| Edward Gibbon - 1781 - 418 sider
...c. .t4. Grandeur et Decat!ence> &c. des Romain;, c. 17.) age (57). A fabulous origin was affigned, worthy of their form and manners ; that the witches...their foul and deadly practices, had been driven from fociety, had copulated in the defert with infernal fpirits ; and that the Huns were the offspring of... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1804 - 502 sider
...destitute of beards, they never enjoyed either the manly graces of youth, or the venerable aspect of age.*7 A fabulous origin was assigned worthy of their form...had been driven. from society, had copulated in the desart with infernal spirits ; and that the Huns were the offspring of this execrable conjunction."... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1811 - 464 sider
...destitute of beards, they never enjoyed either the manly graces of youth, or the venerable aspect of age.1 A fabulous origin was assigned worthy of their form...been driven from society, had copulated in the desert with1 infernal spirits ; and that the Huns were the offspring of this execrable conjunction."1 The... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1816 - 498 sider
...either the manly graces of youth, or the venerable aspect of age". A fabulous origin was assigned wortby of their form and manners; that the witches of Scythia,...that the Huns were the offspring of this execrable conjunction". The tale, so full of horror and absurdity, was greedily embraced by the credulous hatred... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1820 - 460 sider
...facies ; habensque magis puncta quam lumina. See Bufibu, Hist. Naturelle, torn tii, p. 'MO. CHAP signed worthy of their form and manners ; that the witches...that the Huns were the offspring of this execrable conjunction.™ The tale, so full of horror and absurdity, was greedily embraced by the credulous hatred... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1843 - 486 sider
...of beards, they never enjoyed either the manly graces of youth, or the venerable aspect of age. (57) -A fabulous origin was assigned worthy of their form and manners ; that the witches ot Scythia, who, for their foul and deadly practices, had been driven from society, had copulated in... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1846 - 604 sider
...in the head ; and as they were almost destitute of beards, they never enjoyed either the manly grace of youth, or the venerable aspect of age.57 A fabulous...that the Huns were the offspring of this execrable conjunction. 5s The tale, so full of horror and absurdity, was greedily embraced by the credulous hatred... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1850 - 672 sider
...in the head ; and as they were almost destitute of beards, they never enjoyed either the manly grace of youth, or the venerable aspect of age.57 A fabulous...worthy of their form and manners ; that the witches of Scytbia, who, for their foul and deadly practices, had been driven from society, had copulated in the... | |
| George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1860 - 808 sider
...small black eyes, deeply buried in the head. "A fabulous origin was assigned to them," says Gibbon, " worthy of their form and manners : that the •witches...that the Huns were the offspring of this execrable conjunction. The tale, so full of horror and absurdity, was greedily embraced by the credulous terror... | |
| George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1860 - 808 sider
...assigned to them," says Gibbon, " worthy of their form and manners : that the witches of Scytliin, who for their foul and deadly practices had been driven...spirits ; and that the Huns were the offspring of this execrableconjunction. The tale, so full of horror and absurdity, was greedily embraced by the credulous... | |
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