 | Catherine Laura Johnstone - 1860 - 504 стор.
...Gibbon, " expressed the consciousness of his superiority over the rest of mankind ; and he had a habit of fiercely rolling his eyes, as if he wished to enjoy...terror which he inspired. Yet this savage hero was not * Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." ; t Herbert, in his " Attila," lias thus versifled... | |
 | Dawson Massy - 1863 - 522 стор.
...disproportioned form. His haughty step expressed his consciousness of peculiar genius, and of superior force ; and he had a custom of fiercely rolling his eyes,...inaccessible to pity ; his suppliant enemies might safely depend upon his promise of pardon ; and his crafty Lead confirmed the conquests made by his... | |
 | Edward Isidore Sears - 1867 - 450 стор.
...warrior. " The haughty step and demeanor of the King of the Huns," he says, "expressed the consciousness of his superiority above the rest of mankind / and...by his subjects as a just and indulgent master."* These are the features which please the Hungarians; they say that Attila was brave and generous ; that... | |
 | Edward Isidore Sears, David Allyn Gorton, Charles H. Woodman - 1867 - 450 стор.
...de origine prima sede et lingua Hungarorum.—T. Thomas, f Decline and Fall of HE, vol. iii, p. 389. had a custom of fiercely rolling his eyes, as if he...by his subjects as a just and indulgent master."* These are the features which please the Hungarians; they say that Attila was brave and generous; that... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 434 стор.
...disproportioned form. The haughty step and demeanor of the King *of the Huns expressed the consciousness of his superiority above ' the rest of mankind ; and...he wished to enjoy the terror which he inspired." 135. Which Pyrrhus and which 269 Sextus, the commentators cannot determine ; but incline to Pyrrhus... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 454 стор.
...disproportioned form. The haughty step and demeanor of the King of the Huns expressed the consciousness of his superiority above the rest of mankind; and...he wished to enjoy the terror which he inspired." 135. Which Pyrrhus and which Sextus, the commentators cannot determine ; but incline to Pyrrhus of... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1870 - 486 стор.
...disproportioned form. The haughty step and demeanor of the King of the Huns expressed the consciousness of his superiority above the rest of mankind ; and...he wished to enjoy the terror which he inspired." 135. Which Pyrrhus and which Sextus, the commentators cannot determine ; but incline to Pyrrhus of... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1870 - 480 стор.
...disproportioned form. The haughty step and demeanor of the King of the Huns expressed the consciousness of his superiority above the rest of mankind ; and he had a custom of fiercely rolling his-eyes, as if he wished to enjoy the terror which he inspired." 135. Which Pyrrhus and which Sextus,... | |
 | John Henry Newman - 1872 - 474 стор.
...eyebrows, and are partly covered by the eyelid. Now Attila, this writer continues, " had a custom of rolling his eyes, as if he wished to enjoy the terror which he had inspired ; " yet, strange to say, all this was so far from being thought a deformity by his people,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1875 - 672 стор.
...disproportioned form. The haughty step and demeanor of the king of the Huns expressed the consciousness of his superiority above the rest of mankind ; and...suppliant enemies might confide in the assurance of peace ot pardon ; and Attila was considered by his subjects as a just and indulgent master. He delighted... | |
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... a large head, a swarthy complexion, small, deep-seated eyes, a flat nose, a few hairs in the place of a beard, broad shoulders, and a short square body, of nervous strength, though of a disproportioned form. The haughty step and... 
