The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpirePenguin UK, 19 черв. 2000 р. - 848 стор. Spanning thirteen centuries from the age of Trajan to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, DECLINE & FALL is one of the greatest narratives in European Literature. David Womersley's masterly selection and bridging commentary enables the readerto acquire a general sense of the progress and argument of the whole work and displays the full variety of Gibbon's achievement. |
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... Gibbon the historian was born on 27 April 1737 OS, some five months after the death of his grandfather. There were six further children, none of whom lived for more than a year, and Mrs Gibbon herself died on 26 December 1747. Gibbon ...
... Gibbon the historian was born on 27 April 1737 OS, some five months after the death of his grandfather. There were six further children, none of whom lived for more than a year, and Mrs Gibbon herself died on 26 December 1747. Gibbon ...
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Edward Gibbon David Womersley. Gibbon had reasons of the most persuasive kind for standing by Lord North. His financial situation was pressing. Because of an amiable tendency to regard luxuries as necessities, his expenditure comfortably ...
Edward Gibbon David Womersley. Gibbon had reasons of the most persuasive kind for standing by Lord North. His financial situation was pressing. Because of an amiable tendency to regard luxuries as necessities, his expenditure comfortably ...
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Edward Gibbon David Womersley. operation, and only one day after he had pronounced that he was good for a further 'ten, twelve, or perhaps twenty years', at 12.45 p.m. on 16 January 1794, Gibbon died. The History of the Decline and Fall ...
Edward Gibbon David Womersley. operation, and only one day after he had pronounced that he was good for a further 'ten, twelve, or perhaps twenty years', at 12.45 p.m. on 16 January 1794, Gibbon died. The History of the Decline and Fall ...
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Edward Gibbon David Womersley. the legion. The horses were bred, for the most part, in Spain or Cappadocia. The Roman troopers despised the complete armour with which the cavalry of the East was encumbered. Their more useful arms ...
Edward Gibbon David Womersley. the legion. The horses were bred, for the most part, in Spain or Cappadocia. The Roman troopers despised the complete armour with which the cavalry of the East was encumbered. Their more useful arms ...
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Edward Gibbon David Womersley. emperors, who possessed so unbounded a command both of men and money. Augustus was accustomed to boast that he had found his capital of brick, and that he had left it of marble.64 The strict œconomy of ...
Edward Gibbon David Womersley. emperors, who possessed so unbounded a command both of men and money. Augustus was accustomed to boast that he had found his capital of brick, and that he had left it of marble.64 The strict œconomy of ...
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CHAPTERS VIIIXIV | |
CHAPTER XV | |
CHAPTERS XVIXXI | |
CHAPTER XXII | |
CHAPTER XXIII | |
CHAPTER XXIV | |
CHAPTERS XXVXXVII | |
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