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" My lot might have been that of a slave, a savage, or a peasant ; nor can I reflect without pleasure on the bounty of Nature, which cast my birth in a free and civilized country, in an age of science and philosophy, in a family of honourable rank, and... "
The Emerald - Page 235
1806
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Miscellaneous Works of Edw. Gibbon: With Memoirs of His Life and ..., Volume 1

Edward Gibbon - 1796 - 360 pages
...flave, a favage, or a peafant ; nor can I refiect; without pleafure on the bounty of Nature , which caft my birth in a free and civilized country, in an age of fcience and philofophy, in a family of honorable rank, and decently endowed with the gifts of fortune....
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The New annual register, or General repository of history, politics, and ...

1797 - 856 pages
...flave, a favage, era peafant ; nor can I refleft without pleafure on the bounty of nature, which caft my birth in a free and civilized country, in an age of fcience and philofophy, in a family of honourable rank, and decently endowed with the gifts of fortune....
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The Monthly Visitor, and Entertaining Pocket Companion, Volume 4

1798 - 432 pages
...flave, a favage, or a peafant, nor can I reflect, without pleafure, on the bounty of-nature which caft my birth in a free and civilized country, in an age of icience and philofophy, in a family of honourable rank, and decently endowed with the gifts,of fortune....
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Annual Register, Volume 38

Edmund Burke - History - 1800 - 786 pages
...flave, a favage, or a peafant ; nor can I reflect without pleafure on the bounty of nature, which caft my birth in a free and civilized country, in an age of fcienceand philofophy, in a family of honourable rank, and decently endowed with the gifts of fortune....
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 8

Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1805 - 512 pages
...hundred and thirtyseven ; the first child of the marriage of Edward Gibbon, esq. and of Judith Porten.* My lot might have been that of a slave, a savage,...without pleasure on the bounty of Nature, which cast my t>irth in a free and civilized country, in an age of science and philosophy, in a family of honourable...
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Plutarch's Lives, Volume 6

Plutarch - Greece - 1811 - 356 pages
...chariots thither, and carried off the three first prizes. (See his Life, Vol. II. p. 217.)* 2 " I cannot reflect without pleasure on the bounty of nature,...free and civilized country, in an age of science and philosophy," &c. &c. (Gibbon's Mem. i. 17. 4to.) The present Emperor of Russia (Alex. I.) is said to...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1

Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1813 - 532 pages
...flave, a favage, or a peafant : nor can I reflect without pleafure on the bounty of nature, which caft my birth in a free and civilized country, in an age of fcience and philofophy, in a family of honourable rank, and decently endowed with the gifts of fortune."...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Memoirs of His ..., Volume 1

Edward Gibbon - English literature - 1814 - 726 pages
...hundred and thirty-seven ; the first child of the marriage of Edward Gibbon, Esq. and of Judith Porten,* My lot might have been that of a slave, a savage,...free and civilized country, in an age of science and philosophy, in a family of honourable rank, and decently endowed with the gifts of for^ tune. From...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 8

Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1816 - 498 pages
...thirtyseven ; the first child of the marriage of Edward Gibbon, esq. and of Judith Porten*. My>lot might have been that of a slave, a savage, or a peasant...bounty of Nature, which cast my birth in a free and civilised country, in an age nt' science and philosophy; in a family of honourable rank, and decently...
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The Christian remembrancer; or, The Churchman's Biblical ..., Volume 22

1840 - 772 pages
...himself, as it were, with a recipient for his gratitude, such as it was. My lot [he says] might have heen that of a slave, a savage, or a peasant. Nor can I reflect, without ple^pre, on the hounty of Nature, which cast iny hirth in a free and civilized country, in an age of...
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