The Life of Edward GibbonBaudry, 1840 - 357 páginas |
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... opinion of the observing reader , mark the character of the 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 ...
... opinion of the observing reader , mark the character of the 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 ...
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... Opinions of that Essay . - Mr . Gibbon determines to write the History of the Decline and Fall . - His preparatory ... Opinion , in a Letter to the Author . NOTES AND ADDITIONS . 153 157 CHAPTER IX . Mr. Gibbon makes a Second Visit to ...
... Opinions of that Essay . - Mr . Gibbon determines to write the History of the Decline and Fall . - His preparatory ... Opinion , in a Letter to the Author . NOTES AND ADDITIONS . 153 157 CHAPTER IX . Mr. Gibbon makes a Second Visit to ...
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... opinion , the most illustrious in the world . After a painful ascent of eight or ten centuries , our barons and princes of Eu- rope are lost in the darkness of the middle ages ; but , in the vast equality of the empire of China , the ...
... opinion , the most illustrious in the world . After a painful ascent of eight or ten centuries , our barons and princes of Eu- rope are lost in the darkness of the middle ages ; but , in the vast equality of the empire of China , the ...
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... opinion , that our public schools , which have produced so many eminent characters , are the best adapted to the genius and constitution of the English people . A boy of spirit may acquire a previous and practical experience of the ...
... opinion , that our public schools , which have produced so many eminent characters , are the best adapted to the genius and constitution of the English people . A boy of spirit may acquire a previous and practical experience of the ...
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... opinion , his anxious inquiries at last subsided in philosophic indifference . So conpiscuous , however , were the candour of his nature and the innocence of his heart , that this apparent levity did not affect the reputation of Chil ...
... opinion , his anxious inquiries at last subsided in philosophic indifference . So conpiscuous , however , were the candour of his nature and the innocence of his heart , that this apparent levity did not affect the reputation of Chil ...
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