The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1J. Murray, 1887 - Byzantine Empire |
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... hands of Mr. John Kirkby , who exercised about eighteen months the office of my domestic tutor . His own words , which I shall here transcribe , inspire in his favour a sentiment of pity and esteem.— " During my abode in my native ...
... hands of Mr. John Kirkby , who exercised about eighteen months the office of my domestic tutor . His own words , which I shall here transcribe , inspire in his favour a sentiment of pity and esteem.— " During my abode in my native ...
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... hands of a disciple the keys of two valuable chests ; nor can he complain if they are afterwards lost or neglected by his own fault . The necessity of leading in equal ranks so many unequal powers of capacity and application will ...
... hands of a disciple the keys of two valuable chests ; nor can he complain if they are afterwards lost or neglected by his own fault . The necessity of leading in equal ranks so many unequal powers of capacity and application will ...
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... , an indefinite and dangerous latitude of credit . A key was delivered into my hands , which gave me the free use of a numerous and learned library : my apartment consisted of three 26 MEMOIRS OF MY LIFE AND WRITINGS .
... , an indefinite and dangerous latitude of credit . A key was delivered into my hands , which gave me the free use of a numerous and learned library : my apartment consisted of three 26 MEMOIRS OF MY LIFE AND WRITINGS .
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... hands of the clergy , an order of men whose manners are remote from the present world , and whose eyes are dazzled by the light of philosophy . The legal incorporation of these societies by the charters of popes and kings had given them ...
... hands of the clergy , an order of men whose manners are remote from the present world , and whose eyes are dazzled by the light of philosophy . The legal incorporation of these societies by the charters of popes and kings had given them ...
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... hands of the clergy , an order of me.1 whose manners are remote from the present world , and whose eyes are dazzled by the light of philosophy . The legal incorporation of these societies by the charters of popes and kings had given ...
... hands of the clergy , an order of me.1 whose manners are remote from the present world , and whose eyes are dazzled by the light of philosophy . The legal incorporation of these societies by the charters of popes and kings had given ...
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Page xxxii - What recks it them? What need they? They are sped; And, when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread : Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said: But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.
Page 41 - 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.
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 41 - 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 9 - I arrived at Oxford with a stock of erudition that might have puzzled a doctor, and a degree of ignorance of which a school-boy would have been ashamed.
Page 67 - 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 45 - ... and experience of the sage Fontenelle. His choice is approved by the eloquent historian of nature, who fixes our moral happiness to the mature season, in which our passions are supposed to be calmed, our duties fulfilled, our ambition satisfied, our fame and fortune established on a solid basis.
Page 28 - 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 5 - Their conversation stagnated in a round of college business, Tory politics, personal anecdotes, and private scandal : their dull and deep potations excused the brisk intemperance of youth...