 ... satires and libels; in his turn he composed, under the title of the Enemy of the Beard, an ironical confession of his own faults, and a severe satire of the licentious and effeminate manners of Antioch. This Imperial reply was publicly exposed before...  A History of the Literature of Ancient Greece - Page 302by Karl Otfried Müller, John William Donaldson - 1858 - 465 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Gibbon - 1804 - 502 pages
...Antioch. This Imperial reply was publicly exposed before the gates of the palace; and the MisopocoN20 still remains a singular monument of the resentment,...wit, the humanity, and the indiscretion of Julian. Though he affected to laugh, he could not forgive.21 His contempt was expressed, and his re'18 Libanius... | |
 | Elisa Rogers - 1811 - 488 pages
...Antioch. This imperial reply was publicly exposed before the gates of the palace, and the Misopogon still remains a singular monument of the resentment, the wit, the humanity, and the discretion of the Apostate. "THE MOSOPOGON; OR, THE ANTIOCHIAN, AD 363. *' Anacreon composed many ludicrous... | |
 | William Playfair - 1820 - 352 pages
...work, intituled Misopcgon, or the enemy of the beard, (a work, thus characterised by Gibbon, " which still remains a singular monument of the resentment,...wit, the humanity, and the indiscretion of Julian)," is the following passage — " I was in winter-quarters in my dear Lutetia: This was named in Gaul,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 864 pages
...Antioch. This Imperial reply was publicly exposed before the gates of the palace; and the MISOPOGON* still remains a singular monument of the resentment,...wit, the humanity, and the indiscretion, of Julian. Though he affected to laugh, he could not forgive t. His contempt was expressed, and his revenge might... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 504 pages
...This Imperial reply was against publicly exposed before the gates of the palace; and the MISOPOGON zo still remains a singular monument of the resentment,...wit, the humanity, and the indiscretion of Julian. Though he affected to laugh, he could not forgive.81 His contempt was expressed, and his revenge might... | |
 | John William Donaldson - 1858 - 476 pages
...Antioch. This imperial reply was publicly exposed before the gates of the palace ; and the Misojjoyon still remains a singular monument of the resentment,...interesting both from the subjects and from the persons with whom Julian corresponded. Many are addressed to the sophist Libauius and the Neo-Platonist lamblichus,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1867 - 744 pages
...gates of the palace ; and the MISOPOGON still remains a singular AD 363. LIBANIUS THE SOPHIST. 175 monument of the resentment, the wit, the humanity, and the indiscretion of Julian. § 13. Yet Antioch possessed one citizen whose genius and virtues might atone, in the opinion of Julian,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1874 - 720 pages
...the Eastern troops. Julian was persuaded to fix, till the ensuing spring, his residence at Antioch. monument of the resentment, the wit, the humanity, and the indiscretion of Julian. § 13. Yet Antioch possessed one citizen whose genius and virtues might atone, in the opinion of Julian,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1875 - 624 pages
...Antioch. This Imperial reply was publicly exposed before the gates of the palace ; and the MISOPOGON 20 still remains a singular monument of the resentment, the wit, the humanity, and the indiseretion, of Julian. Though he affected to laugh, he could not forgive.21 His contempt was expressed,... | |
 | 1877 - 626 pages
...higher commendation than Gibbon has thought fit to bestow upon him, when he describes the Misopogon as " a singular monument of the resentment, the wit, the humanity, and the indiscretion of Julian." V. But Gibbon's steady pursuit of a reputation for religious impartiality, by abusing Julian, is still... | |
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