 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1806 - 494 pages
...gratefully style Herodes Atticus their patron and benefactor ** In the coHHtionwealtJis of Athetis and Rome, the modest simplicity of private houses...announced the equal condition of freedom; whilst the so- public UK ( vereignty of the people was represented in the Sre°' majestic edifices destined to... | |
 | 1819 - 596 pages
...Greece, and we shall give the parallel in the words of the historian of Rome. ' In the commonwealths of Athens and Rome, the modest simplicity of private...the people was represented in the majestic edifices designed to the public use ; nor was this republican spirit totally extinguished by the introduction... | |
 | Sir William Gell, John Peter Gandy - Extinct cities - 1821 - 496 pages
...referred to page 210. This temple brings to our recollection a passage of Gibbon; who remarks, that "In the commonwealth of Athens and Rome, the modest...whilst the sovereignty of the people was represented by the majestice difices dest1ned to public use.'' The part to the right had perhaps a second order,... | |
 | Sir William Gell - Pompeii (Extinct city) - 1824 - 268 pages
...referred to page 210. This temple brings to our recollection a passage of Gibbon; who remarks, that "In the commonwealth of Athens and Rome, the modest...equal condition of freedom ; whilst the sovereignty of tie people was represented by the majestice difices destined to public use." The part to the right... | |
 | Theology - 1829 - 742 pages
...the coast of the Mediterranean and the banks of the Nile, from ancient Troy to " In the commonwealths of Athens and Rome, the modest simplicity of private houses announced the equal condition of freedom ; whilstthe sovereignty of thu people was represented in th'; majestic edifices destined to the public... | |
 | Samuel Whitcomb (jr.) - Art and state - 1833 - 78 pages
...freedom and general prosperity, still producing the same glorious results. According to Mr. Gibbon, the modest simplicity of private houses, announced...was represented in the MAJESTIC EDIFICES destined for THE PUBLIC USE. 22 Wealth had not yet become entirely monopolized by patricians; senators or emperors... | |
 | Lives - 1833 - 588 pages
...Athens and Rome the modes and simplicity of private houses announced the equal condition of freemen, whilst the sovereignty of the people was represented in the majestic edifices designed to the public use ; every part of the empire was fitted with ample theatres, temples, porticoes,... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - Biography - 1833 - 584 pages
...Athens and Rome the modes and simplicity of private houses announced the equal condition of freemen, whilst the sovereignty of the people was represented in the majestic edifices designed to the public use ; every part of the empire was fitted with ample theatres, temples, porticoes,... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - Biography - 1833 - 584 pages
...Athens and Rome the modes and simplicity of private houses announced the equal condition of freemen, whilst the sovereignty of the people was represented in the majestic edifices designed to the public use; every part of the empire was fitted with ample theatres, temples, porticoes,... | |
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In the commonwealths of Athens and Rome, the modest simplicity of private houses announced the equal condition of freedom ; whilst the sovereignty of the people was represented in the majestic edifices destined to the public use : nor was this republican... 
