 After a fleeting illusive hope, prudence condemned me to acquiesce in the humble station of a mute. I was not armed by Nature and education with the intrepid energy of mind and voice, Vincentem strepitus, et natum rebus agendis. Timidity was fortified...  New Biographies of Illustrious Men - Page 2431857 - 408 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1805 - 512 pages
...intrepid energy of mind and voice. Vincentem strepitus, et natum rebus agendis. Timidity was fortified by pride, and even the success of my pen discouraged the trial of my voice. But I assisted at the debates of a free assembly; I listened to the attack and defence of eloquence... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - English literature - 1814 - 726 pages
...intrepid energy of mind and voice, Yincentem strepitus, et Datum rebus agendis. Timidity was fortified by pride, and even the success of my pen discouraged the trial of my voice.* But I assisted at the debates of a free assembly ; I listened to the attack and defence of eloquence... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1825 - 338 pages
...-- energy of mind and voice, Yincentum strepitus, et naf.um rebus agendis. / Timidity was fortified by pride, and even the success of my pen discouraged the trial of my voice.* But I assisted at the debates of a free assembly; I listened • A French sketch of Mr Gibbon's Life,... | |
 | Autobiographies - 1830 - 336 pages
...intrepid energy of mind and voice, Vincentum strepitus, ct na'um rebus agendis. Timidity was fortified by pride, and even the success of my pen discouraged the trial of my voice.* But I assisted at the debates of a free assembly ; I listened * A French sketch of Mr Gibbon-'» Life,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1834 - 590 pages
...energy of mind and voice — " Vincentem strepitus, et natum rebus agendis." Timidity was fortified by pride ; and even the success of my pen discouraged the trial of my voice.' But, besides his physical inability, and the embarrassment of his high literary reputation, another... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1834 - 600 pages
...energy of mind and voice — " Vincentem strepitus, et natum rebus agendis." Timidity was fortified by pride ; and even the success of my pen discouraged the trial of my voice.' But, besides his physical inability, and the embarrassment of his high literary reputation, another... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 878 pages
...intrepid energy of mind and voice. Vincentem strepitus, et natum rebus agendis. Timidity was fortified by pride, and even the success of my pen discouraged the trial of my voice.* But I assisted at the debates of a * A French sketch of Mr. Gibbon's Life, written by himself, probably... | |
 | Carlo Botta - United States - 1837 - 508 pages
...intrepid energy of mind and voice, ' Vincentum strepitus, et natum rebus agendis.' Timidity was fortified by pride ; and even the success of my pen discouraged the trial of my voice. But 1 assisted at the debates of & free assembly ; I listened to the attack and defense of eloquence... | |
 | Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - Historians - 1839 - 496 pages
...intrepid energy of mind and voice, Vincentem strepitus, et natum rebus agendis. Timidity was fortified by pride, and even the success of my pen discouraged the trial of my voice.1 (2) 1 A French sketch of Mr. Gibbon's Life, written by h'msclf, probably for the use of some... | |
 | Carlo Botta - United States - 1840 - 520 pages
...intrepid energy of mind and voice, ' Vincentum strepitus, et natum rebus agendis.' Timidity was fortified by pride ; and even the success of my pen discouraged the trial of my voice. But 1 assisted at the debates of a free assembly ; I listened to the attack and defense of eloquence... | |
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