The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Volume 1J. Murray, 1814 - English literature |
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... Character of Brutus , " in Mr. Gibbon's best manner . 2. A Classical Geography of Ancient Italy , en- titled Nomina Gentesque Antiquæ Italiæ . - A work composed by Mr. Gibbon preparatory to his tour in that part of Europe : this work is ...
... Character of Brutus , " in Mr. Gibbon's best manner . 2. A Classical Geography of Ancient Italy , en- titled Nomina Gentesque Antiquæ Italiæ . - A work composed by Mr. Gibbon preparatory to his tour in that part of Europe : this work is ...
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... Character of Brutus— on the Position of the Meridional Line and sup- posed Circumnavigation of Africa by the Anci- ents - and the Antiquities of the House of Bruns- wick . Among the earliest may be found some of the most learned ...
... Character of Brutus— on the Position of the Meridional Line and sup- posed Circumnavigation of Africa by the Anci- ents - and the Antiquities of the House of Bruns- wick . Among the earliest may be found some of the most learned ...
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... character , which naturally arose in the progress of his Life , will be unfolded in a series of Letters , selected from a Correspondence between him and myself , b 2 which which continued full thirty years , and ended with his THE FIRST ...
... character , which naturally arose in the progress of his Life , will be unfolded in a series of Letters , selected from a Correspondence between him and myself , b 2 which which continued full thirty years , and ended with his THE FIRST ...
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... character of the Writer , and the omission of them would mate- rially take from the ease and familiarity of au- thentic letters . Few men , I believe , have ever so fully un- veiled their own character , by a minute narrative of their ...
... character of the Writer , and the omission of them would mate- rially take from the ease and familiarity of au- thentic letters . Few men , I believe , have ever so fully un- veiled their own character , by a minute narrative of their ...
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... Character of Mr. William Law Page 1 6 98 16 20 Mr. Gibbon's birth ; he is put under the care of Mr. Kirkby ; some Account of Mr. Kirkby 24 The Author is sent to Dr. Wooddeson's School , whence he is removed on the death of his Mother ...
... Character of Mr. William Law Page 1 6 98 16 20 Mr. Gibbon's birth ; he is put under the care of Mr. Kirkby ; some Account of Mr. Kirkby 24 The Author is sent to Dr. Wooddeson's School , whence he is removed on the death of his Mother ...
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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.
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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...
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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.