 ... directed the vengeance of the cruel Aurelian. The fame of Longinus, who was included among the numerous and perhaps innocent victims of her fear, will survive that of the queen who betrayed, or the tyrant who condemned him.  Solitude - Page 43de Johann Georg Zimmermann - 1805Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | John Platts - 1825 - 706 pages
...place hi the year 273. Gibbon observes, on this circumstance, that the fame of Longinus will survive that of the queen who betrayed, or the tyrant who condemned him. Genius and learning were incapable of moving a fierce unlettered soldier, but they had served to elevate aud harmonize the soul of Longinus.... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 512 pages
...l.onginus, who was included among the numerous and perhaps innocent victims ol her fear, will survive that of the queen who betrayed, or the tyrant who condemned him. (nonius and learning were incapable of moving a fierce unlettered soldier, but they had served to elevate... | |
 | 1832 - 670 pages
...Louginus, who was included among the numerous and perhaps innocent victims of her fear, will survive that of the queen who betrayed, or the tyrant who condemned him. Genius and learning were incapable of moving a fierce unlettered soldier, but they had served to elevate and harmonize the soul of Longinus.... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 1304 pages
...Longinus, who was included among the numerous and perhaps innocent victims of her fear, will survive that of the queen who betrayed, or the tyrant who condemned him. Genius and k-arning were incapable of moving a fierce unkttcred soldier, but they had served to elevate and harmonise... | |
 | Charles Greenstreet Addison - 1838 - 290 pages
...putavi." — Trebelliue Follio in I Ir : . August " The fame of Longinus," remarks Gibbon, " will survive that of the Queen who betrayed, or the tyrant who condemned him." He was esteemed the first critic of his age, but nearly all his works have perished. A few fragments... | |
 | Charles Greenstreet Addison - 1838 - 518 pages
...submitted himself to the stroke of the executioner. " The fame of Longinus," remarks Gibbon, " will survive that of the Queen who betrayed, or the tyrant who condemned him." He was esteemed the first critic of his age, but nearly all his works have perished. A few fragments... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 466 pages
...Longinus, who was included among the numerous and perhaps innocent victims of her fear, will survive that of the queen who betrayed, or the tyrant who condemned him. Genius and learning were incapable of moving a fierce unlettered soldier, but they had served to elevate and harmonise the soul of Longinus.... | |
 | Mrs. Octavius Freire Owen Owen - 1854 - 426 pages
...exasperating letter of defiance. It has been observed, that "the fame of this great man will survive that of the queen who betrayed, or the tyrant who condemned him." Certain it is, that the calmness of the sufferer, previous to his execution, was no less a great reproach... | |
 | William Robson - 1855 - 684 pages
...The fame of Longinus, who was included amongst the perhaps innocent victims of her fear, will survive that of the queen who betrayed, or the tyrant who condemned him. Genius and learning were incapable of moving a fierce unlettered soldier, but they had served to elevate and harmonize the soul of Longinus.... | |
 | Philip Smith - 1864 - 1096 pages
...Palmyra, is an indelible blot on Aurelian's renown. " The fame of Longinus," says Gibbon, " will survive that of the queen who betrayed, or the tyrant who condemned, him. Genius and learning were incapable of moving a fierce and unlettered soldier, but they had served to elevate and harmonize the soul of... | |
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