 | Edward Gibbon - 1788 - 470 Seiten
...the gold has been pillaged, the wheel of " fortune has accomplished her revolution, and " the facred ground is again disfigured with " thorns and brambles.- The hill of the Ca" pitol, on which we fit, was formerly the <c head of the Roman empire, the citadel of " the earth,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1789 - 372 Seiten
...is again LXXI. ** disfigured with thorns and brambles. The hilt " of the Capitol, on which we fit, was formerly " the head of the Roman empire , the citadel of ". the earth, 'the terror of kings; illuftrated by <c the footfteps of fo many triumphs , enriched K with the fpoils and tributes of fo... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 512 Seiten
...is overthrown, the gold " has been pillaged, the wheel of fortune has accomplished " her revolution, and the sacred ground is again disfigured " with thorns..." which we sit, was formerly the head of the Roman em" pire, the citadel of the earth, the terror of kings ; illus- » " trated by the footsteps of so... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 564 Seiten
...is overthrown, the gold has " been pillaged, the wheel of fortune has accom" plished her revolution, and the sacred ground is '* again disfigured with...by the '* footsteps of so many triumphs, enriched with the " spoils and tributes of so many nations. This " spectacle of the world, how is it fallen... | |
 | John Gustavus Lemaistre - 1806 - 400 Seiten
...the ' wheel of Fortune has accomplished her revo' lution: and the sacred ground is again disfi' gured with thorns and brambles. The Hill * of the Capitol,...illustrated by * the footsteps of so many triumphs, enriched * with the spoils and tributes of so many na' tions. This spectacle of the world, how it is 'fallen!... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 558 Seiten
...is overthrown, the gold has " been pillaged, the wheel of fortune has accom" plished her revolution, and the sacred ground is *' again disfigured with...empire, the citadel of " the earth, the terror of kings j illustrated by the " footsteps of so many triumphs, enriched with the " spoils and tributes of so... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1813 - 556 Seiten
...gold " has been pillaged, the wheel of' fortune has " accompliftied her revolution, and the facred " ground is again disfigured with thorns and " brambles. The hill of the Capitol, on which " we fit, was formerly the head of the Roman " empire, the citadel of the earth, the terror of " kings ;... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1816 - 498 Seiten
...is overthrown, the "gold has been pillaged, the wheel of fortune has ac"complished her revolution, and the sacred ground is " again disfigured with thorns...of the Roman empire, the citadel of the earth, the ter" ror of kings ; illustrated by the footsteps of so many "triumphs, enriched with the spoils and... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1821 - 458 Seiten
...temple is overthrown, the gold has been pillaged, the wheel of fortune has accomplished her revolution, and the sacred ground is again disfigured with thorns and brambles. The hill of the Capitol, on which in quarto, Milano, 1751. a free version by the author, which may be quoted with the same confidence... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 594 Seiten
...been pillaged, the wheel of fortune has accomplished her revolution, and the sacred ground is ugain disfigured with thorns and brambles. The hill of the...illustrated by the footsteps of so many triumphs, enriched with the spoils and tributes of so many nations. This spectacle of the world, how is it fallen ! how... | |
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The hill of the Capitol, on which we sit, was formerly the head of the Roman empire, the citadel of the earth, the terror of kings; illustrated by the footsteps of so many triumphs, enriched with the spoils and tributes of so many nations. This spectacle... 
