...sentence or the stroke of death, he composed in the tower of Pavia the Consolation ofPhilosof.fni ; a golden volume not unworthy of the leisure of Plato...Tully, but which claims incomparable merit from the barbarisim of the times and the situation of the author. The celestial guide whom he had so long invoked...

...rendered in prose.10 5 See his Div. Naturae, p. 32. 34. 113. and 174. Gibbon calls the book of Boetius " a golden volume, not unworthy of the leisure of Plato, or Tully." Hist. Decl. vol.iv. p. 38. « Ethel. Hist. p. 847. * Malm. p. 45. and 248. 8 Henry de Silgrave; MSS....

...of death, he InTdea'th, composed in the tower of Pavia the Consolation o/" A .0.524. Philosophy; & golden volume not unworthy of the leisure of Plato...condescended to illumine his dungeon, to revive his courage, and to pour into his wounds her salutary balm. She taught him to compare his long prosperity...

...extraordinary excellence and elegance; itwasthe great classic «f the middle ages, and has been justly styled " a golden volume, not unworthy of the leisure of Plato...of the times, and the situation of the author." The patriot and scholar laments in prose and verse alternately his imprisonment and misfortunes, when suddenly...

...11 , the preface 5 See his Div. Natura, p. 32. 34. 113. and 174. Gibbon calls the book of Boetius " a golden volume, not unworthy of the leisure of Plato or Tully." Hist. Decl. vol. iv. p. 38. 6 Ethel. Hist. p. 847. 7 Malm. p. 45. and 248. s Henry de Silgrave; MSS....

...637*— • Idem liber, ex Nova llecensione et cum Prolegomenis Thomœ Obbarii, 8vo. 2s. Jente, 1843 " A golden volume, not unworthy of the leisure of Plato...incomparable merit, from the barbarism of the times and situation of the author. The sage who could artfully combine in the same work (each moment expecting...

...oppressed with fetters, expected each moment the sentence or the stroke of death, he composed, in the tower of Pavia, the Consolation of Philosophy ; a...celestial guide whom he had so long invoked at Rome and at Athens now condescended to illumine his dungeon, to revive his courage, and to pour into his wounds...

...fetters, expected each moment the sentence of the stroke of death, he composed in the tower of Pa via the 'Consolation of Philosophy'; a golden volume,...barbarism of the times and the situation of the author." — Gibbon's ' Decline and Fall,' chap, xxxix. Is not RR somewhat inconsistent in denouncing what he...

...has thus composed s See his I.)iv. Natura, p. 32. 34. 113. and 1 74. Gibbon calls the book of Boetlus "a golden volume, not unworthy of the leisure of Plato, or Tully." Hist. Decl. vol. Iv. p. 38. • Ethel. Hist. p. 847. ' Malms, p. 45 and 248. • Henry de Silgrave...

...fetters, expected each moment the sentence or the stroke of death, he composed in the tower HI« i of Pavia the Consolation of Philosophy ; a golden...condescended to illumine his dungeon, to revive his courage, and to pour into his wounds her salutary balm. She taught him to compare his long prosperity...