The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings, 1. köideJ. Murray, 1814 |
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... Nardini , translated into Latin by Tollius , and inserted in the fourth volume of Grævius's Roman Antiquities , which Mr. Pa- villard borrowed for me from the public library of Geneva . This work is much valued by the learn- ed ; though ...
... Nardini , translated into Latin by Tollius , and inserted in the fourth volume of Grævius's Roman Antiquities , which Mr. Pa- villard borrowed for me from the public library of Geneva . This work is much valued by the learn- ed ; though ...
Page 314
... Nardini is very happy in explaining the famous passage of Pliny , which treats of the twelve gates ; and which ought not to be reckoned more , since we learn from two passages of Cicero and Livy , that several of the Roman gates had two ...
... Nardini is very happy in explaining the famous passage of Pliny , which treats of the twelve gates ; and which ought not to be reckoned more , since we learn from two passages of Cicero and Livy , that several of the Roman gates had two ...
Page 315
... answer to the famous book of Collins , full of learning and scurrility ; in the latter of which the author is outdone by his translator and critic . Sept. Sept. 19 . ] - I read Nardini , l EXTRAITS DE MON JOURNAL . 315.
... answer to the famous book of Collins , full of learning and scurrility ; in the latter of which the author is outdone by his translator and critic . Sept. Sept. 19 . ] - I read Nardini , l EXTRAITS DE MON JOURNAL . 315.
Page 316
... Nardini , l . ii . c . i , ii , iii . p . 949 -961 . After fixing the limits of the city , he de- scribes the seven hills which they included . The reverse of this method would perhaps have been more natural . He explains very clearly ...
... Nardini , l . ii . c . i , ii , iii . p . 949 -961 . After fixing the limits of the city , he de- scribes the seven hills which they included . The reverse of this method would perhaps have been more natural . He explains very clearly ...
Page 320
... Nardini's system would give but 360,000 inhabitants to the capital of the world ; whereas Grævius's hypothesis would require four or five millions : both which numbers seem to me highly improbable . 5. As to the 1800 houses , domus ...
... Nardini's system would give but 360,000 inhabitants to the capital of the world ; whereas Grævius's hypothesis would require four or five millions : both which numbers seem to me highly improbable . 5. As to the 1800 houses , domus ...
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