...agree with its author in remarking, that it records the history of " A revolution which will ever bo remembered, and is still felt by the nations of the earth." The progress and results of that mighty revolution have yet to be delineated by the genius and learning...

...erinnern wird, und welches Europas Völker immer noch emjifindeu. The French revolution is an event which will ever be remembered, and is still felt by the nations of Europe. Ich bin nie weniger allein, sagte ein weiser Körner, als wenn Nfemand bei mir ist. I am never...

...afterwards, from the death of Marcus Antoninus, to deduce the most important circumstances of its decline und fall : a revolution which will ever be remembered,...and is still felt by the nations of the earth.' The revolution, it is not very indistinctly implied, was a baleful one for the happiness of mankind ; and...

...afterwards, from the death of Marcus Antoninus, to deduce the most important circumstances of its decline and fall: a revolution which will ever be remembered, and is still felt by the nations of the earth/' Historian's mind, inseparably connected. This sentiment is the key to the whole narrative. We know,...

...conducive to the health and pleasure, not only of the noble citizens, but of the meanest of the people. The principal conquests of the Romans were achieved...which had been acquired by the policy of the senate and the martial enthusiasm of the people. The first seven centuries were filled with a rapid succession...

...afterwards, from the death of Marcus Antoninus, to deduce the most important circumstances of its declino and fall ; a revolution which will ever be remembered, and is still felt by the nations of the earth," vol. i. 1. Before Mr. Gibbon proceeds to give the history of the fall of the empire, he pauses to describe...

...trista nuova era stata I0 II funebre corteggio, FROM GIBBON. The principal conquests of the Romans wore achieved ' under the republic, and the emperors for the most part ' were satisfied with preserving 3 those dominions which had been acquired by the policy * of the senate, the active emulation of the...

...afterwards, from the death of Marcus Antoninus, to deduce the most important circumstances of its decline and fall : a revolution which will ever be remembered,...and the emperors, for the most part, were satisfied Moderation with preserving those dominions which had been acquired of AuKuslU8' by the policy of the...

...afterwards from the death of Marcus Antoninus to deduce the most important circumstances of its decline and fall, a revolution which will ever be remembered, and is still felt by the nations of the earth." Had Gibbon been about to expound the Apocalypse, he could scarcely have introduced his subject more...

...afterward from the death of Marcus Antonins, to deduce the most important circumstances of its decline and fall; a revolution which will ever be remembered,...and is still felt by the nations of the earth.' The student will hardly need to be reminded that, to attain excellence in the art of expression, the study...