 The slave of imperial despotism, whether he was condemned to drag his gilded chain in Rome and the senate, or to wear out a life of exile on the barren rock of Seriphus or the frozen banks of the Danube, expected his fate in silent despair." To resist...  The Works of Edward Gibbon - Página 88por Edward Gibbon - 1906Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Edward Gibbon - 1816 - 472 páginas
...barren rock of Seriphus, or the frozen banks of the Danube, expected his fate in silent despair58. To resist was fatal, and it was impossible to fly....side he was encompassed with a vast extent of sea and laud, which he could never hope to traverse without being discovered, seized, and restored to his irritated... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1818 - 766 páginas
...of Seriphus, or the frozen banks of the Danube, expected (VOL. XXXVIII.) his fate in silent despair. To resist was fatal, and it wa.s impossible to fly....was encompassed with a vast extent of sea and land, whicli he could never hope to traverse without being discovered, seized, and restored to his irritated... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1821 - 474 páginas
...davs, and to transport himself to Tomi. Guards and jailers were unnecessary. AS ri tAiL '- fertAp: It. land, which he could never hope to traverse Without...and unknown language, or dependent kings, who would gladljr purchase the emperor's protection by the sacrifice of an obnoxious fugitive." " Wherever you... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1828 - 608 páginas
...the barren rock of Seriphus, or the frozen banks of the Danube, expected his fate in silent despair. To resist was fatal, and it was impossible to fly....land, which he could never hope to traverse without Icing discovered, seized, and restored to his irritated master. Beyond frontiers, his anxious view... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1828 - 608 páginas
...the barren rock of Seriphus, or the frozen banks of the Danube, expected his fate in silent despair. To resist was fatal, and it was impossible to fly....encompassed with a vast extent of sea and land, which lie could never hope to traverse without being discovered, seized, and restored to his irritated master.... | |
 | Bartholomew Simmons - 1843 - 304 páginas
...displeasure, " to remain," says Gibbon, " was fatal, and it was impossible to fly ; he was encompassed by a vast extent of sea and land, which he could never...discovered, seized, and restored to his irritated master." "Wherever you are," said Cicero to the exiled Marcellus, " remember that you are equally within the... | |
 | John Walker Brown - 1843 - 288 páginas
...the barren rock of Seriphus, or the frozen banks of the Danube, expected his fate in silent despair. To resist was fatal, and it was impossible to fly. On every side he was encompassed by a vast extent of sea and land, which he could never hope to traverse without being discovered, seized,... | |
 | Thomas Rawson Birks - 1844 - 466 páginas
...the barren rock of Seriphus, or the frozen bank of the Danube, expected his fate in silent despair. To resist was fatal, and it was impossible to fly....restored to his irritated master. Beyond the frontiers he could discover nothing except the ocean, inhospitable deserts, and hostile tribes of fierce barbarians.'... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1852 - 666 páginas
...Bachii Trajanus, 27. — W. • 579769 banks of the Danube, expected his fate in silent despair.58 To resist was fatal, and it was impossible to fly....manners and unknown language, or dependent kings, who woufd gladly purchase the emperor's protection by the sacrifice of an obnoxious fugitive.59 " Wherever... | |
 | John Cumming - 1854 - 480 páginas
...fell into the hands of a single person, the world became a safe and dreary prison for his enemies. To resist was fatal, and it was impossible to fly....restored to his irritated master. Beyond the frontiers, he could discover nothing except the ocean, inhospitable deserts, and hostile tribes of fierce barbarians."... | |
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