...proceeded to the august but desolate mansion of a hundred successors of the great Constantine, but which in a few hours had been stripped of the pomp of royalty....poetry: " The spider has wove his web in the Imperial pa" lace ; and the owl hath sung her watch-song on " the towers of Afrasiab." Yet his mind was not...

...to a Mussulman and a christian eye. CHAP. been stripped of the pomp of royalty. A melancholy LXV I- reflection on the vicissitudes of human greatness,...hath sung her watchsong on the towers of Afrasiab h." His beha- Yet his mind was not satisfied, nor did the victory GreeVs! thC seem complete, till he...

...Caesars ; and the often quoted, but ever beautiful and feeling distich of Hafiz flowed from his lips: " The spider has wove his web in the imperial palace...hath sung her watch-song on the towers of Afrasiab." The fate of Constantine was here announced to him, the body being recognised by the golden eagles embroidered...

...emperors, was strongly impressed with the silence and desolation which reigned within its precincts. A melancholy reflection on the vicissitudes of human...the owl hath sung her watch-song on the towers of Afraoiab.' "—Decline and Fall, i$*., vol. xii. p. 240. Note 22, page 191, col. 2. The bowl ofliberty....