The outside of the edifice was encrusted with marble, and decorated with statues. The slopes of the vast concave which formed the inside were filled and surrounded with sixty or eighty rows of seats of marble, likewise covered with cushions, and capable... Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities - Page 91by William Smith - 1859 - 1293 pagesFull view - About this book
| Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1806 - 530 pages
...height of one hundred and xil. forty feet *. The outside of the edifice was en* *— \ — ' crusted with marble, and decorated with statues. The slopes...sixty or eighty rows of seats of marble likewise, co* vered with cushions, and capable of receiving with ease above fourscore thousand spectators f.... | |
| William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...architecture, to the height of one hundred and forty feet. The outside of the edifice was encrusted with marble, and decorated with statues. The slopes...surrounded with sixty or eighty rows of seats of marble, covered with cushions, and capable of receiving with ease, above four score thousand spectators. Sixty-four... | |
| William Scott - Elocution - 1817 - 416 pages
...The outside of the edifice was encrusted with marble, and decorated with statues. The slopes of tne vast concave, which formed the inside, were filled,...surrounded with sixty or eighty rows of seats of marble, covered with cushions, and capable of receiving with ease, above four score thousand spectators. Sixty... | |
| William Scott - Elocution - 1820 - 434 pages
...architecture,to the height of one hundred and forty feet. The outside of the edifice was encrusted with marble, and decorated with statues. The slopes...were filled, and surrounded with sixty or eighty rows otseais of marble covered with cushions, and capable of receiving with ease above four score thousand... | |
| William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 398 pages
...forty feet. The outside of the edifice was encrusted with marble, and decorated with statues. The dopes of the vast concave, which formed the inside, were...filled, and surrounded with sixty or eighty rows of seat* of marble, covered with cushions, and capable of receiving with ea=e, above four score thousand... | |
| William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...architecture, to the height of one hundred and forty feet. The outside of the edifice was encrusted with marble, and decorated with statues. The slopes of the vast concave, whicb' forraed the inside, were filled, and surrounded with sixty or eighty rows of seats of marble,... | |
| William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...architecture, to the height of one hundred and forty feet. The outside of the edifice was encrusted with marble, and decorated with statues. The slopes...surrounded with sixty or eighty rows of seats of marble, covered with cushions, and capable of receiving with ease, above fourscore thousand spectators. Sixty-four... | |
| Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1826 - 468 pages
...decorated with statues. The slopes of the n& concave, which formed the inside, were filled and surroundei with sixty or eighty rows of seats, of marble likewise,...covered with cushions, and capable of receiving with ease above fourscore thousand spectators.93 Sixty-four vomitories (forbythi! uame the doors were v«ry... | |
| Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1846 - 678 pages
...Marcellinus (xvi. 10.). Yet how trifling to the great pyramid of Egypt, which rises 500 fect perpendicular ! marble, and decorated with statues. The slopes of...covered with cushions, and capable of receiving with ease about forescore thousand spectators.93 Sixty-four vomitories (for by that name the doors were... | |
| Robert Lynam - Emperors - 1850 - 712 pages
...arches, and rising, with four successive orders of architecture, to the height of one hundred and forty feet. The outside of the edifice was incrusted with...filled and surrounded with sixty or eighty rows of marble, likewise covered with cushions, and capable of receiving- with ease above fourscore thousand... | |
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