THE

MISCELLANEOUS

EDWARD GIBBON, ESQ.

WITH

MEMOIRS OF HIS LIFE AND WRITINGS,

COMPOSED BY HIMSELF:

ILLUSTRATED FROM HIS LETTERS,

WITH OCCASIONAL NOTES AND NARRATIVE

BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

JOHN, LORD SHEFFIELD.

A NEW EDITION, WITH CONSIDERABLE ADDITIONS
IN FIVE VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

MEMOIRS AND LETTERS.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR JOHN MURRAY, 50, ALBEMARLE STREET,

By C. Roworth, Bell-yard, Temple-bar.