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" A \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. "
Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Edward Gibbon, Esq - Page 2
by Edward Gibbon - 1825
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Miscellaneous Works of Edw. Gibbon: With Memoirs of His Life and ..., Volume 1

Edward Gibbon - 1796 - 360 pages
...principle in the minds of men. We feem to have lived in the perfons of our forefathers ; it is the labor and reward of vanity to extend the term of this ideal...narrow circle in which Nature has confined us. Fifty or a hundred years may be allotted to an individual, but we ftep forwards beyond death with fuch hopes...
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Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire: With Memoirs of His ..., Volume 1

Edward Gibbon - English letters - 1796 - 520 pages
...principle in the minds of men. We feem to have lived in the perfons of our forefathers ; it is the labour and reward of vanity to extend the term of this ideal longevity. Our imagination is always a&ive to enlarge the narrow circle in which Nature has confined us,Fitly or an hundred years may be...
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The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volume 8

Books and bookselling - 1797 - 512 pages
...of vanity to ex* !" tend. tend the term of this ideal longevity. Our imagination is always ac»ive to enlarge the narrow circle in •which nature has confined us. Fifty cr a hundred years may be allotted to an individual, but we Hep forward beyond death with fuch hopes...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 8

Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1805 - 512 pages
...principle in the minds of men. We seem to have lived in the persons of our forefathers; it is the labour and reward of vanity to extend the term of this ideal...years may be allotted to an individual, but we step forwards beyond death with such hopes as religion and philosophy will suggest; and we fill up the silent...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Memoirs of His ..., Volume 1

Edward Gibbon - English literature - 1814 - 726 pages
...principle in the minds of men. We seem to have lived in the persons of our forefathers; it is the labour and reward of vanity to extend the term of this ideal...confined us. Fifty or an hundred years may be allotted to ail individual; but we step forward beyond death with such hopes as religion and philosophy will suggest;...
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The Kilmarnock mirror, and literary gleaner, Volume 2

English literature - 1820 - 344 pages
...principle in the minds of men. We seem to have lived in the persons of our forefathers: it is the labour and reward of vanity to extend the term of this ideal...active to enlarge the narrow circle in which nature has confmed us. Fifty or a hundred years may be allotted to an individual, hut we step forward beyond death...
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Autobiographies: A Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing ..., Volume 14

Autobiographies - 1830 - 336 pages
...principle in the minds of men. We seem to have lived in the persons of our forefathers ; it is the labour and reward of vanity to extend the term of this ideal...an hundred years may be allotted to an individual ; hut we step forward heyond death with such hopes as religion and philosophy will suggest ; and we...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 6

Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1826 - 594 pages
...principle in the mind* of men. We seem to have lived in the persons of our forefathers ; it is the labour and reward of vanity to extend the term of this ideal...narrow circle in which Nature has confined us. Fifty or a hundred years may be allotted to an individual, but we step forwards beyond death with such hopes...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Memoirs of His Life and ...

Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 878 pages
...principle in the minds of men. We seem to have lived in the persons of our forefathers ; it is the labour and reward of vanity to extend the term of this ideal...years may be allotted to an individual, but we step forwards beyond death with such hopes as religion and philosophy will suggest ; and we fill up the...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Memoirs of His Life and ...

Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 1164 pages
...principle in the minds of men. We seem to have lived in the persons of our forefathers; it is the labour and reward of vanity to extend the term of this ideal...years may be allotted to an individual, but we step forwards beyond death with such hopes as religion and philosophy fill suggest ; and we fill up the...
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