EBOOK MIRROR OF LITERATURE, NO. 387 ***
Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Allen Siddle, David King, and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team
THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION
VOL. XIV. NO. 387.] SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1829. [PRICE 2_d_.
CONSTANTINOPLE.
[Illustration: CONSTANTINOPLE]
"Queen of the Morn! Sultana of the East!"
The splendour and extent of Constantinople are not within the compass of
one of our pages; but the annexed Engraving furnishes some idea of a
section of this queen of cities. It extends from Seraglio Point to the
Janissaries' Tower, and though commanding only a portion of the city,
includes the domes of the magnificent mosques of Santa Sophia and the
Sultan Achmet, which rise from a vast assemblage of towers, palaces,
minarets, &c. in every style of architecture.
We have so often and so recently touched upon the ancient and modern state
of Constantinople, that we fear a recapitulation of its splendour would be
uninviting to our readers.
Pages:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25