 | Aulus Gellius - 1795 - 454 페이지
...filver ; and the meaneft Roman could purchafe, with a fmall copper coin, the daily enjoyment of a fcene of pomp and luxury, which might excite the envy of the kings of Afia. From thefe ftately palaces iffued a fwarm of dirty and ragged plebeians, without fhoes.and without... | |
 | Aulus Gellius - 1795 - 454 페이지
...fdver ; and the meancft Roman could purchafe, with a /mall copper coin, the daily enjoyment of a fcene of pomp and luxury, which might excite the envy of the kings of Afia. From thefe ftately palaces iflued a fwarm of dirty and ragged plebeians, without fhoes, and without... | |
 | 1806 - 630 페이지
...use the language of Gibbon, " the meanest citizen could purchase with a small copper coin, the _daily enjoyment of a scene of pomp and luxury, which might excite the envy of the kings of Asia." For the structure of such costly edifices we must, therefore, interest the philanthropy which so eminently... | |
 | John Gustavus Lemaistre - 1806 - 400 페이지
...his homilies to the people cious basins, through so many wide mouths of bright and massy silver : and the meanest Roman could purchase with a small copper...which might excite the envy of the kings of Asia. From these stately palaces issued a swarm of dirty and ragged plebeians, without shoes and without... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 460 페이지
...was poured into the capacious basons, through so many wide mouths of bright and massy silver ; and the meanest Roman could purchase, with a small copper...luxury, which might excite the envy of the kings of Asia f. From these stately palaces issued a swarm of dirty and ragged plebeians, without shoes, and without... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 486 페이지
...water was poured into the capacious basons, through so many wide mouths of bright and massy silver; and the meanest Roman could purchase, with a small copper coin, the daily enjoyment * Olympiodor. apud Phot. p. 197. of a scene of pomp and luxury, which might excite CHAP. the envy of... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1831 - 468 페이지
...was poured into the capacious basins, through so many wide mouths of bright and massy silver ; and the meanest Roman could purchase, with a small copper...luxury, which might excite the envy of the kings of Asia.(58) From these stately palaces issued a swarm of dirty and ragged plebeians, without shoes, ana... | |
 | Thomas Moule - 1833 - 204 페이지
...2 was poured into capacious basins through many wide mouths of bright and massy silver, displaying a scene of pomp and luxury which might excite the envy of the kings of Asia1. Wilkins, in his translation of Vitruvius, says there is perhaps no instance remaining of Roman... | |
 | 1844 - 312 페이지
...respectability, by a more equal disi tribution of the national wealth, the Goth would never have dared to bring the weakness of barbarism into hostile contact with...happiness. In the crowded dwellings of the city, the * Gibbon, chap. xxii. wives and children of the plebeians were suffering every privation, amid which... | |
 | JAMES WHITESIDE - 1848 - 412 페이지
...water was poured into the capacious basins through so many wide mouths of bright and massy silver; and the meanest Roman could purchase, with a small copper...which might excite the envy of the kings of Asia. From these stately palaces issued a swarm of dirty and ragged plebeians, without shoes and without... | |
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Numidia; the perpetual stream of hot water was poured into the capacious basins through so many wide mouths of bright and massy silver; and the meanest Roman could purchase, with a small copper coin, the daily enjoyment of a scene of pomp and luxury which... 
