 | Thomas Thornton - 1809 - 560 σελίδες
...condescends to praise, assures us, that * Hadrian and the Antonines were themselves men of learning ajid curiosity, and the love of letters was fashionable...than the natural jealousy of despotism, " Germanicus, Suetopius Paulinus, and Agricola, were checked and recalled in the course of lheir victories. Corbulo... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 468 σελίδες
...of Galen are studied by those who have improved their discoveries and corrected their errors ; but if we except the inimitable Lucian, this age of indolence...having produced a single writer of original genius, ox who excelled in the arts of elegant composition. The 110 Itcrodcs Atticus gave the sophist Poleroo... | |
 | Lady Morgan (Sydney) - 1840 - 224 σελίδες
...entitled her to ascend to ihe Olympian Parnassus — " non sur un aigle — mais sur un Pegase." * " If we except the inimitable Lucian, this age of indolence...having produced a single writer of original genius." — Gi6*on, vol. i. t To judge from her portrait, her beauty, less perfect than her mother's, "Hist... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1840 - 564 σελίδες
...have improved their discoveries and с Jfbcted their errors ; bnt if we except the inimitable-rLucian, this age of indolence passed away without 'having produced a single writer of original genius, orwho excelled in the arts of composition." The authority of Plato and Aristotle, of Zeno and Epicurus,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1843 - 588 σελίδες
...of Galen are studied by those who have improved their discoveries and corrected their errors ; but if we except the inimitable Lucian, this age of indolence...original genius, or who excelled in the arts of elegant composition.1' The authority of Plato and Aristotle, of Zeno and Epicurus, still reigned in the schools... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1843 - 588 σελίδες
...have improved their discoveries and corrected their errors ; but if we except the inimitable Lucían, this age of indolence passed away without having produced...excelled in the arts of elegant composition.* The authority of rlato and Aristotle, of Zeno and Epicurus, still reigned in the schools ; and their systems,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 556 σελίδες
...Vesp. 18) Hadrian — M. those who hare improved their discoveries and corrected their errors ; but if we except the inimitable Lucian, this age of indolence...•who excelled in the arts of elegant composition. The authority of Plato and Aristotle, of Zeno and Epicurus, still reigned in the schools ; and their systems,... | |
 | József Eötvös (báró) - 1854 - 476 σελίδες
...Antonines , who were themselves men of learning and curiosity : bul if we except the inimitable Lucían, this age of indolence passed away without having produced a single writer of original genius, who excelled in the arls of elegant composition. — A cloud of critics, of compilers, of commentators,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1887 - 1040 σελίδες
...corrected their errors ; but if we except the inimitable Lucian, this fige of indolence passed «way without having produced a single writer of original...who excelled in the arts of elegant composition. The authority of Plato and Aristotle, of Zeno and Epicurus, still reigned in the schools ; and their systems,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1898 - 720 σελίδες
...of Galen are studied by those who have improved their discoveries and corrected their errors : but if we except the inimitable Lucian, this age of indolence passed away without having produeed a single writer of original genins, or who excelled in the arts of elegant composition. The... | |
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Galen are studied by those who have improved their discoveries and corrected their errors; but if we except the inimitable Lucian, this age of indolence passed away without having produced a single writer of original genius, or who excelled in the arts... 
