 | Edward Gibbon - 1792 - 474 pages
...Suevi, the Vandals, the Alani, and the Burgundians, •who never afterwards retreated, may be confidered as the fall of the Roman empire in the countries beyond the Alps ; and the barriers, which had fo long feparated the favage and the civilifed nations of the earth, were from... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 458 pages
...contest. The victorious confederates pursued their march, and on the last day of the year, in a season when the waters of the Rhine were most probably frozen,...empire in the countries beyond the Alps ; and the barriers, which had so long separated the savage and the civilised nations of the earth, were from... | |
 | William Cuninghame - 1817 - 444 pages
...victorious confederates pur" sued their march ; and on the last day of the year, " in a season of the year when the waters of the " Rhine were most probably...passage of the Suevi, the " Vandals, the Alani, and theBurgundians, whenever " afterwards retreated, may be considered as the fall " of the Roman empire... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1821 - 528 pages
...contest. The victorious confederates pursued their march, and, on the last day of the year, in a season when the waters of the Rhine were most probably frozen,...Vandals, the Alani, and the Burgundians, who never afterward retreated, may be considered as the fall of the Roman empire in the countries beyond the... | |
 | Andrew Fuller - 1825 - 496 pages
...destroyed all before them. " On the last day of the year, (says Gibbon,") when the waters of the Rhine were probably frozen, they entered without opposition the...empire in the countries beyond the Alps ; and the barriers which had so long separated the savage and the civilized nations of the earth, were from tha... | |
 | Andrew Fuller - 1825 - 480 pages
...destroyed all before them. « On the last day of the year, (sajs Gibbon,) when the waters of the Rhine were probably frozen, they, entered without opposition...Vandals, the Alani, and the Burgundians, who never afterteardi retreated, may be considered as the fall of the Roman empire in the countries beyond the... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 486 pages
...contest. The victorious confederates pursued their march, and on the last day of the year, in a season when the waters of the Rhine were most probably frozen,...empire in the countries beyond the Alps ; and the barriers, which had so long separated the savage and the civilized nations of the earth, were from... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 424 pages
...contest. The victorious confederates pursued their march ; and on the last day of the year, in a season when the waters of the Rhine were most probably frozen,...empire in the countries beyond the Alps ; and the barriers which had so long separated the savage and the civilised nations of the earth were from that... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 814 pages
...victorious confederates pursued their march ; and on the last day of the year, in a season when ihe waters of the Rhine were most probably frozen, they...passage of the Suevi, the Vandals, the Alani, and the BurgunJiani, who never afterwards retreated, may be considered as the fall of the Etoman empire in... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1831 - 468 pages
...contest. The victorious confederates pursued their march, and on the last day of the year, in a season when the waters of the Rhine were most probably frozen,...This memorable passage of the Suevi, the Vandals, the Alan!, and the Burgundians, who never afterward retreated, may be considered as the fall of the Roman... | |
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Burgundians, who never afterwards retreated, may be considered as the fall of the Roman empire in the countries beyond the Alps ; and the barriers, which had so long separated the savage and the civilized nations of the earth, were from that fatal moment... 
