| Edward Gibbon - 1788 - 470 sidor
...people, where they aflembled to ena& " their laws and cleft their magiftrates, is now «« enclofed for the cultivation of pot-herbs, or " thrown open for the reception of fwine and " buffaloes. The public and private edifices, " that were founded for eternity, lie proftrate,... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 512 sidor
...man people, where they assembled to enact their laws and " elect their magistrates, is now enclosed for the cultivation " of pot-herbs, or thrown open...prostrate, naked, and broken, like " the limbs of a mighty giant ; and the ruin is the more vi" sible, from the stupendous relics that have survived the " injuries... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 558 sidor
...people, where they assembled to enact *' their laws, and elect theif magistrates, is now " inclosed for the cultivation of pot-herbs, or " thrown open for the reception of swine and bu& " faloes. The public and private edifices, that *' were founded for eternity, lie prostrate, naked,... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 594 sidor
...Roman people, where they assembled to enact their laws and elect their magistrates, is now enclosed for the cultivation of potherbs, or thrown open for...founded for eternity, lie prostrate, naked, and broken, 1 I have already (not. 50, 51, on chap. 65,) mentioned the age, character, anil writings of Poggius... | |
| 1832 - 528 sidor
...Roman people, where they assembled to enact their laws, and elect their magistrates, is now enclosed for the cultivation of pot-herbs, or thrown open for...prostrate, naked and broken, like the limbs of a mighty giant, and the ruin is the more visible from the stupendous relics that have survived the injuries... | |
| 1837 - 538 sidor
...fragments, the marble theatre, the obelisks, the colossal statues, the porticoes of Nero's palace. The public and private edifices that were founded...prostrate, naked, .and broken, like the limbs of a mighty giant ; and the ruin is the more visible, from the stupendous relics that have survived the injuries... | |
| 1837 - 260 sidor
...the obelisks, the colossal statues, the porticoes of Nero's palace. The public and private ediBces that were founded for eternity, lie prostrate, naked, ,and broken, like the limbs of a mighty giant ; and the ruin is the more visible, from the stupendous relics that have survived the injuries... | |
| Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 sidor
...palace. Survey the other hills of the city; the vacant space is interrupted only by ruins and gardens. The public and private edifices, that were founded for eternity, lie prostrate, naked, and broken, THE effects of association, awakened by external objects, are well described by Gibbon the historian.... | |
| James Whiteside - 1849 - 370 sidor
...Roman people, where they assembled to enact their laws and elect their magistrate?, is now enclosed for the cultivation of pot-herbs, or thrown open for...prostrate, naked and broken, like the limbs of a mighty giant ; and the ruin is the more visible from the stupendous relics * that have survived the injuries... | |
| John Miley - 1850 - 694 sidor
...Roman people, where they assembled to enact their laws, and elect their magistrates, is now enclosed for the cultivation of pot-herbs, or thrown open for...prostrate, naked, and broken, like the limbs of a mighty giant ; and the ruin is the more visible, from the stupendous relics that have survived the injuries... | |
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