The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Volume 1J. Murray, 1814 - Authors, English |
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... English Transla- tion , it was deemed unnecessary to publish both , and the English Translation of several of them has been preferred . CON- ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST EDITION . THE melancholy duty of THE SECOND EDITION . xi.
... English Transla- tion , it was deemed unnecessary to publish both , and the English Translation of several of them has been preferred . CON- ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST EDITION . THE melancholy duty of THE SECOND EDITION . xi.
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... English Ministry had published a Memorial written not only with great and more than usual ability , but also in French , so correct , that they must have employed a Frenchman . Oue one hundred years : An account of Padua and its XX ...
... English Ministry had published a Memorial written not only with great and more than usual ability , but also in French , so correct , that they must have employed a Frenchman . Oue one hundred years : An account of Padua and its XX ...
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... English Literature by Mr. Scott , M. Deyverdun , and himself , and sug- gesting the Subjects . Oct. 19th , 1767 XXI . Mr. Gibbon to Mr. Holroyd on certain Intelligence from Denmark . London , 1772 Page 56 61 65 68 71 XXII . Mr. Gibbon ...
... English Literature by Mr. Scott , M. Deyverdun , and himself , and sug- gesting the Subjects . Oct. 19th , 1767 XXI . Mr. Gibbon to Mr. Holroyd on certain Intelligence from Denmark . London , 1772 Page 56 61 65 68 71 XXII . Mr. Gibbon ...
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... English at Lausanne- 40,000 English on the Continent . Sept. 5th , 1785 379 CCVI . Mr. Gibbon to Lord Sheffield . Jan. 17th , 1786 CCVII . Mr. Gibbon to Lord Sheffield - Affecting Letter on Mrs. Porten's Death . May 10th , 1786 - 387 ...
... English at Lausanne- 40,000 English on the Continent . Sept. 5th , 1785 379 CCVI . Mr. Gibbon to Lord Sheffield . Jan. 17th , 1786 CCVII . Mr. Gibbon to Lord Sheffield - Affecting Letter on Mrs. Porten's Death . May 10th , 1786 - 387 ...
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... English Historians . Lon- don , July 23d , 1793 477 482 483 486 488 489 490 CCLXI . Mr. Gibbon to Mr. Pinkerton on the same Subject , in Answer . Sheffield Place , July 25th , 1793 492 CCLXII . Mr. Gibbon to Lord Auckland . St. James's ...
... English Historians . Lon- don , July 23d , 1793 477 482 483 486 488 489 490 CCLXI . Mr. Gibbon to Mr. Pinkerton on the same Subject , in Answer . Sheffield Place , July 25th , 1793 492 CCLXII . Mr. Gibbon to Lord Auckland . St. James's ...
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Page 6 - Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school; and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used, and, contrary to the king, his crown and dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill.
Page 212 - That the influence of the crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished"; and Mr.
Page 194 - The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is the fruit of exercise. Many experiments were made before I could hit the middle tone between a dull chronicle and a rhetorical declamation: three times did I compose the first chapter, and twice the second and third, before I was tolerably satisfied with their effect.
Page 122 - ... thorough profligate in principle as in practice, his life stained with every vice. and his conversation full of blasphemy and indecency. These morals he glories in — for shame is a weakness he has long since surmounted. He told us himself, that in this time of public dissension he was resolved to make his fortune.
Page 198 - The favour of mankind is most freely bestowed on a new acquaintance of any original merit; and the mutual surprise of the public and their favourite is productive of those warm sensibilities, which at a second meeting can no longer be rekindled. If I listened to the music of praise, I was more seriously satisfied with the approbation of my judges. The candour of Dr. Robertson embraced his disciple. A letter from Mr. Hume overpaid the labour of ten years, but I have never presumed to accept a place...
Page 176 - After a sleepless night, I trod, with a lofty step, the ruins of the Forum; each memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Caesar fell, was at once present to my eye; and several days of intoxication were lost or enjoyed before I could descend to a cool and minute investigation.
Page 221 - He seemed to feel, and even to envy, the happiness of my situation while I admired the powers of a superior man, as they are blended in his attractive character with the softness and simplicity of a child.
Page 35 - The fellows or monks of my time were decent easy men, who supinely enjoyed the gifts of the founder : their days were filled by a scries of uniform form employments; the chapel and the hall, the coffee-house and the common room, till they retired, -weary and well satisfied, to a long slumber. From the toil of reading, or thinking, or writing, they had absolved their conscience...
Page liv - A lively desire of knowing and of recording our ancestors so generally prevails, that it must depend on the influence of some common principle in the minds of men.
Page 178 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter,* that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.