 Life; yet running perhaps the same Course, which Rome itself had run before it; from virtuous Industry to Wealth; from Wealth to Luxury; from Luxury to an Impatience of Discipline and Corruption of Morals; till by a total Degeneracy and loss of Virtue,...  The London Magazine Enlarged and Improved - Page 2121784Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843 - 560 pages
...life ; yet running perhaps the same course which Rome itself had run before it, from virtuous industry to wealth ; from wealth to luxury ; from luxury to an impatience of discipline, and corruption rf morals : till, by a total degeneracy and loss of virtue, being grown ripe for destruction, it fall... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 1070 pages
...Did the conquerors heap run before it, from virtuous industry to wealth ; and from wealth to Injury; from luxury to an impatience of discipline, and corruption of morals : till, by a total degeneracy and loss of virtue, being grown ripe for destruction, it fall a prey at last to some hardy oppressor, and,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 886 pages
...life ; yet running perhaps the same course which Rome itself had run before it, from virtuous .ndustry to wealth : from wealth to luxury ; from luxury to...corruption of morals : till, by a total degeneracy and loss of virtue, being srown ripe for destruction, it fall n prey at last to some hardy oppressor, and,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 524 pages
...Parthi. running, perhaps, the same course which Rome itself had run before it ; from virtuous industry to wealth ; from wealth to luxury ; from luxury to...corruption of morals ; till, by a total degeneracy and loss of virtue, being grown ripe for destruction, it falls a prey at last to some hardy oppressor,... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1848 - 882 pages
...gave me a good deal of uneasiness. And which Rome itself had run before it ; from virtuous industry to wealth ; from wealth to luxury ; from luxury to...corruption of morals ; till, by a total degeneracy and loss of virtue, being gruwn ripe for destruction, it falls a prey at last to some hardy «|>pre**4>r.... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - 1850 - 196 pages
...life; yet running, perhaps, the same course which Rome itself had run before it, from virtuous industry to wealth.; from wealth to luxury ; from luxury to...corruption of morals ; till by a total degeneracy and loss of virtue, being grown ripe for destruction, it falls a prey at last to some hardy oppressor,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1851 - 352 pages
...; yet running, perhaps, the same course which Rome itself had run before it, from virtuous industry to wealth ; from wealth to luxury; from luxury to...corruption of morals : till, by a total degeneracy and loss of virtue, being grown ripe for destruction, it fall a prey at last to some hardy oppressor, and,... | |
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - 1853 - 572 pages
...; yet running perbaps the same course, which Rome itself had run before it; from virtuous industry to wealth ; from wealth to luxury; from luxury to...corruption of morals: till, by a total degeneracy and loss of virtue, brinu grown ripe i'or destruction, it falls a prev at last to some hardy oppressor,... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - 1853 - 248 pages
...yet running, perhaps, the same course which Eome itself had. run before it, from virtuous industry to wealth; from wealth to luxury ; from luxury to...corruption of morals ; till by a total degeneracy and loss of virtue, being grown ripe for destruction, it falls a prey at last to some hardy oppressor,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1126 pages
...life ; yet running perhaps the same course which Rome itself had run before it, from virtuous industry breeze crept moaning by— I could have answer'd with...away — And I could neither sigh nor pray ; And loss of virtue, being grown ripe for destruction, it fall a prey at last to some hardy oppressor, and,... | |
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