 | American Philosophical Society - 1808 - 622 pàgines
...The collection of riddles is contained in many MSS. The oldest is the Codex Salmasianus, belonging to the end of the seventh or the beginning of the eighth ( century. The riddles themselves are of earlier date. Teuffel says : " Etwa a'us dem vierten bis fiinften Jahrhundert... | |
 | John Cam Hobhouse Baron Broughton - 1818 - 596 pàgines
...Tiburtine People." Stanza CXLV. While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand. 263 are quoted by Mr. Gibbon1 as a proof that the Coliseum was entire when seen...that early period. The fire which, about the year 219, destroyed the upper wooden works, in which, amongst other conveniences, there were brothels2,... | |
 | 1818 - 574 pàgines
...Colysaeus, cadet et Roma; quando cadet Roma, cadet et mundus.' These words are quoted by Mr. Gibbon * as a proof that the Coliseum was entire when seen...impossible that the amphitheatre may have been in gome degree dilapidated even in that early period. " The fire which, about the year 219, destroyed... | |
 | John Cam Hobhouse Baron Broughton - 1818 - 396 pàgines
...Colysa?us, cadet et Roma ; quando cadet Roma, cadet et mundus," These words are quoted by Mr. Gibbon* as a proof that the Coliseum was entire when seen by the Anglo*Cap.lxxi.tom.xii.oct.p.419. One of the most picturesque descriptions of the effect of the Coliseum... | |
 | 1831 - 306 pàgines
...grandeur of the result could not be exceeded by anv subsequent attempts. It is the opinion of Mr. Gibbon that the Coliseum was entire when seen by the AngloSaxon...the seventh or the beginning of the eighth century. Rome itself, however, was then partially destroyed, and it is possible that the Coliseum, which divided... | |
 | 1831 - 310 pàgines
...grandeur of the result could not be exceeded by any subsequent attempts. It is the opinion of Mr. Gibbon that the Coliseum was entire when seen by the AngloSaxon pilgrims at (he end of the seventh or the beginning of the eighth century. Rome itself, however, was then partially... | |
 | Thomas Anthony Trollope - 1834 - 630 pàgines
...a sect of ancient heretics, who fasted always on a Sunday. The council of Trullo, which was holden at the end of the seventh, or the beginning of the eighth, century, censures the Roman church itself for fasting on a Sunday. The words of the canon are 'remarkable. "... | |
 | William Cooper (glass cutter.) - 1835 - 204 pàgines
...differ very widely, it seems probable that glass windows were first introduced into England either about the end of the seventh or the beginning of the eighth century. The use of window glass, however, was then, and for many centuries after, confined entirely to buildings... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 356 pàgines
...— Pantheon ! — pride of Rome ! (1) This is quoted in the " Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," as a proof that the Coliseum was entire, when seen...seventh, or the beginning of the eighth, century. A notice on the Coliseum may be seen in the " Historical Illustrations," p. 2&3. (2) " Though plundered... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1836 - 402 pàgines
...a single convert; that in the seventh year, one presented himself ; that he brought another ; and, at the end of the seventh, or the beginning of the eighth year, they had four conversions. Now it is perhaps not much known, that there was there a well established... | |
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Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," as a proof that the Coliseum was entire, when seen by the Anglo-Saxon pilgrims at the end of the seventh, or the beginning of the eighth century. A notice on the Coliseum may be seen in the " Historical Illustrations, 
