 Read and wonder !" says the historian himself : and the solitary report of a stranger who wrote at the end of six hundred years on the confines of Media, is overbalanced by the silence of two annalists of a more early date, both Christians, both natives...  Part the first. History of libraries - 60. oldalszerző: Edward Edwards - 1859Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | 1802 - 888 oldal
...public. I trust, therefore, that we shall hear no more of the objection urged by Mr. Gibbon, ' that the solitary ' report of a stranger, who wrote ' at...of six hundred years on ' the confines of Media, is over« ' balanced by the silence of two ' annalists of a more early date, ' both Christians, both natives... | |
 | 1802 - 886 oldal
...public. I trust, therefore, that we shall bear no more of the objection urged by Mr. Gibbon, ' that the solitary ' report of a stranger, who wrote ' at the end of six hundred vears on ' the confines of Media, is ovcr* balanced by the silence of two ' annalists of a more early... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 488 oldal
...consequences. The fact is indeed marvellous ; " Read and wonder ! " says the historian himself: and the solitary report of a stranger who wrote at the...is overbalanced by the silence of two annalists of a more early date, both Christians, both natives of Egypt, and the most ancient of whom, the patriarch... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 546 oldal
...the consequences. The fact is indeed marvellous: " Read and wonder !" says the historian himself; and the solitary report of a stranger, who wrote, at the end of 600 years, on the confines of Media, is overbalanced by the silence of two annalists of a more early... | |
 | Andrew Crichton - 1834 - 432 oldal
...he alleges, who records the catastrophe. Were this statement correct, or did the event rest upon " the solitary report of a stranger who wrote at the end of 600 years," it might stagger our faith in the narrative of the Arminian historian. But the feet does... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1843 - 550 oldal
...marvellous; "Read and wonder!" says the historian himself: and the solitary report of a stranger who wrole at the end of six hundred years on the confines of...is overbalanced by the silence of two annalists of a more early date, both Christians, both natives of Egypt, and the most ancient of whom, the patriarch... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1855 - 496 oldal
...year of the caliph Othman (AD 64U). Weil, vol. ip 137, sqq.— S. AD 038. THE ALEXANDRIAN LIBRARY. 337 solitary report of a stranger who wrote at the end...is overbalanced by the silence of two annalists of a more early date, both Christians, both natives of Egypt, and the most ancient of whom, the patriarch... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1862 - 452 oldal
...aliquid ятати ut Arabibus familiäre est. solitary report of a stranger who wrote at the end of eix hundred years on the confines of Media is overbalanced by the silence of two annalists of a more early date, both Christians, both natives of Egypt, and the most ancient of whom, the patriarch... | |
 | John Gardner Wilkinson - 1867 - 476 oldal
...Gibbon observes, Unit " the solitary report of a stranger (Abulpharagius), who wrote at the end of COO years, on the confines of Media, is overbalanced by the silence of two annalists of n more early date, both Christians, both natives of Egypt, and the most ancient of whom, the patriarch... | |
 | Andrew Crichton - 1868 - 426 oldal
...he alleges, who records the catastrophe. Were this statement correct, or did the event rest upon " the solitary report of a stranger who wrote at the end of 600 years," it might stagger our faith in the narrative of the Arminian historian. But the feet does... | |
| |
