 ... a water-clock, or a sphere which represented the motions of the planets. From these abstruse speculations, Boethius stooped, or, to speak more truly, he rose to the social duties of public and private life : the indigent were relieved by his liberality...  The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - 第 45 頁Edward Gibbon 著 - 1806完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | 1804 - 496 頁
...rose to the social duties of public and private life : the indigent were relieved by his liberality ; and his eloquence, which flattery might compare to...innocence and humanity. Such conspicuous merit was feit and rewarded by a discerning prince ; the dignity of Boethius was adorned with ihe titles of consul... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 486 頁
...rose to the social duties of public and private life: the indigent were relieved by his liberality ; and his eloquence, which flattery might compare to...uniformly exerted in the cause of innocence and humanity. CHAP. Such conspicuous merit was felt and rewarded by a _J^il_ discerning prince; the dignity of Boethius... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 440 頁
...— to the social duties of public and private life ; the indigent were relieved by his liberality, and his eloquence, which flattery might compare to...of master of the offices. Notwithstanding the equal claims of the East and West, his two sons were created, in their tender youth, the consuls of the same... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 458 頁
...rose to the social duties of public and private life: the indigent were relieved by his liberality; and his eloquence, which flattery might compare to...in the important station of Master of the Offices." Being suspected of some participation in a plot against Theodoric , he was confined in the tower of... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 472 頁
...rose to the social duties of public and private life : the indigent were relieved by his liberality ; and his eloquence, which flattery might compare to...in the important station of Master of the Offices." Being suspected of some participation in a plot against Theodoric, he was confined in the tower of... | |
 | 1867 - 1012 頁
...classes of his countrymen looked for the redress of their grievances. " His eloquence," says Gibbon, " which flattery might compare to the voice of Demosthenes...uniformly exerted in the cause of innocence and humanity." His virtues made him popular with the people, and his talents rendered him serviceable to Theodoric,... | |
 | 1867 - 1186 頁
...classes of his countrymen looked for the redress of their grievances. " His eloquence," says Gibbon, " which flattery might compare to the voice of Demosthenes...exerted in the cause of innocence and humanity.'* His virtues made him popular with the people, and his talents rendered him serviceable to Theodoric,... | |
 | Boethius, Richard Morris - 1868 - 254 頁
...rose to the social duties of public and private life : the indigent were relieved by his liberality ; and his eloquence, which flattery might compare to...of master of the offices. Notwithstanding the equal claims of the East and West, his two sons were created, in their tender youth, the consuls of the same... | |
 | Frederic Madden, Walter William Skeat - 1868 - 470 頁
...rose to the social duties of public and private life : the indigent were relieved by his liberality ; and his eloquence, which flattery might compare to...of master of the offices. Notwithstanding the equal claims of the East and West, his two sons were created, in their tender youth, the consuls of the same... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1870 - 508 頁
...rose to the social duties of public and private life : the indigent were relieved by his liberality ; and his eloquence, which flattery might compare to...in the important station of Master of the Offices." Being suspected of some participation in a plot against Theodoric, he was confined in the tower of... | |
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