 | Edward Gibbon - 1804 - 502 pàgines
...of the sophists, as a dreadful and amazing prodigy, which coChris;ian . . 1-1,. , , , martyrs. vcred the earth with darkness, and restored the ancient...pathetic strains, that the temples were converted into sepulehres, and that the holy places, which had been adorned by the statues of the gods, were basely... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 460 pàgines
...eye of the legislator f. The ruin- of the Pagan religion is described by ™p (>70he the sophists, as a dreadful and amazing prodigy, which covered the...and of night. They relate, in solemn and pathetic strain?, that the temples were converted into sepulchres, and that the holy places, which had been... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 458 pàgines
...f. The ruin of the Pagan religion is described by the sophists, as a dreadful and amazing proiiigy, which covered the earth with darkness, and restored the ancient dominion of chaos and of night. v- / They relate, in solemn and pathetic strains, that ' ( the temples were converted into sepulchres,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1811 - 446 pàgines
...dreadful and amazing prodigy, Christian which covered the earth with darkness, and re- mart)1sstored the ancient dominion of chaos and of night. They relate,...pathetic strains, that the temples were converted into sepulehres; and that the holy places, which had been adorned by the statues of the gods, were basely... | |
 | William Jones - 1816 - 492 pàgines
...revolutions that ever took place on the theatre of this world. Their own writers have described it as " a dreadful and amazing prodigy* which covered...restored the ancient dominion of chaos and of night."* But the pen of inspiration has depicted the awful catastrophe in •trains of much higher sublimity... | |
 | William Jones - 1816 - 500 pàgines
...revolutions that ever took place on the theatre of this world. Their own writers have described it as " a dreadful and amazing prodigy, which covered...restored the ancient dominion of chaos and of night."* But the pen of inspiration has depicted the awful catastrophe in strains of much higher sublimity and... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1816 - 498 pàgines
...amazing prodigy, which cothe Chris- ve,.ed the eartl! with dai kuesh, ami restored the ancient tyrs. dominion of chaos and of night. They relate, in solemn and pathetic strains, that the temples were con verted into sepulehres, and that the holy places, which had Iri-cu adorned by the statues of the... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1825 - 512 pàgines
...dreadful and amazing prodigy, tian mar- which covered the earth with darkness, and retyn> ' stored the ancient dominion of chaos and of night. They relate,...had been adorned by the statues of the gods, were basely polluted by the relics of Christian martyrs. The monks (a race of filthy animals, to whom Eunapius... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1827 - 524 pàgines
...is described by the tfail1malr118 soPnists, as a dreadful and amazing prodigy, which cotyrs. vered the earth with darkness, and restored the ancient...had been adorned by the statues of the gods, were basely polluted by the relics of christian martyrs. " The monks," a race of filthy animals, to whom... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1831 - 468 pàgines
...visible to the eye of the legislator.(67) The ruin of the Pagan religion is described by the sophists,_as a dreadful and amazing prodigy, which covered the...had been adorned by the statues of the gods, were basely polluted by the relics of Christian martyrs. — " The monks (a race of filthy animals, to whom... | |
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The ruin of the Pagan religion is described by the sophists as a dreadful and amazing prodigy, which covered the earth with darkness, and restored the ancient dominion of chaos and of night. They relate, in solemn and pathetic strains, that the temples... 
