The Works of Edward Gibbon, Volume 13F. DeFau, 1907 - Byzantine Empire |
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... whole , with additions , appeared during the same year in five volumes , octavo . In 1837 another edition , in one large octavo volume , was published . By a clause in his own will , Lord Sheffield directed that no further publication ...
... whole , with additions , appeared during the same year in five volumes , octavo . In 1837 another edition , in one large octavo volume , was published . By a clause in his own will , Lord Sheffield directed that no further publication ...
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... whole manuscript is omitted , and many of the most piquant passages that Gibbon ever wrote were suppressed by the caution or the delicacy of his editor and his family . The result is a problem of singular literary interest . A piece ...
... whole manuscript is omitted , and many of the most piquant passages that Gibbon ever wrote were suppressed by the caution or the delicacy of his editor and his family . The result is a problem of singular literary interest . A piece ...
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... whole question is fully discussed in Timperley's Encyclopædia of Literary and Typographical Anecdote , 1842 , pp . 144 , et seq . * Cf. Memoir A , p . 307 . sense of humane race . If so , it deserves 6 GIBBON'S AUTOBIOGRAPHIES.
... whole question is fully discussed in Timperley's Encyclopædia of Literary and Typographical Anecdote , 1842 , pp . 144 , et seq . * Cf. Memoir A , p . 307 . sense of humane race . If so , it deserves 6 GIBBON'S AUTOBIOGRAPHIES.
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... whole of my infor- mation concerning the Gibbon family . From this small work , a duodecimo of one hundred and sixty - five pages , the author expected immortal fame ; and at the conclusion of his labour , he sings in a strain of self ...
... whole of my infor- mation concerning the Gibbon family . From this small work , a duodecimo of one hundred and sixty - five pages , the author expected immortal fame ; and at the conclusion of his labour , he sings in a strain of self ...
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... whole family . My father resided some time at Paris to acquire the fashionable exercises ; and , as his temper was warm and social , he indulged in those pleasures for which the strictness of his former education had given him a keener ...
... whole family . My father resided some time at Paris to acquire the fashionable exercises ; and , as his temper was warm and social , he indulged in those pleasures for which the strictness of his former education had given him a keener ...
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Page 277 - 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. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment of my fame.
Page 276 - 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 252 - 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.
Page 344 - picture of human manners, will outlive the 'Palace of the Escurial, and the imperial ' eagle of the House of Austria.
Page 277 - But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that, whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.
Page 5 - 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 108 - That in the university of Oxford, the greater part of the public professors have for these many years given up altogether even the pretence of teaching.
Page 57 - To the University of Oxford I acknowledge no obligation; and she will as cheerfully renounce me for a son as I am willing to disclaim her for a mother. I spent fourteen months at Magdalen College; they proved the fourteen months the most idle and unprofitable of my whole life...
Page 130 - Curchod were the theme of universal applause. The report of such a prodigy awakened my curiosity ; I saw and loved. I found her learned without pedantry, lively in conversation, pure in sentiment, and elegant in manners; and the first sudden emotion was fortified by the habits and knowledge of a more familiar acquaintance.
Page 195 - But every man who rises above the common level has received two educations : the first from his teachers ; the second, more personal and important, from himself.