| Edward Gibbon - 1788 - 470 pages
...repeating his vows for the profperity of Rome, he knelt before the throne and received from the feuator a laurel crown, with a more- precious declaration, " This is the reward of merit." The people fhouted, " Long life to the Capitol and the " poet !'' A fonnet in praile of Rome was accepted as the... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1789 - 372 pages
...the profpcrity of Rome , c HA P. he knelt before the throne and received from the fenator a laurcl crown ," with a more precious declaration , " This is the reward of merit. " The people (homed , " Long life to the Capitol and " the poet! " A fonnet in praife of Rome was accepted as the... | |
| Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 434 pages
...repeating hie vows for the prosperity of Rome, he knelt before the throne, and received from the fenator a laurel crown, with a more precious declaration, ' This is the reward of merit." The people fhouted, ' Long life to the Capitel and the pott !' A fgnnct in praife of Rome was accepted as the... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 512 pages
...repeating his vows for the prosperity of Rome, he knelt before the throne and received from the senator a laurel crown, with a more precious declaration,...wreath was suspended before the shrine of St. Peter. In the act of diploma 14 which was presented to Petrarch, the title and prerogatives of poetlaureat... | |
| David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1809 - 448 pages
...repeating his vows for the prosperity of Rome, he knelt before the throne, andreceived from the senator a laurel crown, with a more precious declaration ;...wreath was suspended before the shrine of St. Peter. In the act, or diploma, which was presented to Petrarch, the title and prerogatives of Poet Laureat... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 560 pages
...prosperity of Rome, he knelt before the throne, and received from the senator a laurel crown, with the declaration, " This is the reward of merit." The people...the whole procession had visited the Vatican, the wreath was suspended before the shrine of St. Peter. In the act of diploma, which was presented to... | |
| Charles Buck - 1815 - 430 pages
...repeating his vows for the prosperity of Rome, he knelt before the throne, and received from the senator a laurel crown, with a more precious declaration,...the whole procession had visited the Vatican, the wreath was suspended before the shrine of St. Peter. In the act or diploma which was presented to Petrarch... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1816 - 498 pages
...repeating his vows for the prosperity of Rome, he knelt before the throne and received from the senator a laurel crown, with a more precious declaration,...Vatican, the profane wreath was suspended before the shriue of St. Peter. In the act of diploma14 which was presented to Petrarch, the v title and prerogatives... | |
| Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 pages
...repeating his vows for the prosperity of Rome, he knelt before the throne, and received from the senator a laurel crown, with a more precious declaration —...wreath was suspended before the shrine of St. Peter. In the act or diploma, which was presented to Petrarch, the title and prerogatives of poet laureat... | |
| New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 406 pages
...repeating his vows for the prosperity of Rome, he knelt before the throne, and received from the senator a laurel crown, with a more precious declaration —...wreath was suspended before the shrine of St. Peter. In the act or diploma, which was presented to Petrarch, the title and prerogatives of poet laureat... | |
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