 | Boys - 1880 - 362 Seiten
...and went through them — historians, poets, orators, and philosophers — in chronological order, from the days of Plautus and Sallust to the decline of the Roman language and empire. In one year he read — and not only read, but studied (the two words are... | |
 | 1883 - 836 Seiten
...classics, in the four divisions of (i) Historians, (2) Poets, (3) Orators, and (4) Philosophers, in " chronological series from the days of Plautus and...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... | |
 | James Mercer Garnett - 1891 - 728 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... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1895 - 246 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.... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1896 - 466 Seiten
...finishing the works of Tully, a library of eloquence and reason, I entered on the general study of the Latin Classics, under the four divisions of (1) Historians, (2) Poets, (3) Orators, and (4) Philosophers, from the days of Plautus and Sallust to the decline of the language and Empire of Rome ; and this plan,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1896 - 540 Seiten
...finishing the works of Tully, a library of eloquence and reason, I entered on the general study of the Latin Classics, under the four divisions of (1) Historians, (2) Poets, (3) Orators, and (4) Philosophers, from the days of Plautus and Sallust to the decline of the language and Empire of Rome ; and this plan,... | |
 | 1897 - 606 Seiten
...was turned twenty-one, included in its range the historians, poets, orators, and philosophers, taken in a chronological series, ' from the days of Plautus...to the decline of the language and Empire of Rome ' ? Nor was this review, adds the • Biography,' however rapid, either hasty or superficial. ' I indulged... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1897 - 614 Seiten
...range the historians, poets, orators, and philosophers, taken in a chronological series, ' from tbe days of Plautus and Sallust, to the decline of the language and Empire of Rome ' ? Nor was this review, adds the 'Biography,' however rapid, either hasty or superficial. 'I indulged... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1898 - 364 Seiten
...more extensive plan of reviewing the Latin classics under the four divisions of, i. historians, 3° 2. poets, 3. orators, and 4. philosophers, in a chronological...twenty-seven months of my residence at Lausanne (January, 1756-April, 1758), I nearly accomplished. Nor was this review, however rapid, either hasty or superficial.... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1898 - 364 Seiten
...divisions of, i. historians, 3° I 2. poets, 3. orators, and 4. philosophers, in a chronologI ical series from the days of Plautus and Sallust, to the...twenty-seven months of -my residence at Lausanne (January, i756-April, 1758), I nearly accomplished. Nor was this review, however rapid, either hasty or superficial.... | |
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After finishing 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, 2. Poets, 3. Orators, and 4. Philosophers, in a chronological series, from... 
