 | Edward Gibbon - 1896 - 466 sider
...sentiments. An opposite fault may be imputed to the concise and superficial narrative of the first reigns from Commodus to Alexander, a fault of which I have never heard except from Mr. Hume in his last journey to London. Such an oracle might have been consulted and obeyed with rational devotion... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1896 - 540 sider
...sentiments. An opposite fault may be imputed to the concise and superficial narrative of the first reigns from Commodus to Alexander, a fault of which I have never heard except from Mr. Hume in his last journey to London. Such an oracle might have been consulted and obeyed with rational devotion... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1898 - 370 sider
...sentiments. An opposite fault may be imputed to the concise and superficial narrative of the first reigns from Commodus to Alexander — a fault of which I have never heard, except from Mr. Hume in his 5 last journey to London. Such an oracle might have been consulted and obeyed with rational devotion,... | |
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - 1898 - 558 sider
...sentiments. An opposite fault may be imputed to the concise and superficial narrative of the first reigns, from Commodus to Alexander ; a fault of which I have never heard, except from Mr. Hume in his last journey to London. Such an oracle might have been consulted and obeyed with rational devotion... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 430 sider
...sentiments. An opposite fault may be imputed to the concise and superficial narrative of the first reigns, from Commodus to Alexander ; a fault of which I have never heard, except from Mr. Hume in his last journey to London. Such an oracle might have been consulted and obeyed with rational devotion... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1900 - 398 sider
...sentiments.3 An opposite fault may be imputed to the concise and superficial narrative of the first reigns from Commodus to Alexander ; a fault of which I have never heard, except from Mr. Hume in his last journey to London.4 Such an oracle might have been consulted and obeyed with rational devotion... | |
 | Charles Townsend Copeland, Frank Wilson Cheney Hersey - 1909 - 666 sider
...sentiments. An opposite fault may be imputed to the concise and superficial narrative of the first reigns from Commodus to Alexander; a fault of which I have never heard, except from Mr. Hume in his last journey to London. Such an oracle might have been consulted and obeyed with rational devotion;... | |
 | Charles Townsend Copeland, Frank Wilson Cheney Hersey - 1909 - 666 sider
...opposite fault may be imputed to the concise and superficial narrative of the first reigns from Cornmodus to Alexander; a fault of which I have never heard, except from Mr. Hume in his last journey to London. Such an oracle might have been consulted and obeyed with rational devotion;... | |
 | 1911 - 200 sider
...sentiments. An opposite fault may be imputed to the concise and superficial narrative of the first reigns from Commodus to Alexander; a fault of which I have never heard, except from Mr. Hume in his last journey to London. Such an oracle might have been consulted and obeyed with rational devotion;... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke - 1911 - 444 sider
...fault may be imputed to the concise and superficial narrative of the first reigns, from Commodus to 23 Alexander; a fault of which I have never heard, except from Mr. Hume in his last journey to London. Such an oracle might have been consulted and obeyed with rational devotion;... | |
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... sixteenth chapters have been reduced, by three successive revisals, from a large volume to their present size ; and they might still be compressed without any loss of facts or sentiments. An opposite fault may be imputed to the concise and superficial... 
