Note 100
In this domestic discipline, Petrarch, who
loved the youth, often complains of the eager curiosity,
restless temper, and proud feelings, which announce the
genius and glory of a riper age, (Memoires sur Petrarque,
tom. iii. p. 700 -709.)]
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 66