... had been enriched by nature with her choicest endowments. His stature was lofty, his countenance majestic, his deportment graceful ; his strength and activity were displayed in every manly exercise, and from his earliest youth, to a very advanced... The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Side 82av Edward Gibbon - 1900Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| 1735 - 704 sider
...by a ftrict adherence to the domeftic virtue; of chaftity and lemperance. He delighted in thefocial intercourse of familiar conversation ; and though...Sometimes indulge his diSpoSition to raillery with leSs reScrve than was required by the Severe dignity of his Ration, the courteSy and liberality of his manners... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1811 - 432 sider
...manly exercise, and from his earliest youth, to a very advanced season of life, he preserved the vigour of his constitution by a strict adherence to the domestic...manners gained the hearts of all who approached him. , i The sincerity of his friendshiphas been suspected; yet he shewed, on some occasions, that he was... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1821 - 520 sider
...manly exercise, and from his earliest youth, to a very advanced season of life, he preserved the vigour of his constitution by a strict adherence to the domestic...in the social intercourse of familiar conversation j and though he might sometimes indulge his disposition to raillery with less reserve than was required... | |
| George Wilson Bridges - 1828 - 536 sider
...activity were displayed in every manly exercise; and from his earliest youth he had preserved the vigour of his constitution by a strict adherence to the domestic virtues of temperance and chastity, until he became the victim of tropical disease. A long and tedious illness... | |
| Theophilus Evans - 1834 - 318 sider
...the mind of Constantine, had been enriched by nature with her choicest endowments. His stature was lofty, his countenance majestic, his deportment graceful...to the domestic virtues of chastity and temperance. lie delighted in the social intercourse of familiar conversation ; and though he might sometimes indulge... | |
| Pierre François Merlet - 1837 - 314 sider
...manly exercise; and from its earliest youth, to a very advanced season of life, he preserved the vigour of his constitution by a strict adherence to the domestic...by the severe dignity of his station, the courtesy aud liberality of his manners gained the hearts of all who approached him. The sincerity of his friendship... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 1304 sider
...manly exercise, and from his earliest youth, to a very advanced season of life, he preserved the vigour of his constitution by a strict adherence to the domestic virtues of ofu Roman prince from that of a Parthian monarch. Vlrtua wat neceoarv for the one ; birth might suffice... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1840 - 362 sider
...manly exercise, and from his earliest youth, to a very advanced season of life, he preserved the vigour of his constitution by a strict adherence to the domestic...his manners gained the hearts of all who approached hirn. The sincerity of his friendship has been suspected ; yet he showed, on some occasions, that he... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1840 - 564 sider
...manly exercise, and from his earliest youth, to a very advanced season of life, he preserved the vigour of his constitution by a strict adherence to the domestic...•with less reserve than was required by the severe dio-- nity of his station, the courtesy and liberality of lus manners gained the hearts of all who... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1846 - 604 sider
...those writers, whose character or situation variously tempered the influence of their religious zea1. to the domestic virtues of chastity and temperance....his manners gained the hearts of all who approached hirn. The sincerity of his friendship has been suspected ; yet he showed, on some occasions, that he... | |
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