 | Publius Cornelius Tacitus - 1831 - 364 pages
...natural genius, rising superior to the attainments of the Gauls. The consequence was, that they, who had always disdained the Roman language, began to cultivate...Roman apparel was seen without prejudice, and the toga ancient houses are still to be seen. His third chapter is an elaborate dissertation on a Roman temple,... | |
 | Philip Miller - 1834 - 250 pages
...natural genius, rising superior to the attainments of the Gauls. The consequence was, that they who had always disdained the Roman language began to cultivate...By degrees the charms of vice gained admission to thcir hearts ; baths, porticos, and elegant banquets grew into vogue ; and the new manners, which in... | |
 | 1836 - 440 pages
...natural genius, rising superior to the attainments of the Gauls. The consequence was, that they who had always disdained the Roman language, began to cultivate...charms of vice gained admission to their hearts: baths, and porticos, and elegant banquets, grew into vogue ; and the new manners, which, in fact, served only... | |
 | William Blackwood - 1841 - 646 pages
...natural genius, rising superior to the attainments of the Gauls. The consequence was, that they who had always disdained the Roman language began to cultivate...fashionable part of dress. By degrees the charms of rice gained admission to their hearts; baths, porticos, and elegant banquets grew into vogue; and the... | |
 | Francis Thackeray - 1843 - 388 pages
...idque apud imperitos humanitas vocabatur, cum pars servitutis esset."—TACIT. Fit. Agric. c. 21. " By degrees, the charms of vice gained admission to their "hearts: baths and porticoes and elegant banquets grew into " vogue; and the new manners, which in fact served only... | |
 | Robert Vaughan - 1859 - 668 pages
...revolution in taste and manners thus brought about that Tacitus writes in the following terms : — ' The Roman apparel was seen without prejudice, and...charms of vice gained admission to their 'hearts; baths and porticos and elegant banquets grew ' into vogue ; and the new manners, which, in fact, ' served... | |
 | Robert Vaughan - 1860 - 596 pages
...the revolution in taste and manners thus brought about that Tacitus writes in the following terms : ' The Roman apparel was seen without prejudice, and...of vice gained admission to their hearts ; baths, and porticos and elegant banquets grew into vogue ; and the new manners, which, in fact, served only... | |
 | 1863 - 344 pages
...concupiscerent; inde etiam habitus nostri honor, et frequens toga." [The consequence was, that they who had always disdained the Roman language, began to cultivate...and the toga became a fashionable part of dress.] But the British overgrew the Latin, and continues yet in Wales, and some villages of Cornwall, mingled... | |
 | Cuthbert William Johnson - 1869 - 1296 pages
...natural genius, rising superior to the attainments of the Gauls. The consequence was, that they who had always disdained the Roman language began to cultivate...banquets grew into vogue ; and the new manners, which m l'act served only to sweeten slaver)', were by the unsuspecting Britons called the arts of polished... | |
 | Thomas Nicholas - 1868 - 676 pages
..." encouraged the natives to build temples, courts of justice, and commodious dwelling-houses. . . . The Roman apparel was seen without prejudice, and the toga became a fashionable part of dress Baths, porticoes, and elegant banquets grew into vogue," &c. Tacitus, Vit. Agric, 2 1 . But all was... | |
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The consequence was, that they who had always disdained the Roman language, began to cultivate its beauties. The Roman apparel was seen without prejudice, and the toga became a fashionable part of dress. By degrees the charms of vice gained admission... 
