 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...  Self-consciousness of Noted Persons - Page 1191887 - 187 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1805 - 512 pages
...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...have seldom occurred in the composition of six, or at least of five, quartos. 1. My first rough manuscript, without any intermediate copy, has been sent... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1811 - 542 pages
...an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future fate of my history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious, 1 will add two facts, which have seldom occurred in the composition * * Memolrci Secretes de 1st Cour... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1813 - 716 pages
...idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatever might be the future date of my history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious." AMERICAN SCENfiRY— FOR THE PORT FOLIO. LEMON HILL, which the annexed plate represents, is the seat... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - English literature - 1814 - 726 pages
...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...have seldom occurred in the composition of six, or at least of five, quartos. 1 . My first rough manuscript, without any intermediate copy, has been sent... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1814 - 544 pages
...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 might be short and precarious. I will add two facts, which have seldom occurred in the composition... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1814 - 548 pages
...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 might be short and precarious. I will add two facts, which have seldom occurred in the composition... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1816 - 498 pages
...old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life oí the historian must be short and precarious. I will...have seldom occurred in the composition of six, or at least of five, quartos. 1. My first rough manuscript, without any intermediate copy, has been sent... | |
 | England - 1849 - 802 pages
...an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion; and that, whatever might be the future fate of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious." — (/.:/'', p. 255, 8vo edition.) Hume's account of his own life is a model of perspicuity, modesty,... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1817 - 494 pages
...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 might be short and precarious. I wfll add two facts which have seldom occurred in the composition of... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1821 - 474 pages
...companion, and that whatsoever might be the future fate of my History, the life of the historian must he short and precarious. I will add two facts, which have seldom occurred in the composition of six, or at least five, quartos. 1. My rough manuscript, without any intermediate copy, has heen sent to the... | |
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