 | James H. Braund - 1870 - 524 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...surprised and destroyed ; and many thousand Christians were inhumanly massacred in the church. Worms perished after a long and obstinate siege ; Strashurg,... | |
 | Sir Archibald Alison - Europe - 1870 - 388 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...solitude of nature from the desolation of man. The nourishing city of Mentz was surprised and destroyed, and many thousand Christians were inhumanly massacred... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1871 - 672 pages
...side was situated the territory of the. Romans.88 This scene of peace and plenty was suddenly cnanged into a desert ; and the prospect of the smoking ruins could alone distinguish the solitude of nature 88 See Zosimus, (L vi. p. 373,) Orosius, (L vii. c. 40, p. 576,) and tha Chronicles. Gregory of Tours... | |
 | Bible - 1847 - 616 pages
...war," says Gibbon, " were spread from the banks of the Rhine over the seventeen provinces of Gaul. The scene of peace and plenty was suddenly changed into a desert, and the prospect of smoking ruins could only distinguish the desolations of man from the solitudes of nature/' A similar... | |
 | Edwin Heycock - Bible - 1872 - 520 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...city of Mentz was surprised and destroyed ; and many thousands of Christians were inhumanly massacred in the church. Worms perished, after a long and obstinate... | |
 | Henry Barnard - Education - 1873 - 860 pages
...number of 200,000 fighting men, fell upon Gaul ; and, to uso 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... | |
 | Education - 1873 - 862 pages
...number of 200,000 fighting men, fell upon Gaul ; and, to uso tho words of a well-known historian, ' tho scene of peace and plenty was suddenly changed into a desert, and tho prospect of the smoking ruins could alone distinguish the solitude of nature from the work of man.'... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1875 - 672 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...ruins could alone distinguish the solitude of nature * See Zosiraus, (1. ri. p. 373,) Orosius, (1. vii. c. 40, p. 676,) and the Chronicles. Gregory of Tours... | |
 | 1882 - 472 pages
...and the civilized nations of the Earth, were, from that fatal moment, levelled with the ground." "A scene of peace and plenty was suddenly changed into...surprised and destroyed ; and many thousand Christians were inhumanly massacred in the church. Worms perished, after a long and obstinate siege ; Strasbourg,... | |
 | Edward Bishop Elliott - 1884 - 408 pages
...as well as cities, were burned up. " Over the greatest part of the seventeen provinces of Gaul the scene of peace and plenty was suddenly changed into...the solitude of nature from the desolation of man." 1 A similar description is given of the desolation of Spain. This passage of the Rhine by barbarians,... | |
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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. 
