 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1788 - 738 Seiten
...the horizon of our intel. leftual view. In a compofuion of fome days, in a perufal of fome hours, fix hundred years have rolled away, and the duration of...contracted to a fleeting moment: the grave is ever belide {he throne; the fnccefs of a criminal is alnoft inilantly followed by • (( In fine," fays... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1788 - 738 Seiten
...the horizon of our intel. leftual view. In a compofuion of fome days, in a perufal of fome hours, fix hundred years have rolled away, and the duration of...contracted to a fleeting moment: the grave is ever belide {he throne; the fnccefs of a criminal is alnoft inilantly followed by • (( In fine," fays... | |
 | 1788 - 678 Seiten
...the horizon of our intellectual view. In a compofition of fome days, in a perufal of fome hours, 600 years have rolled away, and the duration of a life or reign is cont raited to a fleeting moment : the grave is ever betide the throne : the fuccefs of a criminal... | |
 | 1829 - 632 Seiten
...of human ambition, so eager, in a narrow span, to grasp at a precarious and short-lived enjoyment. In a composition of some days, in a perusal of some hours, 600 years have rolled away, and the duration of a life or reign is contracted to a fleeting moment;... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 542 Seiten
...grasp at a precarious and shortlived enjoyment. It is thus that the experience of history exalts and enlarges the horizon of our intellectual view. In...almost instantly followed by the loss of his prize ; and our immortal reason survives and disdains the sixty phantoms of kings, who have passed before... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1855 - 496 Seiten
...grasp at a precarious and short-lived enjoyment. It is thus that the experience of history exalts and enlarges the horizon of our intellectual view. In...almost instantly followed by the loss of his prize ; and our immortal reason survives and disdains the sixty phantoms of kings who have passed before... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1875 - 666 Seiten
...grasp at a precarious and short-lived enjoyri.ent. It is thus that the experience of history exalts and enlarges the horizon of our intellectual view. In...almost instantly followed by the loss of his prize ; and our immortal reason survives and disdains the sixty phantoms of kings who have passed before... | |
 | 1878 - 620 Seiten
...compress the whole interval between Heraclius and Alexius V. into one chapter. As he himself says, ' In a composition of some ' days, in a perusal of some hours, 600 years have rolled ' away.' But the result is, that he has furnished us with a mere string of Court... | |
 | 1887 - 1332 Seiten
...the crimes they neglect to punish. Totilla. (See, Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire?) 15. The success of a criminal is almost instantly followed by the loss of his prize. Gibbon. 16. We easily forget crimes known only to ourselves. Rochefoucauld. Cripple. 1. A cripple in... | |
 | 1889 - 914 Seiten
...grasp at a precarious and short-lived enjoyment. It is thus that the experience of history exalts and enlarges the horizon of our intellectual view. In...contracted to a fleeting moment. The grave is ever beside Hie throne: the success of a criminal is almost instantly followed by the loss of his prize, and our... | |
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... enjoyment. It is thus that the experience of history exalts and enlarges the horizon of our intellectual view. In a composition of some days, in a perusal of some hours, six hundred years have rolled away, and the duration of a life or reign is contracted... 
