. William H. Seward's travels around the world. ANCIENT PILLAR AT CONSTANTINOPLE most of the dwellings and shops are cheap and frail, yet theseblemishes are overlooked in the view of the ever-admired Oriental 640 EUROPE. city, witli the gleaming towers, domes, and minarets, of its thou-sand palaces and mosques, and a gorgeous golden sunlight con-. FOUNTAIN OF THE SERAGLIO. trasting with the sparkling blue sea, the dark cypress-groves ofScutari, and, in the distance, the bright islands of the Marmora,and the snowy peak of Olympus. It is the harmony of each partwith the whole which constitutes t
. William H. Seward's travels around the world. ANCIENT PILLAR AT CONSTANTINOPLE most of the dwellings and shops are cheap and frail, yet theseblemishes are overlooked in the view of the ever-admired Oriental 640 EUROPE. city, witli the gleaming towers, domes, and minarets, of its thou-sand palaces and mosques, and a gorgeous golden sunlight con-. FOUNTAIN OF THE SERAGLIO. trasting with the sparkling blue sea, the dark cypress-groves ofScutari, and, in the distance, the bright islands of the Marmora,and the snowy peak of Olympus. It is the harmony of each partwith the whole which constitutes the nameless beauty of the is the presence, not of waters diminutive as rivers, nor of emi-nences diminutive as hills, but of seas and mountains—not of theseas and mountains of one country, but of the seas and mountainsof two vast and diverse continents. July 3d.—The palace of Solyman the Magnificent, seated sogracefully on the promontory which divides the Golden Horn fromthe Bosporus, was the chief court residence of the Sultan untilseventy or eighty years ago. Now, under the name of the OldSeraglio, this great pile has been converted into a storehouse, inwhich are deposited the regalia, ornaments, plate, and objects ofvertu, gathered by the crown since the time of the caliphs. The
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