 | John Franklin Genung - English language - 1900 - 702 pages
...how common and natural the figure may be, however, may be seen from this metonymy from Gibbon : "The frontiers of that extensive monarchy were guarded by ancient renown and disciplined valor." 1 Concerning both these figures it is to be remarked that their principle is to choose merely... | |
 | Goodloe Harper Bell - American literature - 1900 - 620 pages
...of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilized portion of mankind. The frontiers of that extensive monarchy were guarded by ancient renown and disciplined valor. The gentle but powerful influence of laws and manners had gradually cemented the union of the... | |
 | Helen Arnold - English language - 1906 - 120 pages
...time. 72l. Then peace was spread throughout the land, The lion fed beside the tender lamb. 22. The frontiers of that extensive monarchy were guarded by ancient renown and disciplined valor. 23. The rock-built barrier of the sea was passed, And I was on the margin of a lake. £-24.... | |
 | George Gissing - 1915 - 336 pages
...of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilised portion of mankind. The frontiers of that extensive monarchy were guarded by ancient renown and disciplined valour." With what a grand epic roll, with what anticipations of solemn music, did the noble history begin !... | |
 | Medicine - 1922 - 458 pages
...of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilized portion of mankind. The frontiers of that extensive monarchy were guarded...Their peaceful inhabitants enjoyed and abused the advantage of wealth and luxury. I am sure you recognize in the foregoing, the sonorous periods of Gibbon.... | |
 | College of Physicians of Philadelphia - Medicine - 1922 - 700 pages
...of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilized portion of mankind. The frontiers of that extensive monarchy were guarded by ancient renown and disciplined valor. The gentle, but powerful influence of laws and manners had gradually cemented the union of the... | |
 | American literature - 1952 - 708 pages
...Empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth and the most civilized part of mankind. The frontiers of that extensive monarchy were guarded by ancient renown and disciplined valor. The gentle but powerful influence of laws and manners had gradually cemented the union of the... | |
 | Lucian (of Samosata.) - Fiction - 1968 - 406 pages
...mankind. The frontiers of that extensive monarchy were guaranteed by ancient renown and disciplined valor. The gentle, but powerful, influence of laws and manners...enjoyed and abused the advantages of wealth and luxury . . . During a happy period of more than fourscore years, the pubhe administration was conducted by... | |
 | James Boyd White - Communication in law - 1985 - 274 pages
...paragraph of the whole work, for example, that points to the "arts and luxuries" section in these words: "Their peaceful inhabitants enjoyed and abused the advantages of wealth and luxury' Notice how the word "peaceful," as was the case with "adorn," obtains in retrospect a complication... | |
 | A.J. Kox, D.M. Siegel - History - 1995 - 416 pages
...of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilized portion of mankind. The frontiers of that extensive monarchy were guarded...enjoyed and abused the advantages of wealth and luxury." To me there resides a majestic cadence in such lines. I cannot judge whether this author has all his... | |
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In the second century of the Christian Era, the empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilized portion of mankind. The frontiers of that extensive monarchy were guarded by ancient renown and disciplined valor. The gentle... 
