| Edward Gibbon - 1796 - 360 páginas
...ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were fmging vefpers in. the Temple of Jupiter *f, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city firft ftartcd to my mind. But my original plan was circumfcribed to the decay of the city rather than... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1899 - 772 páginas
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| John Blair Linn - 1802 - 196 páginas
...ruins of the capitol, while the bare-footed friars were tinging vespers in the temple of Jupiter, tb/at the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind." No more are heard the precepts of her sage ; Nor treads Euripides his moral stage; Her orators, her... | |
| John Blair Linn - 1804 - 192 páginas
...enjoyed before I could descend to a minute investigation. It was at Rome, on the 15th of October,' 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the capitol, while...decline and fall of the city first started to my mind." Gothic Darkness. While mournful wandering her eccentric way She lights the ruins with her trembling... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 512 páginas
...15th of October 17C4, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed fryars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that...decline and fall of the city first started to my mind. But my orignal plan was circumscribed to the dtcav of the city rather than of the empire : and, though... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1807 - 538 páginas
...eminent geniuses to display their powers It was at Rome (says Gibbon) on the 15th of October, 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while...fall of the City first started to my mind. Father Mallebranche having compleated his studies in philosophy, and theology, without any other intention... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1813 - 532 páginas
...finging vefpers in the temple of Jupiter (now the church of the Zoccolants, or Francifcan friars), that the idea of writing the DECLINE and FALL of the city firft ftarted to his mind." But this appears to have been merely the effect of local emotion. His plan... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1814 - 726 páginas
...15th of October 1?64, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed fryars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter*, that...decline and fall of the city first started to my mind. But my original plan was circumscribed to the decay of the city rather than of the empire: and, though... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1814 - 548 páginas
...were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter (now the church of the Zoccolants, or Franciscan friarS) that the idea of writing the DECLINE and FALL of the city first started to his mind." But this appears to have been merely the effect of local emotion, for his plan was then... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1814 - 544 páginas
...were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter (now the church of the Zoccolants, or Franciscan friars) that the idea of writing the DECLINE and FALL of the city first started to his mind." But this appears to have been merely the effect of local emotion, for his plan wasi then... | |
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