 | 1804 - 496 sider
...wish or prediction cf Boetliius, that, after him, none should be found guilty of the same offence. While Boethius, oppressed with fetters, expected each...he composed in the tower of Pavia the Consolation ofPhilosof.fni ; a golden volume not unworthy of the leisure of Plato or Tully, but which claims incomparable... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1823 - 580 sider
...rendered in prose.10 5 See his Div. Naturae, p. 32. 34. 113. and 174. Gibbon calls the book of Boetius " a golden volume, not unworthy of the leisure of Plato, or Tully." Hist. Decl. vol.iv. p. 38. « Ethel. Hist. p. 847. * Malm. p. 45. and 248. 8 Henry de Silgrave; MSS.... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1836 - 626 sider
...11 , the preface 5 See his Div. Natura, p. 32. 34. 113. and 174. Gibbon calls the book of Boetius " a golden volume, not unworthy of the leisure of Plato or Tully." Hist. Decl. vol. iv. p. 38. 6 Ethel. Hist. p. 847. 7 Malm. p. 45. and 248. s Henry de Silgrave; MSS.... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1852 - 530 sider
...has thus composed s See his I.)iv. Natura, p. 32. 34. 113. and 1 74. Gibbon calls the book of Boetlus "a golden volume, not unworthy of the leisure of Plato, or Tully." Hist. Decl. vol. Iv. p. 38. • Ethel. Hist. p. 847. ' Malms, p. 45 and 248. • Henry de Silgrave... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 440 sider
...wish or prediction of Boethius, that, after him, none should be found guilty of the same offence.97 While Boethius, oppressed with fetters, expected each...unworthy of the leisure of Plato or Tully, but which *•"• i24claims incomparable merit from the barbarism of the times and the situation of the author.... | |
 | David Nutt - 1857 - 618 sider
...1680 637* Idem liber, ex Nova Recensione et cum Prolegomenis Thomte Obbarii, 8vo. 2s. Jena, 1843 " A golden volume, not unworthy of the leisure of Plato...incomparable merit, from the barbarism of the times and situation of the author. The sage who could artfully combine in the same work (each moment expecting... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 472 sider
...Pavia, where he wrote the work which has immortalized his name. Of this Gibbon speaks as follows : " While Boethius, oppressed with fetters, expected each...golden volume not unworthy of the leisure of Plato or Tullv, but which claims incomparable merit from the barbarism of the times and the situation of the... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 782 sider
...Pavia, where he wrote the work which has immortalized his name. Of this Gibbon speaks as follows : " While Boethius, oppressed with fetters, expected each...composed in the tower of Pavia the Consolation of rkilosophy ; a golden volume not unworthy of the leisure of Plato or Tully, but which claims incomparable... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 782 sider
...1'avia, where he wrote the work which has immortalized his name. Of this Gibbon speaks as follows: "While Boethius, oppressed with fetters, expected...sentence or the stroke of death, he composed in the lower of Pavia the Consolation of Philosophy ; a golden volume not unworthy of the leisure of Plato... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 780 sider
...immortalized his name. Of this Gibbon speaks as follows: "While Boethius, oppressed with fetters, expectx-d each moment the sentence or the stroke of death, he composed in the tower of Pavia the Consolation f>f Philosophy ; a golden volume not unworthy of the leisure of Plato or Tully, but which claims incomparable... | |
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While Boethius, oppressed with fetters, expected each moment the sentence or the stroke of death, he composed in the tower of Pavia the Consolation of Philosophy ; a golden volume not unworthy of the leisure of Plato or Tully, but which claims incomparable... 
