| Edward Gibbon - 1846 - 458 Seiten
...reason, I formed a more extensive plan of reviewing the Latin classics,* under the four divisions oft 1. Historians, 2. Poets, 3. Orators, and 4. Philosophers,...however rapid, either hasty or superficial. I indulged mv>elf in a second, and even a third perusal of Terertce, Virgil, Horace, Tacitus, &c., and studied... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1869 - 462 Seiten
...reason, I formed a more extensive plan of reviewing the Latin classics,* under the four divisions of, I. historians, 2. poets, 3. orators, and 4. philosophers,...last twenty-seven months of my residence at Lausanne (Jan. 1756—April 1758), I nearly accomplished. Nor was this review, however rapid, either hasty or... | |
| 1879 - 592 Seiten
...decided on " reviewing the Latin classics under the four divisions of historians, poets, orators, and philosophers, in a chronological series from the days...to the decline of the language and empire of Rome." t The laborious task which he thus set himself to perform distinctly proves how thoroughly he identified... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1877 - 238 Seiten
...this great author, a library of eloquence and reason, I formed a more extensive plan of reviewing the Latin classics,* under the four divisions of, 1, historians;...months of my residence at Lausanne (January, 1756, to April, 1758), I nearly accomplished. Nor was this review, however rapid, either hasty or superficial.... | |
| 1878 - 1074 Seiten
...this great author, a library of eloquence and reason, I formed a more extensive plan of reviewing the Latin classics, under the four divisions of, 1. Historians,...twenty-seven* months of my residence at Lausanne (January, П56 — April, 1758), I nearly accomplished. Nor was this review, however rapid, either hasty or superficial.... | |
| Henry Barnard - 1878 - 1070 Seiten
...this great author, a library of eloquence and reason, I formed a more extensive plan of reviewing the they proceed, ' although wj cannot say those rules...a:id to arrange our thoughts in a more convenient П56 — April, П58), I nearly accomplished. Nor was this review, however rapid, either hasty or superficial.... | |
| Sir Spencer Walpole - 1878 - 704 Seiten
...decided on ' reviewing the Latin classics under the four divisions of historians, poets, orators, and philosophers, in a chronological series from the days...to the decline of the language and empire of Rome.' 8 The laborious task, which he thus set himself to perform, distinctly proves how 1 See on this point... | |
| Sir Spencer Walpole - 1878 - 680 Seiten
...decided on ' reviewing the Latin classics under the four divisions of historians, poets, orators, and philosophers, in a chronological series from the days...Sallust to the decline of the language and empire of Home.' 2 The laborious task, which he thus set himself to perform, distinctly proves how 1 See on this... | |
| Sir Spencer Walpole - 1879 - 786 Seiten
...decided on ' reviewing the Latin classics under the four divisions of historians, poets, orators, and philosophers, in a chronological series from the days...to the decline of the language and empire of Rome.' 2 The laborious task, which he thus set himself to perform, distinctly proves how 1 See on thia point... | |
| James Cotter Morison - 1879 - 220 Seiten
...of (1) Historians, (2) Poets, (3) Orators, and (4) Philosophers, in " chronological series from tha days of Plautus and Sallust to the decline of the language and empire of Rome." In one year he read over the following authors : Virgil, Sallust, Livy, Velleius Paterculus, Valerius... | |
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