 | 1868 - 872 pages
...yet in avowed authority, a temporal sovereign.' Against the memory of his administration of Rome a charge was formerly made, that in his zeal against...uncertain ; ' and, indeed, the only authority to which Gibbou himself refers, Platina, simply mentions the charge in order to repudiate it. The same, according... | |
 | Ephraim Chambers - 1870 - 852 pages
...against paganism he destroyed tlie ancient temples and other buildings of the pagan city ; but G ibbon confesses that the evidence ' is recent and uncertain...The same, according to Milman, may be said of ' the. ta -le of his having burned the Palatine Library in his hatred of pagan literature, which is now rejected.'... | |
 | 1878 - 866 pages
...yet in avowed authority, a temporal sovereign.' Against the memory of his administration of Eome a charge was formerly made, that in his zeal against...the only authority to which Gibbon himself refers, Platimi, simply mentions the charge in order to repudiate it. The same, according to Milman, may be... | |
 | 1880 - 842 pages
...p.-; ':MH city ; but Gibbon confesses that the evidence -l is recent and uncertain :" and, nid -ed, the only authority to which Gibbon himself refers....mentions the charge in order to repudiate it. The game, according to Milman, may be said of **t.he fable of his having burned the Palatine Library in... | |
 | 1883 - 842 pages
...yet in avowed authority, a tem|x>ral sovereign.' Against the memory of his administration of Rome a charge was formerly made, that in his zeal against...temples and other buildings of the pagan city; but Giblxju confesses that the evidence ' is recent and uncertain ; ' and, indeed, the only authority to... | |
 | 1890 - 986 pages
...yet in avowed authority, a temporal sovereign." Against the memory of his administration of Rome a charge was formerly made, that in his zeal against...himself refers, Platina, simply mentions the charge in older to repudiate it. The same, according to Milman, may be said of "the fable of his having burned... | |
 | 1897 - 844 pages
...yet in avowed authority, a temporal sovereign.' Against the memory of his administration of Rome a charge was formerly made, that in his zeal against...confesses that the evidence ' is recent and uncertain;' aud, indeed, the only authority to which Gibbon himself refers, Platina, mentions the charge in order... | |
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Gibbou himself refers, Platina, simply mentions the charge in order to repudiate it. The same, according to Milman, may be said of 'the fable of his having burned the Palatine Library in his hatred of pagan literature, which is now rejected. 