 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 864 Seiten
...for the most part, was in a very improved state of cultivation. Julian might expect that a conqueror, who possessed the two forcible instruments of persuasion,...arbitrary government, which consults the public safety without submitting to their inclinations the liberty of choice. On the present occasion, the zeal and... | |
 | Alexander Keith - 1835 - 464 Seiten
...the inhabitants deserted the open villages, and took shelter in the fortified towns ; the cattle were driven away ; the grass and ripe corn were consumed...the melancholy face of a SMOKING AND NAKED DESERT." p But " the second city of the province, large, populous, and well fortified," in vain resisted a fierce... | |
 | Alexander Keith - 1836 - 294 Seiten
...the inhabitants deserted the open villages and took shelter in the fortified towns ; the cattle were driven away; the grass and ripe corn were consumed...which interrupted the march of Julian, he beheld the * Gibbon, vol. ic vui. p. 212. J Ib. vol. ii. c. xxiv. "i. 300. 18 melancholy face of a SMOKING AND... | |
 | Robert Mignan - 1839 - 328 Seiten
...the inhabitants deserted the open villages and took shelter in the fortified towns ; the cattle were driven away ; the grass and ripe corn were consumed...the melancholy face of a smoking and naked desert *." The mirage, with its beautiful phantasmagoria of landscape and figures, amused our march this day,... | |
 | Alexander Keith - 1839 - 296 Seiten
...shelter in the fortified towns ; the cattle were driven away; the grass and ripe corn were confumed with FIRE ; and as soon as the flames had subsided...which interrupted the march of Julian, he beheld the * Gibbon, vol. ic viii. p. 212. f Ib. rol. ii. c. aiv. n. 369. melancholy face of a SMOKING AND NAKED... | |
 | 1841 - 214 Seiten
...took shelter in the fortified towns; the cattle were driven away ; the grass and corn were consumed by fire ; and as soon as the flames had subsided which interrupted the march of Julian, the vindictive conqueror beheld the melancholy face of a smoking and naked desert. Perisabor, the second... | |
 | Charles Rollin - 1844 - 372 Seiten
...shelter in the fortified towns ; the cattle were driven away ; the grass and corn were consumed by fire ; and as soon as the flames had subsided which interrupted the march of Julian, the vindictive conqueror beheld the melancholy face of a smoking and. naked desert. Perisabor, the... | |
 | Edward Farr - 1850 - 346 Seiten
...shelter in the fortified towns ; the cattle were driven away ; the grass and corn were consumed by fire ; and as soon as the flames had subsided which interrupted the march of Julian, the vindictive conqueror beheld the melancholy face of a smoking and naked desert. Perisabor, the second... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 504 Seiten
...unskilful husbandmen. Voyages de Niebuhr, torn. ii. p. 279, 285. AD 363. RETREAT OF THE ROMAN AKMY. 209 towns ; the cattle was driven away ; the grass and...arbitrary government, which consults the public safety without submitting to their inclinations the liberty of choice. On the present occasion the zeal and... | |
 | Alexander Keith - 1859 - 730 Seiten
...the fortified towns; the cattle were driven away; the grass and ripe corn were consumed with FISE; and as soon as the flames had subsided which interrupted...beheld the melancholy face of a SMOKING AND NAKED DESERT."8 But "the second city of the province, large, populous, and well fortified," in vain resisted... | |
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... avarice of the natives. But on the approach of the Romans this rich and smiling prospect was instantly blasted. Wherever they moved, the inhabitants deserted the open villages and took shelter in the fortified towns; the cattle was driven away; the... 
