 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 546 sider
...systems of antiquity, and a succession of pa- CHAP. tient disciples became in their turn the dogmatic xLL teachers of the next servile generation. Not a single...been saved from oblivion by the intrinsic beauties of style or sentiment, of original fancy, or even of successful imitation. In prose, the least offensive... | |
 | Royal Robbins - 1831 - 750 sider
...centuries." says Gibbon, " not a sinsle discovery was made to exalt the dignily. or promote the happiness of mankind. Not a single idea has been added to the speculative systems of antiquity. Not a single composition of history, philosophy or literature, has been saved from oblivion by the... | |
 | Royal Robbins - 1833 - 676 sider
...centuries," says Gibbon, " not a single discovery was made to exalt the dignity, or promote the happiness of mankind. Not a single idea has been added to the speculative systems of antiquity. Not a single composition of history, philoso phy or literature, has been saved from oblivion by the... | |
 | Royal Robbins - 1838 - 728 sider
...centuries." says Gibbon, "not a single discovery was made to exalt the dignity, or promote the happiness of mankind. Not a single idea has been added to the speculative systems of antiquity. Not a single composition of history, philosophy or literature, has been saved from oblivion by the... | |
 | Royal Robbins - 1839 - 754 sider
...centuries," says Gibbon, " not a single discovery was made to exalt the dignity, or promote the happiness of mankind. Not a single idea has been added to the speculative systems of antiquity. Not a single composition of history, philosophy or literature, has been saved from oblivion by the... | |
 | Royal Robbins - 1840 - 734 sider
...arms, and the overturning of the empire, could not but have given a shock to learning and the arts. phy or literature, has been saved from oblivion by the intrinsic beauties of style or sentiment, of original fancy, or even of successful imitation." " Of the writings of antiquity,"... | |
 | Royal Robbins - 1846 - 726 sider
...centuries," says Gibbon, "not a single discovery was made to exalt the dignity, or promote the happiness of mankind. Not a single idea has been added to the speculative systems of antiquity. Not a single composition of history, philoso phy or literature, has been saved from oblivion by the... | |
 | Royal Robbins - 1848 - 728 sider
...arms, and the overturning of the empire, could not but have given a shock to learning and the arts. phy or literature, has been saved from oblivion by the intrinsic beauties of style or sentiment, of original fancy, or even of successful imitation." "Of the writings of antiquity,"... | |
 | Royal Robbins - 1849 - 732 sider
...centuries," says Gibbon, "not a single discovery was made to exalt the dignity, or promote the happiness of mankind. Not a single idea has been added to the speculative systems of antiquity. Not a single composition of history, philosophy or literature, has been saved from oblivion by the... | |
 | Charles Hay Cameron - 1853 - 220 sider
...revolution of ten centuries not a single discovery was made to exalt the dignity or promote the happiness of mankind. Not a single idea has been added to the...been saved from oblivion by the intrinsic beauties of style or sentiment, of original fancy, or even of successful imitation." In this condition the Greeks... | |
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In the revolution of ten centuries, not a single discovery was made to exalt the dignity or promote the happiness of mankind. Not a single idea has been added to the speculative systems of antiquity, and a succession of patient disciples became in their... 
