 | Edward Gibbon - 1788 - 358 páginas
...and the faplefs trunk was left to wither on the ground. The minifters of command, and the meflengers of victory, no longer met on the Appian or Flaminian way ; and the hoftile approach of the Lombards was often felt and continually feared. The inhabitants of a potent... | |
 | Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan (bart.) - 1794 - 540 páginas
...opulence were exhausted ; the lofty tree, under whose shade, the nations of the earth had reposed, was deprived of its leaves and branches ; and the sapless trunk was left to wither 'on the ground. Hence, curiosity and ambition no longer attracted the nations to the capital of the world ; but, if... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 506 páginas
...opulence were exhausted ; the lofty tree, under whose shade the nations •of the earth had reposed, was deprived of its leaves and branches, and the sapless...victory, no longer met on the Appian or Flaminian way: «md the hostile approach of the Lombards was often felt and continually feared. The inhabitants ol... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1804 - 408 páginas
...Rome, now a dependant on the exarch of Ravenna, was reduced to the lowest stage of her depression. The hostile approach of the Lombards was often felt, and continually feared. The distressed inhabitants opened and shut the gates with trembling hands; and beheld from the walls their... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 410 páginas
...private opulence were exhausted ; the lofty tree, under whose shade the nations of the earth had reposed, was deprived of its leaves and branches, and the sapless...Lombards was often felt and continually feared. The inhabitants of a potent and peaceful capital, who visit without an anxious thought the garden of the... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1816 - 508 páginas
...private opulence were exhausted ; the lofty tree, under whose shade the nations of the earth had reposed, was deprived of its leaves and branches, and the sapless...met on the Appian or Flaminian way : and the hostile ;tpproach of the Lombards was often felt and continually feared. The inhabitants of a potent and peaceful... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1820 - 398 páginas
...590, No, 16; A. a. 59i, No. 2, 1kc. AfC. and the sapless trunk was left to wither on the CHAP. \"TV ground. The ministers of command, and the „ .*.,...Lombards was often felt, and continually feared. The inhabitants of a potent and peaceful capital, who visit without an anxious thought the garden of the... | |
 | John Fry - 1822 - 568 páginas
...private opulence were exhausted ; the lofty tree, under whose shade the nations of the earth had reposed, was deprived of its leaves and branches, and the sapless trunk was left to wither in the ground ; the ministers of command and messengers of victory no longer met on the Appian and... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 546 páginas
...private opulence were exhausted ; the lofty tree, under whose shade the nations of the earth had reposed, was deprived of its leaves and branches, and the sapless...Lombards was often felt, and continually feared. The inhabitants of a potent and peaceful capital, who visit without an anxious thought the garden of the... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1831 - 522 páginas
...private opulence were exhausted ; the lofty tree, under whose shade the nations of the earth had reposed, was deprived of its leaves and branches, and the sapless...way: and the hostile approach of the Lombards was olten felt and continually feared. The inhabitants of a potent and peaceful capital, who visit without... | |
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... close of the sixth century, the lowest period of her depression. By the removal of the seat of empire, and the successive loss of the provinces, the sources of public and private opulence were exhausted; the lofty tree, under whose shade the nations... 
