 | Edward Gibbon - 1781 - 418 pagina’s
...c. .t4. Grandeur et Decat!ence> &c. des Romain;, c. 17.) age (57). A fabulous origin was affigned, worthy of their form and manners ; that the witches...their foul and deadly practices, had been driven from fociety, had copulated in the defert with infernal fpirits ; and that the Huns were the offspring of... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1804 - 502 pagina’s
...destitute of beards, they never enjoyed either the manly graces of youth, or the venerable aspect of age.*7 A fabulous origin was assigned worthy of their form...had been driven. from society, had copulated in the desart with infernal spirits ; and that the Huns were the offspring of this execrable conjunction."... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1811 - 464 pagina’s
...destitute of beards, they never enjoyed either the manly graces of youth, or the venerable aspect of age.1 A fabulous origin was assigned worthy of their form...been driven from society, had copulated in the desert with1 infernal spirits ; and that the Huns were the offspring of this execrable conjunction."1 The... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1816 - 498 pagina’s
...either the manly graces of youth, or the venerable aspect of age". A fabulous origin was assigned wortby of their form and manners; that the witches of Scythia,...that the Huns were the offspring of this execrable conjunction". The tale, so full of horror and absurdity, was greedily embraced by the credulous hatred... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1820 - 460 pagina’s
...facies ; habensque magis puncta quam lumina. See Bufibu, Hist. Naturelle, torn tii, p. 'MO. CHAP signed worthy of their form and manners ; that the witches...that the Huns were the offspring of this execrable conjunction.™ The tale, so full of horror and absurdity, was greedily embraced by the credulous hatred... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1843 - 486 pagina’s
...of beards, they never enjoyed either the manly graces of youth, or the venerable aspect of age. (57) -A fabulous origin was assigned worthy of their form and manners ; that the witches ot Scythia, who, for their foul and deadly practices, had been driven from society, had copulated in... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1846 - 604 pagina’s
...in the head ; and as they were almost destitute of beards, they never enjoyed either the manly grace of youth, or the venerable aspect of age.57 A fabulous...that the Huns were the offspring of this execrable conjunction. 5s The tale, so full of horror and absurdity, was greedily embraced by the credulous hatred... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1850 - 672 pagina’s
...in the head ; and as they were almost destitute of beards, they never enjoyed either the manly grace of youth, or the venerable aspect of age.57 A fabulous...worthy of their form and manners ; that the witches of Scytbia, who, for their foul and deadly practices, had been driven from society, had copulated in the... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1860 - 808 pagina’s
...small black eyes, deeply buried in the head. "A fabulous origin was assigned to them," says Gibbon, " worthy of their form and manners : that the •witches...that the Huns were the offspring of this execrable conjunction. The tale, so full of horror and absurdity, was greedily embraced by the credulous terror... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1860 - 808 pagina’s
...assigned to them," says Gibbon, " worthy of their form and manners : that the witches of Scytliin, who for their foul and deadly practices had been driven...spirits ; and that the Huns were the offspring of this execrableconjunction. The tale, so full of horror and absurdity, was greedily embraced by the credulous... | |
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A fabulous origin was assigned worthy of their form and manners — that the witches of Scythia, who, for their foul and deadly practices, had been driven from society, had copulated in the desert with infernal spirits, and that the Huns were the offspring... 
