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" Christians set up a shout of joy and exultation, whilst the unfortunate Pagans, whose fury had given way to consternation, retired with hasty and silent steps, and eluded, by their flight or obscurity, the resentment of their enemies. Theophilus proceeded... "
Cities of the World: Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect - Page 74
by Edwin Hodder - 1882
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 3

Edward Gibbon - 1804 - 502 pages
...Pagans, whose fury had given way to consternation, retired with hasty and silent steps, and eluded, by their flight or obscurity, the resentment of their...proved so insuperable, that he was obliged to leave the foundations ; and 43 We may chuse between the date of Marcellinns (AD 389.) or that of Prosper (AD...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 3

Edward Gibbon - 1825 - 512 pages
...Pagans, whose fury had given way to consternation, retired with hasty and silent steps, and eluded, by their flight or obscurity, the resentment of their...those which he found in the weight and solidity of the AD 389 * Tillemont, Mern. Eccles. torn. 11. p. 441 — 500. The ambiguous situation of Theophilus,...
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Egypt, Nubia, and Abyssinia, Volume 1

Josiah Conder - 1827 - 384 pages
...Pagans, whose fury had given way to consternation, retired with hasty and silent steps, and eluded, by their flight or obscurity, the resentment of their...proved so insuperable, that he was obliged to leave the foundations, and to content himself with reducing the edifice itself to a heap of ruins ; a part of...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 3

Edward Gibbon - 1827 - 524 pages
...light of a warrior, but of a prophet. CHAP, eluded, by their flight or obscurity, the resentment '_ of their enemies. Theophilus proceeded to demolish...proved so insuperable, that he was obliged to leave the foundations ; and to content himself with reducing the edifice itself to a heap of rubbish, a part...
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Hand-book for Travellers in Egypt: Including Descriptions of the Course of ...

John Gardner Wilkinson - 1847 - 528 pages
...Pagans, whose fury ! had given way to consternation, retired with hasty and silent steps, and eluded, by their flight or obscurity, the resentment of their...enemies. Theophilus proceeded to demolish the temple of Sarapis, without any other difficulties than those which he found in the weight »nd solidity of the...
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The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire, with ..., Volume 3

Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 504 pages
...Pagans, whose fury had given way to consternation, retired with hasty and silent steps, and eluded, by their flight or obscurity, the resentment of their...proved so insuperable, that he was obliged to leave the foundations, and to content himself with reducing the edifice itself to a heap-of rubbish, a part of...
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A Handbook for Travellers in Egypt: Including Descriptions of the Course of ...

John Gardner Wilkinson - 1867 - 476 pages
...fury had given way to consternation, retired with hasty and silent steps, and eludid, by their tiight or obscurity, the resentment of their enemies. Theophilus proceeded to demolish the temple of Sarapis, without any other difficulty s than those which he found in the weight and solidity of the...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 3

Edward Gibbon - 1871 - 672 pages
...Pagans, whose fury had given way to consternation, retired with hasty and silent steps, and eluded, by their flight or obscurity, the resentment of their...in the weight and solidity of the materials : but theso obstacles proved so insuperable, that he was obliged to leave the foundations; and to content...
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The Prophetical History of the Church and the World: from the Revelation ...

Edwin Heycock - 1872 - 518 pages
...by their flight or obscurity the resentment of their enemies. Theophilus, the Bishop of Alexandria, proceeded to demolish the temple of Serapis, without...the weight and solidity of the materials. But these objects proved so insuperable, that he was obliged to leave the foundations and to content himself...
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A Handbook for Travellers in Egypt: Including Descriptions of the Course of ...

John Murray (Firm), Sir John Gardner Wilkinson, John Gardner Wilkinson - 1873 - 546 pages
...fury had given way to consternation, retired with hasty and silent steps, anil eluded, by their Bight or obscurity, the resentment of their enemies. Theophilus...proved so insuperable, that he was obliged to leave the foundations, and to content himself with reducing the edifice itself to a heap of rubbish ; a part...
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