 The place and the object gave ample scope for moralizing on the vicissitudes of fortune, which spares neither man nor the proudest of his works, which buries empires and cities in a common grave...  Latin prose exercises - Page 65de George Gilbert Ramsay - 1884Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Edward Gibbon - 1788 - 470 pages
...ample fcope for moralifing on the viciffitudes of fortune, which fpares neither naaii nor the proudeft of his works, which buries empires and cities in a...and it was agreed, that in proportion to her former greatnefs, the fall of Rome was the more awfiil and deplorable. " Her primaeval ftate, " fuch as Ihe... | |
 | Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan (bart.) - 1794 - 464 pages
...prospect of desolation. The place, and the object, gave ample scope for moralizing on the viciflitudes of fortune, which spares neither man, nor the proudest of his works, which buries empires and cities ia a co nmon grave. " Tiie spectacle of -;',', * X j '.--the * Robertfon. " the world, how is it fallen,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 512 pages
...scope for moralising on the Caroline vicissitudes of fortune, which spares neither man nor the ^I^Q D' proudest of his works, which buries empires and cities...fall of Rome was the more awful and deplorable. " Her primaeval state, such as she might appear " in a remote age, when Evander entertained the stranger... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 558 pages
...and various prospect of desolation f. The place and hill' the object gave ample scope for moralising on the " vicissitudes of fortune, which spares neither...of Rome was the more awful and deplorable. *' Her primaeval state, such as she might appear in " a remote age, when Evander entertained the .*' stranger... | |
 | John Gustavus Lemaistre - 1806 - 400 pages
...wide and various prospect of desolation. ' The place and object gave ample scope for * moralising. on the vicissitudes of Fortune, ' which spares neither...greatness, the ' fall of Rome was the more awful and deplo' rable. Her primeval state, such as she might ' appear in a remote age, when Evander enterf tained... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 564 pages
...and various prospect of desolation f. The place and lli"' the object gave ample scope for moralising on the " vicissitudes of fortune, which spares neither...of his works, which buries empires and cities in a commpn grave ; and it was agreed, that in proportion to her former greatness, the fall of Rome was... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1846 - 574 pages
...various prospect of desolation.2 The AD i«o. place and the object gave ample scope for moralising on the vicissitudes of fortune, which spares neither...cities in a common grave ; and it was agreed, that iu proportion to her former greatness, the fall of Rome was the more awful and deplorable. " Her primeval... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1852 - 380 pages
...and viewed from that commanding spot the wide and various prospect of desolation. The place and the object gave ample scope for moralizing on the vicissitudes...fall of Rome was the more awful and deplorable. Her primaeval state, such as she might appear in a remote age, when Evander entertained the stranger of... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1855 - 628 pages
...and viewed from that commanding spot the wide and various prospect of desolation.f The place and the object gave ample scope for moralizing on the vicissitudes...grave ; and it was agreed, that in proportion to her may be quoted with the same confidence as the Latin text of the Antiquities. 4. Annali d' Italia, eighteen... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1855 - 632 pages
...and viewed from that commanding spot the wide and various prospect of desolation.f The place and the object gave ample scope for moralizing on the vicissitudes...grave ; and it was agreed, that in proportion to her may be quoted with the same confidence as the Latin text of the Antiquities. 4. Annali <£ Italia,... | |
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