 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 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.) - Philosophy - 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 - Byzantine Empire - 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...greatness, the fall of Rome was the more awful and deplorable. " Her primaeval state, such as she might appear " in a remote age, when Evander entertained... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1806 - 558 pages
...commanding spot, the wide c°pitoiine and various prospect of desolation f. The place and hill' the object gave ample scope for moralising on the " vicissitudes...greatness, the fall of Rome was the more awful and deplorable. *' Her primaeval state, such as she might appear in " a remote age, when Evander entertained... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1806 - 564 pages
...viewed, from that commanding spot, the wide and various prospect of desolation f. The place and lli"' the object gave ample scope for moralising on the " vicissitudes...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 - Byzantine Empire - 1816 - 498 pages
...vicissitudes of fortune, which spares hi lj Dneither man nor the proudest of his works, which Inirir ; empires and cities in a common grave; and it was agreed,...greatness, the fall of Rome was the more awful and deplorable. " Her • primeval state, such as she might appear in a remote " age, when Evander entertained... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1821 - 458 pages
...wide and various prospect or desolation.11 The place and the object gave ample scope for moralizing on the vicissitudes of fortune, which spares neither...greatness, the fall of Rome was the more awful and deplorable. " Her primeval state, such as she might appear in a remote age, when Evander entertained... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1826 - 594 pages
...moralizing on the vicissitudes оГсарМ fortune, which spares neither man nor the proudest of Ызд1ь. works, which buries empires and cities in a common...greatness, the fall of Rome was the more awful and deplorable. " Her primeval state, such as she might appear in a remote age. when Evander entertained... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1846 - 574 pages
...commanding c«pm>ime, spot the wide and various prospect of desolation.2 The AD i«o. place and the object gave ample scope for moralising on the vicissitudes...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... | |
 | John Miley - Papal States - 1850 - 690 pages
...and viewed from that commanding spot the wide and various prospect of desolation. The place and the object gave ample scope for moralising on the vicissitudes...greatness, the fall of Rome was the more awful and deplorable. Her primeval state, such as she might appear in a remote age, when Evander entertained... | |
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The place and the object gave ample scope for moralising on the vicissitudes of fortune, which spares neither man nor the proudest of his works, which buries empires and cities in a common grave... 
