 The haughty step and demeanour of the king of the Huns expressed the consciousness of his superiority above the rest of mankind; and he had a custom of fiercely rolling his eyes, as if he wished to enjoy the terror which he inspired.  The National Quarterly Review - Էջ 112խմբագրել է - 1867Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | Dante Alighieri - 1893 - 844 էջ
...King of the Huns expressed the consciousness of his superiority above the rest of mankind ; and he had a custom of fiercely rolling his eyes, as if he wished to enjoy the terror which he inspired." 135. Which Pyrrhus and which Sextus, the commentators cannot determine ; but incline to Pyrrhus of... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - 1904 - 736 էջ
...king of the Huns expressed the consciousness of his superiority above the rest of mankind ; and he had a custom of fiercely rolling his eyes, as if he...considered by his subjects as a just and indulgent master. He delighted in war ; but after he had ascended the throne in a mature age, his head, rather than his... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1904 - 524 էջ
...the king of the Huns expressed the consciousness of his superiority above the rest of mankind; and he had a custom of fiercely rolling his eyes, as if he wished to enjoy the terror which he inspired." 135. Which Pyrrhus and which Sextus, the commentators cannot determine; but incline to Pyrrhus of Epirus,... | |
 | John Bagnell Bury - 1923 - 512 էջ
...of the Huns expressed the consciousness of his superiority above the rest of mankind, and he had the custom of fiercely rolling his eyes as if he wished to enjoy the terror which he inspired." 7 He was versed in all the arts of diplomacy, but ' According to Socrates, vii. 33 (cp. Theodoret,... | |
 | John Bagnell Bury - 1928 - 318 էջ
...of the Huns expressed the consciousness of his superiority above the rest of mankind, and he had the custom of fiercely rolling his eyes as if he wished to enjoy the terror which he inspired ". Of Attila himself we have, indeed, a clearer impression than of any of the German kings who played... | |
 | Marinus Antony Wes - 1992 - 390 էջ
...shoulders, and a short, square body, of nervous strength, though of a disproportioned form; ... he had the custom of fiercely rolling his eyes, as if he wished to enjoy the terror which he inspired". Gibbon, in turn, has drawn on Jordanes (a chronicler from the sixth century), but has added, of course,... | |
 | Louis Auchincloss - 1996 - 108 էջ
...the king of the Huns expressed the consciousness of his superiority over the rest of mankind, and he had a custom of fiercely rolling his eyes, as if he wished to enjoy the terror which he inspired." His captive kings survived only to be treated as his servants: "They watched his nod; they trembled... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1998 - 1094 էջ
...the king of the Huns expressed the consciousness of his superiority above the rest of mankind; and he had a custom of fiercely rolling his eyes, as if he...considered by his subjects as a just and indulgent master. He delighted in war; but, after he had ascended the throne in a mature age, his head, rather than his... | |
 | Christon I. Archer - 2002 - 648 էջ
...flat nose, a few hairs in the place of a beard, hroad shoulders, and a short square body . . . and he had a custom of fiercely rolling his eyes, as if he wished to enjoy the terror which he inspired." However, apart from holding together the Hunnic confederation and revealing himself as a competent... | |
 | Susan Wise Bauer - 2004 - 408 էջ
...the king of the Huns expressed the consciousness of his superiority above the rest of mankind; and he had a custom of fiercely rolling his eyes, as if he...wished to enjoy the terror which he inspired...." Can you draw a picture of Attila that fits this description? CHAPTER FORTY-TWO The End of Rome UBWH... | |
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