 Cannon and fortifications now form an impregnable barrier against the Tartar horse; and Europe is secure from any future irruption of barbarians, since, before they can conquer, they must cease to be barbarous.  The Life of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart - Page 483by John Ayrton Paris - 1831 - 547 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Emil Du Bois-Reymond - 1886 - 574 pages
...p. 68. 69.) 27 (S. 257). Eine ähnliche Betrachtung findet sich doch auch schon bei GIBBON. Er sagt: „Europe is secure from any future irruption of Barbarians;...they can conquer, they must cease to be barbarous." General Observatioua on the Fall of the Roman Empire in the West. III. Am Schluss des 38. Kapitels.... | |
 | Emil Heinrich Du Bois-Reymond - 1886 - 630 pages
...257). Eine ähnliche Betrachtung findet sich doch auch schon bei GIBBON. Er sagt: „Europe is seoure from any future irruption of Barbarians ; since before...they can conquer, they must cease to be barbarous." General Observations on the Fall of the Roman Empire in the West. III. Am Schluss des 38. Kapitels.... | |
 | Nicholas Murray Butler, Frank Pierrepont Graves, William McAndrew - 1918 - 494 pages
...reflection that the great catastrophe will never be repeated. "Cannon and fortifications," he muses, "now form an impregnable barrier against the Tartar...since, before they can conquer, they must cease to be barbarous."21 How far is history removed from prophecy! He never dreamed that one mighty nation could... | |
 | Charles Neeld Salter - 1897 - 306 pages
..." among which are that, "such formidable emigrations no longer issue from the north ; " and that, " cannon and fortifications now form an impregnable...they can conquer they must cease to be barbarous." He admits, however, that the causes he assigns may prove fallacious, and that " ages of laborious ascent... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1899 - 680 pages
...industrious people should be protected by those arts, which survive and supply the decay of military virtue. Cannon and fortifications now form an impregnable...Barbarians , since, before they can conquer, they most cease to be barbarous. Their gradual advances in the science of war would always be accompanied,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1901 - 576 pages
...industrious people should be protected by those arts, which survive and supply the decay of military virtue. Cannon and fortifications now form an impregnable...they can conquer, they must cease to be barbarous. Their gradual advances in the science of war would always be accompanied, as we may learn from the... | |
 | Emil Du Bois-Reymond, Estelle Du Bois-Reymond - 1912 - 728 pages
...p. 68. 69.) 27 (S. 583). Eine ähnliche Betrachtung findet sich doch auch schon bei GIBBON. Er sagt: „Europe is secure from any future irruption of Barbarians;...they can conquer, they must cease to be barbarous." General Observations on the Fall of the Roman Empire in the West. III. Am Schluß des 38. Kapitels.... | |
 | Emil Heinrich Du Bois-Reymond - 1912 - 738 pages
...p. 68. 69.) 27 (S. 583). Eine ähnliche Betrachtung findet sich doch auch schon bei GIBBON. Er sagt: „Europe is secure from any future irruption of Barbarians;...they can conquer, they must cease to be barbarous." General Observations on the Fall of the Roman Empire in the West. III. Am Schluß des 38. Kapitels.... | |
 | Herbert George Wells - 1920 - 698 pages
...industrious people should be protected by those arts, which survive and supply the decay of military virtue. Cannon and fortifications now form an impregnable...they can conquer, they must cease to be barbarous. . . . "Should these speculations be found doubtful or fallacious, there still remains a more humble... | |
 | Herbert George Wells - 1920 - 696 pages
...industrious people should be protected by those arts, which survive and supply the decay of military virtue. Cannon and fortifications now form an impregnable barrier against the Tartar horse ; J and Europe is secure from any future irruption of Barbarians; since, before they can conquer, they... | |
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