The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire, with notes by Milman and Guizot. Ed. by W. Smith, Volume 11854 |
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... pleasure in acknowledging his obligations to his friend Mr. Layard , who has supplied him with valuable information upon the portions of Gibbon's work relating to the geography and history of the East . All the notes bear the signature ...
... pleasure in acknowledging his obligations to his friend Mr. Layard , who has supplied him with valuable information upon the portions of Gibbon's work relating to the geography and history of the East . All the notes bear the signature ...
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... pleasures of com- position and study to the minute diligence of revising a former publication . Bentinck - Street , April 20 , 1783 . PREFACE TO THE FOURTH VOLUME OF THE ORIGINAL QUARTO EDITION ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST OCTAVO EDITION .
... pleasures of com- position and study to the minute diligence of revising a former publication . Bentinck - Street , April 20 , 1783 . PREFACE TO THE FOURTH VOLUME OF THE ORIGINAL QUARTO EDITION ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST OCTAVO EDITION .
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... pleasures of retirement and society . But I shall ever glory in the name and character of an Englishman : I am proud of my birth in a free and enlightened country ; and the approbation of that country is the best and most honourable ...
... pleasures of retirement and society . But I shall ever glory in the name and character of an Englishman : I am proud of my birth in a free and enlightened country ; and the approbation of that country is the best and most honourable ...
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... Pleasures of Com- • modus His Ignorance and low Sports 230 Hunting of wild Beasts 230 Commodus displays his Skill in the Amphitheatre • . 231 His Popularity Discontent of the Prætorians . 239 A Conspiracy prevented . 239 193. Murder of ...
... Pleasures of Com- • modus His Ignorance and low Sports 230 Hunting of wild Beasts 230 Commodus displays his Skill in the Amphitheatre • . 231 His Popularity Discontent of the Prætorians . 239 A Conspiracy prevented . 239 193. Murder of ...
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... pleasures of a rural life : nor is it in my power to follow the advice of the poet , in an inquiry after a name- " Go ! search it there , where to be born , and die , Of rich and poor makes all the history " - so recent is the ...
... pleasures of a rural life : nor is it in my power to follow the advice of the poet , in an inquiry after a name- " Go ! search it there , where to be born , and die , Of rich and poor makes all the history " - so recent is the ...
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Page 74 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October, 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed 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.
Page 97 - That the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished :"and Mr.
Page 204 - If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus.
Page viii - The secrets of the hoary deep; a dark Illimitable ocean, without bound, Without dimension, where length, breadth, and height, And time, and place, are lost; where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy, amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand.
Page 153 - The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true ; by the philosopher as equally false ; and by the magistrate as equally useful.
Page 105 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
Page 125 - IN the second century of the Christian ^Era, the Empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilized portion of mankind.
Page 44 - After a painful struggle I yielded to my fate : I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son ; my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and the habits of a new life. My cure was accelerated by a faithful report of the tranquillity and cheerfulness of the lady herself, and my love subsided in friendship and esteem.
Page 381 - PENROSE'S (REV. JOHN) Faith and Practice ; an Exposition of the Principles and Duties of Natural and Revealed Religion. Post 8vo. 8s. 6d. (FC) Principles of Athenian Architecture, and the Optical Refinements exhibited in the Construction of the Ancient Buildings at Athens, from a Survey.
Page 87 - 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.