 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1852 - 684 pages
...examination of our antiquaries. 9U Germinasque viator Cum videat ripasi, qua; sit Romana requirat. from the desolation of man. The flourishing city of...surprised and destroyed ; and many thousand Christians were inhumanly massacred in the church. Worms perished after a long and obstinate siege ; Strasburgh,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 458 pages
...descended the river, he might express his doubt on which side was situated the territory of the Romans.90 This scene of peace and plenty was suddenly changed...surprised and destroyed, and many thousand Christians were inhumanly massacred in the church. Worms perished after a long and obstinate siege ; Strasburg,... | |
 | Philip Gell - 1854 - 428 pages
...invasion of Gaul, which Alaric had designed, was executed by the remains of the great army of Radagaisus. The flourishing city of Mentz was surprised and destroyed, and many thousand Christians were inhumanly massacred in the church. Worms perished after a long and obstinate siege ; Strasburgh,... | |
 | Sir Archibald Alison - Europe - 1855 - 386 pages
...descended the river, he might express his doubt on which side was situated the territory of the Romans. This scene of peace and plenty was suddenly changed...from the desolation of man. The flourishing city of Menta was surprised and destroyed, and many thousand Christians were inhumanly massacred in the church... | |
 | John Henry Newman - Education, Higher - 1856 - 500 pages
...number of 200,000 fighting men, fell upon Gaul; and, to use the words of a well-known historian, " the scene of peace and plenty was suddenly changed into...alone distinguish the solitude of nature from the work of man". The barbarian torrent, sweeping away cities and inhabitants, spread from the banks of... | |
 | Albert Barnes - Bible - 1856 - 520 pages
...burning with fire was cast into a Je. 51. 25. on which side was situated the territory of the Romans. This scene of peace and plenty was suddenly changed...prospect of the smoking ruins could alone distinguish the eolitude of nature from the desolation of man. The flourishing city of .Menu was surprised aud destroyed... | |
 | Robert Skeen - Bible - 1857 - 440 pages
..."spread from the banks of the Rhine over the greatest part of Gaul. Scenes of peace and plenty were changed into a desert; and the prospect of the smoking...the solitude of nature from the desolation of man." Similar was the desolation of Spain; and the desolators entered never to retire. " This passage of... | |
 | Albert Barnes - Bible - 1859 - 520 pages
...mountain • mining with fire was cast into on which side was situated the territory of the Romana. This scene of peace and plenty was suddenly changed into a desert; and the prospect of the smoking ruine could alone distinguish the lolitude of nature from the desolation of mon. The flourishing city... | |
 | George Harpur - 1862 - 338 pages
...of the Rhine were crowned, like those of the Tiber, with elegant houses and well cultivated farms. This scene of peace and plenty was suddenly changed...alone distinguish the solitude of nature from the desolations of man. The consuming flames of war spread from the banks of the Rhine over the greatest... | |
 | Samuel Davies Baldwin - United States - 1864 - 492 pages
...banks of the Rhine were crowned like those of the Tiber, with elegant houses and wellcultivated farms. This scene of peace and plenty was suddenly changed into a desert ; the prospect of the smoking ruins could alone distinguish the solitude of nature from the desolations... | |
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This scene of peace and plenty was suddenly changed into a desert; and the prospect of the smoking ruins could alone distinguish the solitude of nature from the desolation of man. 
