 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1788 - 714 sider
...Greeks and Romans, prefcnt a dead uniformity of abject vices, which arc neither foftened by the weaknefs of humanity, nor animated by the vigour of memorable...The freemen of antiquity might repeat with generous enthufinfm the fentcnce of Homer, " that on the firil day of his fei vitude, the captive is deprived... | |
 | Elizabeth Hamilton - 1813 - 556 sider
...number seem to be multiplied by the strong and various discriminations of character; but the subjects of the Byzantine empire, who assume and dishonour...humanity, nor animated by the vigour of memorable crimes." Into this " dead uniformity of abject vices" must every nation sink, where the love of wealth and power... | |
 | Elizabeth Hamilton - 1818 - 396 sider
...number seems to be multiplied by the strong and various discriminations of character; but the subjects of the Byzantine empire, who assume and dishonour...humanity, nor animated by the vigour of memorable crimes." Into this " dead uniformity of abject vices" must every nation sink, where the love of wealth and power... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1851 - 424 sider
...is the loss of external splendour compensated by the nobler gifts of virtue or genius. The subjects of the Byzantine empire, who assume and dishonour...humanity, nor animated by the vigour of memorable crimes."3 In the twelfth and thirteenth centuries the Suabian Princes, of the family of Hohenstauffen,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1855 - 496 sider
...gigantic size of Asia, which had been trampled under the feet of the victorious Greeks. But the subjects of the Byzantine empire, who assume and dishonour...sentence of Homer, " that on the first day of his servitude the captive is deprived " of one half of his manly virtue." But the poet had only seen the... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1875 - 666 sider
...the feet of the victorious Greeks. But the subjects of the Byzantine empire, who assume and dishonor the names both of Greeks and Romans, present a dead...are neither softened by the weakness of humanity, not animated by the vigor of memorable crimes. The freemen of antiquity might repeat with generous... | |
 | 1878 - 446 sider
...gigantic size of Asia, which had been trampled under the feet of the victorious Greeks. But the subjects of the Byzantine Empire, who assume and dishonour the names both of Greeks and Bomans, present a dead uniformity of abject vices, which are neither softened by the weakness of humanity,... | |
 | James Moir - 1880 - 204 sider
...gigantic size of Asia, which had been trampled under the feet of the victorious Greeks. But the subjects of the Byzantine Empire, who assume and dishonour...of abject vices, which are neither softened by the weakne«is of humanity, nor animated by the vigour of memorable crimes. The freemen of antiquity might... | |
 | Charles John Stone - 1885 - 362 sider
...of each succeeding reign impose upon the historian an ungrateful and melancholy task. " The subjects of the Byzantine Empire, who assume and dishonour...Romans, present a dead uniformity of abject vices. A succession of priests or courtiers tread in each other's footsteps in the same path of servitude... | |
 | Charles John Stone - 1885 - 368 sider
...of each succeeding reign impose upon the historian an ungrateful and melancholy task. " The subjects of the Byzantine Empire, who assume and dishonour the names both of Greeks and Eomans, present a dead uniformity of abject vices. A succession of priests or courtiers tread in each... | |
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But the subjects of the Byzantine empire, who assume and dishonour the names both of Greeks and Romans, present a dead uniformity of abject vices, which are neither softened by the weakness of humanity nor animated by the vigour of memorable crimes. 
