 Monophysite controversy were indeed consumed in the public baths, a philosopher may allow, with a smile, that it was ultimately devoted to the benefit of mankind. I sincerely regret the more valuable libraries which have been involved in the ruin of the...  Part the first. History of libraries - Page 60by Edward Edwards - 1859Full view - About this book
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1789 - 424 pages
...philofopher may allow, with a fmile , that it was ultimately devoted to the benefit of mankind. 1 fincerely regret the more valuable libraries which have been...involved in the ruin of the Roman empire; but when I ferioufly compute the lapfe of ages, the wafte of ignorance, and the calamities of war, our treafures,... | |
 | Joseph Lomas Towers - 1796 - 518 pages
...perfons among the Latins, in his time, who underflood •Greek66.' ' After regretting the fate of the ' libraries which have • been involved in the ruin of the Roman empire,' Mr. Gibbon fays, ' when I ferioufly compute the lapfe of 64 Procopius de Bello Gothar. lib. I. p. 4.... | |
 | 1849 - 604 pages
...' 1 sincerely regret,' says the historian, ' the more valuable libraries which have been in' volved in the ruin of the Roman empire : but when I seriously...the lapse of ages, the waste of ignorance, and the cala' mities of war, our treasures rather than our losses are the object ' of my surprise. . . . We... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1805 - 488 pages
...baths,1811 a philosopher may allow, with a smile, that it was ultimately devoted to the benefit of mankind. I sincerely regret the more valuable libraries which...rather than our losses, are the object of my surprise. Many curious and interesting facts are buried in oblivion ; the three great historians of Rome have... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - American literature - 1806 - 788 pages
...edit. vol. 6, page 368] seems to answer the question in the negative. " I sincerely regret, says he, the more valuable libraries which have been involved...rather than our losses, are the object of my surprise. Many curious and interesting facts are buried in oblivion ; the three great historians of Rome have... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1806 - 788 pages
...valuable libraries which have beeft involved in the ruin of the Roman empire ; but when I çeriously compute the lapse of ages, the waste of ignorance,...of war, our treasures, rather than our losses, are thf object of my surprise. Many curious and interesting facts are buried hi oblivion ; the three great... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1806 - 526 pages
...baths *, a philosopher may allow, with a siftile, tjhsM; it was uki. . , roawly. devoted to the cerely regret the more valuable libraries which have been involved in the ruin of the Rposan empire; but when I seriously compute tbe lapse of ages, the waste of ignorance, and the calamities... | |
 | Joseph Towers - 1808 - 428 pages
...234, 385. 66 Hist, of Great Britain, vol. IV. p. 20, 81 i vol. VIII. p. 188. VOL. II. oo bon says, ' when I seriously compute the lapse of ages, the waste...rather than our losses, are the object of my surprise. —We should gratefully remember, that the mischances of time and accident have spared the classic... | |
 | David Ramsay - World history - 1819 - 386 pages
...poets, physicians or philosophers, may be lawfully applied to the use of the faithful. The loss of the Valuable, libraries, which have been involved in the ruin of the Roman empire, is to Tie regretted. Many curious and interesting facts are buried in oblivion; the three great historians... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1820 - 528 pages
...devoted to the benefit of Ll' mankind. I sincerely regret, the more valuable «**«»•«*««*• f ^9 libraries which have been involved in the ruin of...rather than our losses, are the object of my surprise. Many curious and interesting facts are buried in oblivion ; the three great historians of Rome have... | |
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