 | Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 488 էջ
...sacred than the memory of her parent. Yet instead of the simplicity of style and narrative which wins our belief, an elaborate affectation of rhetoric and science, betrays in every page th* vanity of a female author. The genuine character of Alexius is lost in a vague constellation of... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 526 էջ
...sacred than the memory of her parent. Yet, instead of the simplicity of stile and narrative which wins our belief, an elaborate affectation of rhetoric and...vanity of a female author. The genuine character of Alexius is lost in a vague constellation of virtues ; and the perpetual strain of panegyric and apology... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1820 - 528 էջ
...sacred than the memory of her parent. Yet, instead of the simplicity of style and narrative which wins our belief, an elaborate affectation of rhetoric and...betrays in every page the vanity of a female author. The geuuinecharacterof Alexius is lost in a vague constellation of virtues ; and CHAP. the perpetual strain... | |
 | John Lemprière - 1820 - 892 էջ
...historian is lost in the daughter; and instead of simplicity of styta style and narrative, as Gibbon says, an elaborate affectation of rhetoric and science betrays in every page the vanity of a female author. The best edition of Anna Commcna, is that of Paris, fbllo, 1651. ANN^UB, a Roman family which was subdivided... | |
 | John Lemprière - 1822 - 840 էջ
...historian is lost in the daughter: and instead of simplicity of style and narrative, as Gibbon says, an elaborate affectation of rhetoric and science betrays in every page the vanity of a female author. The best edition of Anna Commena, is that of Paris, folio, 1651. АУХЛ;| s. a Roman family which was... | |
 | John Lemprière - 1822 - 818 էջ
...historian is lost in the daughter: and instead of simplicity of style and narrative, as Qibbon says, an elaborate affectation of rhetoric and science betrays in every page the vanity uf a female author. The best edition of Anna Commena, is that of Paris, folio, 1661. AKN.EUS, a Roman... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 542 էջ
...sacred than the memory of her parent. Yet, instead of the simplicity of style and narrative which wins our belief, an elaborate affectation of rhetoric and science betrays in every page the vanity of the author. The genuine character of Alexius is lost in a vague constellation of virtues; and the perpetual... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 460 էջ
...dear than the memory of her parent. Yet instead of the simplicity of style and narrative which wins our belief, an elaborate affectation of rhetoric and...vanity of a female author. The genuine character of Alexius is lost in a vague constellation of virtues; and the perpetual strain of panegyric and apology... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 484 էջ
...dear than the memory of her parent. Yet instead of the simplicity of style and narrative which wins our belief, an elaborate affectation of rhetoric and...vanity of a female author. The genuine character of Alexius is lost in a vague constellation of virtues; and the perpetual strain of panegyric and apology... | |
 | 1833 - 448 էջ
...dear than the memory of her parent. Yet instead of the simplicity of style and narrative which wins our belief, an elaborate affectation of rhetoric and...vanity of a female author. The genuine character of Alexius is lost in a vague constellation of virtues .; and the perpetual strain of panegyric and apology... | |
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Yet, instead of the simplicity of style and narrative which wins our belief, an elaborate affectation of rhetoric and science betrays in every page the vanity of a female author. The genuine character of Alexius is lost in a vague constellation of virtues;... 
