 | Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 488 pages
...and beauty; and I shall content " myself with observing, that it contains four thousand pa" laces, four thousand baths, four hundred theatres or places...of amusement, twelve thousand shops for the sale of ve" getable food, and forty thousand tributary Jews. The " town has been subdued by force of arms,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 526 pages
...city of the West. It is impossible for me to " enumerate the variety of its riches and beauty ; " and I shall content myself with observing, that " it contains...thousand " baths, four hundred theatres or places of amuse" ment, twelve thousand shops for the sale of ve" getable food, and forty thousand tributary Jews.... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1816 - 488 pages
...the variety of its riches and beauty; " and I shall content myself with observing, that itcon"" tains four thousand palaces, four thousand baths, four " hundred theatres or places of amusement, twelve thou" sand shops for the sale of vegetable food, and forty " thousand tributary Jews. The town has... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1820 - 528 pages
...city of the " West. It is impossible for me to enumerate " the variety of its riches and beauty; and I " shall content myself with observing, that it " contains four thousand palaces, four thou" sand baths, four hundred theatres or places " of amusement, twelve thousand shops for the " sale... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1821 - 540 pages
...great city of the west. It is impossible for me to enumerate the variety of its riches and beauty ; and I shall content myself with observing, that it contains...force of arms, without treaty or capitulation, and the Moslems are impatient to seize the fruits of their •victory."" The commander of the faithful rejected... | |
 | Richard Watson - 1832 - 1030 pages
...great city of the west. It is impossible for me to enumerate the variety of its riches and beauty. I shall content myself with observing, that it contains...places of amusement, twelve thousand shops for the eale of vegetable foods, and forty thousand tributary Jews." It was in Alexandria chiefly that the... | |
 | Richard Watson - 1832 - 1094 pages
...riches aid beauty. I shall content myself with ob-irving, tnat it contains four thousand pali'-e*. four thousand baths, four hundred theatres or places...amusement, twelve thousand shops for the sale of vegetable iuods and forty thousand tributary Jews." It was in Alexandria chiefly that the Grer;in philosophy... | |
 | Jean-Charles-Léonard Simonde Sismondi - 1834 - 322 pages
...would be impossible for me to describe a!l its grandeur, all it» beauty. Let it suffice you to hear that it contains four thousand palaces, four thousand...of amusement; twelve thousand shops for the sale of vegetables alone, fit for the food of man, and forty thousand tributary Jews. The city has been taken... | |
 | Andrew Crichton - 1834 - 432 pages
...baths, 400 theatres or places of amusement, 12,000 shops for the sale of vegetable food, and 40,000 tributary Jews. The town has been subdued by force of arms, without treaty or capitulation, and the Moslems are eager to seize the fruits of their victory." Omar rejected the idea of pillage, commanded... | |
 | Jean-Charles-Léonard Simonde Sismondi - 1835 - 524 pages
...would be impossible for me to 'describe all its grandeur, all its beauty. Let it suffice you to hear that it contains four thousand palaces, four thousand...of amusement: twelve thousand shops for the sale of vegetables alone, fit for the food of man, and forty thousand tributary Jews. The city has been taken... | |
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I have taken (said Amrou to the caliph) the great city of the west. It is impossible for me to enumerate the variety of its riches and beauty ; and I shall content myself with observing, that it contains four thousand palaces, four thousand baths, four... 
