The Life of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Selections from His Correspondence, and IllustrationsJohn Murray, Albemarle Street, 1839 - 455 páginas |
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... writer of a very able criticism on Gib- bon's Miscellaneous Works , in the Quarterly Review , vol . xii . p . 375. ( the late Dr. Whitaker , the His- torian of Craven , and the Editor of Piers Plough- man's Vision and Creed ) , thus ...
... writer of a very able criticism on Gib- bon's Miscellaneous Works , in the Quarterly Review , vol . xii . p . 375. ( the late Dr. Whitaker , the His- torian of Craven , and the Editor of Piers Plough- man's Vision and Creed ) , thus ...
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... writer . Being aware how disgracefully authors of emi- nence have been often treated , by an indiscreet posthumous publication of fragments and careless effusions ; when I had selected those Papers which to myself appeared the fittest ...
... writer . Being aware how disgracefully authors of emi- nence have been often treated , by an indiscreet posthumous publication of fragments and careless effusions ; when I had selected those Papers which to myself appeared the fittest ...
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... writing . One of the sketches , the most diffuse and circumstantial , so far as it proceeds , ends at the time when he quitted Oxford . Another at the year 1764 , when he travelled to Italy . A third at his father's death , in 1770. A ...
... writing . One of the sketches , the most diffuse and circumstantial , so far as it proceeds , ends at the time when he quitted Oxford . Another at the year 1764 , when he travelled to Italy . A third at his father's death , in 1770. A ...
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... writing , may not be embarrassed by it . By many the letters will be found a very interesting part of the present publication . They will prove , how pleasant , friendly , and amiable Mr. Gibbon was in private life ; and if , in ...
... writing , may not be embarrassed by it . By many the letters will be found a very interesting part of the present publication . They will prove , how pleasant , friendly , and amiable Mr. Gibbon was in private life ; and if , in ...
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... writer , and the omission of them would materially take from the ease and familiarity of authentic letters , Few men , I believe , have ever so fully unveiled their own character , by a minute narrative of their sentiments and pursuits ...
... writer , and the omission of them would materially take from the ease and familiarity of authentic letters , Few men , I believe , have ever so fully unveiled their own character , by a minute narrative of their sentiments and pursuits ...
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Página 287 - 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.
Página 308 - He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument.
Página 182 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins, of the Capitol, while the bare-footed 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.
Página 16 - Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school; and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used, and, contrary to the king, his crown and dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill.
Página 62 - In the university of Oxford, the greater part of the public professors have, for these many years, given up altogether even the pretence of teaching.
Página 149 - The discipline and evolutions of a modern battalion gave me a clearer notion of the phalanx and the legion ; and the captain of the Hampshire grenadiers (the reader may smile) has not been useless to the historian of the Roman empire.
Página 297 - Well, if the use be mine, can it concern one, Whether the name belong to Pope or Vernon?
Página 109 - After a painful struggle I yielded to my fate: I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son; my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and the habits of a new life. My cure was accelerated by a faithful report of the tranquillity and cheerfulness of the lady herself, and my love subsided in friendship and esteem.
Página 285 - He seemed to feel, and even to envy, the happiness of my situation while I admired the powers of a superior man, as they are blended in his attractive character with the softness and simplicity of a child.
Página 75 - Variations,' achieved my conversion; and I surely fell by a noble hand. I have since examined the originals with a more discerning eye, and shall not hesitate to pronounce, that Bossuet is indeed a master of all the weapons of controversy. In the 'Exposition...