...veracity of the historian, and the merit of her hero."f Gibbon cannot, however, refute what he calls her judicious and important remark, that the disorders...justice of Heaven and the vices of his predecessors. Sir Walter Scott, trying to make Anna Comnena talk as she wrote, supposes her to describe her History,...

...affectation of rhetoric and science betrl£ in every page the vanity of a female author. The genuine charWter of Alexius is lost in a vague constellation of virtues;...the victorious Turks had spread, from Persia to the Helkspont, the reign of the Koran and the Crescent ; the west was invaded by the adventurous valour...

...times," she says, in a passage translated by Gibbon, " were the misfortune and glory of Alexius ; and every calamity which can afflict a declining empire...justice of Heaven and the vices of his predecessors." The Turks had carried their * Something must be allowed for the fashionable style of the day, which...

...suspicion of her readers, the Princess repeatedly protests, that, besides her personal knowledge, she had searched the discourses and writings of the most respectable...and the vices of his predecessors. In the east, the victorioxis Turks had spread, from Persia to the Hellespont, the reign of the Koran and the Crescent...

...panegyric and apology awakens our jealousy to question the veracity of the historian and the merit of the hero. We cannot, however, refuse her judicious and...reign by the justice of Heaven and the vices of his predecessors."—GIBBON'S Roman Empire, vol. ix., page 83, foot-note. great characters from the world;...

...awakens our jealousy to question the veracity of the historian, and the merit of the hero. We caunut, however, refuse her judicious and important remark,...justice of Heaven and the vices of his predecessors." — GIBBON'S Roman Empire, vol. ix. page 83, foot-note. The Princess accordingly feels the utmost assurance,...

...and the merit of her hero. We cannot, hmoever, refuse her judicious and important remark, that tiie disorders of the times were the misfortune and the...accumulated on his reign by the justice of Heaven and tlie vices of his predecessors. In the east the victorious Turks had spread, from Persia to the Hellespont,...

...genuine character of Alexius is lost in a vague constellation of virtues ; and the perpetual Itrain of panegyric and apology awakens our jealousy, to...important remark, that the disorders of the times were the misfortunes and the glory of Alexius ; and that every calamity which can afflict a declining empire...

...panegyric and apology awakens our jealousy to question the veracity of the historian, and the merit of the hero. We cannot, however, refuse her judicious and...justice of Heaven and the vices of his predecessors." — GIBBON'S Roman Empire, vol. ix. p. 83, foot-note. The Princess accordingly feels the utmost assurance...

...panegyric and apology awakens our jealousy to question the veracity of the historian and the merit of the hero. We cannot, however, refuse her judicious and...the disorders of the times were the misfortune and tho glory of. Alexius ; and that every calamity which can afflict a declining empire was accumulated...