 | Historical miscellany - 1774 - 352 pages
...circumftance which prevented the effects of them from being as extenfive as they ought to have been. All the languages in Europe, during the period under review *, were barbarous. They were deflitute of elegance, offeree, and even of perfpicuity. No attempt had been hitherto made to improve... | |
 | William Robertson - 1777 - 530 pages
...premie ex'ten- vcnced the effects of them from being as extenfive five' as they ought to have been. All the languages in Europe, during the period under review, were barbarous. They were deftitute of elegance, of force, and even of perfpicuity. No attempt had been hitherto made to improve... | |
 | William Robertson - Europe - 1777 - 444 pages
...them from being as exbeing more * r . . . . * ni extenfive. tenfive as they ought to have been. All the languages in Europe, during the period under review, were barbarous. They were deftitute of elegance, of force, and even of perfpicuity. No attempt had been hitherto made to improve... | |
 | 716 pages
...circumftance which prevented the effects of them frombeing as extenfive as they ought to have been. All the languages in Europe, during the period under review *, were barbarous, They were deditute of elegance, of force, and even of perfpicuity. * From the fubverfion of the Roman empire... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1790 - 1058 pages
...circumftance which prevented the cftecb of them from being as extenii ve as they ought to hi ve been. All the languages in Europe, during the period under review », were barbarous, They were deilitute of elegance, of force, and even, of perfpicuity. No attempt had * From the fubverfion cf... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1792 - 494 pages
...cireuniftanc« which prevented the effects of them from being as cxtenfu e as they ought to have been. All the languages in Europe, during the period under review •' , were barbarous. They were deftitutc of elegance, of force, and even of perfpicuity . No attempt had been hitherto made to improve... | |
 | William Robertson - America - 1813 - 598 pages
...extensive as they naturally more <*-"* ought to have been. All the languages in Europe, during t«i,;v«. the period under review, were barbarous ; they were...by the church to religion ; custom, with authority scarqely less sacred, had appropriated it to literature. All the sciences cultivated in the twelfth... | |
 | William Robertson - America - 1813 - 596 pages
...languages in Europe, during t u».ve. the period under review, were barbarous ; they were dest'tute of elegance, of force, and even of perspicuity ; no...made to improve or to polish them. The Latin tongue ivas consecrated by the church to religion ; custom, with authority scarcely less sacred, had appropriated... | |
 | David Ramsay - World history - 1819 - 356 pages
...prevented these first efforts from being as extensive as they ought to have been. All the languages ID Europe, during the period under review, were barbarous....They were destitute of elegance, of force, and even perspicuity. The Latin tongue was consecrated by the church to religion. Custom had appropriated it... | |
 | William Robertson - Europe - 1836 - 662 pages
...which prevented the effects of them from being as extensive as they naturally ought to have been. All the languages in Europe, during the period under review,...religion. Custom, with authority scarcely less sacred, baa appropriated it to literature. All the sciences cultivated in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries... | |
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... ought to have been. All the languages in Europe, during the period under review, were barbarous ; they were destitute of elegance, of force, and even of perspicuity. No attempt had been hitherto made to improve or to polish them. The Latin tongue... 
