 They amuse the mind by the remembrance of old words and the portrait of ancient manners; they inculcate the soundest principles of government and morals; and I am not afraid to affirm, that the brief composition of the Decemvirs surpasses in genuine value...  The Attic Nights of Aulus Gellius - Page 404by Aulus Gellius - 1795 - 438 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1788 - 358 pages
...remembrance of old words and the portrait of *' ancient manners : they inculcate the foundeft " principles of government and morals ; and I " am not afraid to affirm, that the brief com" pofition of the Decemvirs furpafles in genuine " value the libraries of Grecian philofophy. "... | |
 | Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan (bart.) - Philosophy - 1794 - 464 pages
...remembrance of old words, and the portrait of ancient manners ; they inculcate the soundest principles of government and morals ; and I am not afraid to affirm, that the brief composition of the de"cemviri surpasses in genuine value the libraries of Grecian philosophy."* The... | |
 | 1821 - 608 pages
...this feeling. Speaking of the Twelve Tables, he says, ' They inculcate the ' soundest principles of government and morals ; and I am not ' afraid to affirm, that the brief composition of the Decemvirs ' surpasses in general value the libraries of Grecian philosophy. ' To... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1806 - 410 pages
...words and the portrait of ancient manners ; " they inculcate the soundest principles of govern* u ment and morals ; and I am not afraid to affirm, " that the brief composition of the Decemvirs " surpasses in genuine value the libraries of Grecian *' philosophy. How... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 546 pages
...remembrance of old words and the portrait of " ancient manners ; they inculcate^the soundest prin" ciples of government and morals; and I am not " afraid to affirm, that the brief composition of the " Decemvirs surpasses in genuine value the libraries " of Grecian philosophy. How... | |
 | American literature - 1855 - 602 pages
...remembrance of old words and the portraits of ancient manners ; they inculcate the soundest principles of government and morals ; and I am not afraid to affirm, that the brief composition of the Decemvirs surpasses in genuine value the libraries of Grecian philosophy." When... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 pages
...remembrance of old words and the portrait of ancient manners ; they inculcate the soundest principles of government and morals ; and I am not afraid to affirm, that the brief composition of the decemvirs surpasses in genuine value the libraries of Grecian philosophy. "How admirable,"... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 440 pages
...words, and the portrait of " ancient manners ; they inculcate the soundest principles of govern" ment and morals ; and I am not afraid to affirm that the brief com" position of the Decemvirs surpasses in genuine value the libraries ** of Grecian philosophy. How... | |
 | Robert Blakey - Political Science - 1855 - 558 pages
...remembrance of old words, and portraits of ancient manners ; they inculcate the soundest principles of government and morals ; and I am not afraid to affirm that the brief composition of the decemviri surpasses in genuine value the libraries of Grecian philosophy. How admirable... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1855 - 588 pages
...remembrance of old words and the portraits of ancient manners ; they inculcate the soundest principles of government and morals ; and I am not afraid to affirm, that the brief composition of the Decemvirs surpasses in genuine value the libraries of Grecian philosophy." When... | |
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