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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... Greek and French for the next five years, he rejoined the Protestant Church. In 1761 he published his Essai sur l'étude de la littérature; the English version appeared in 1764. Meanwhile, Gibbon served as a captain in the Hampshire ...
... Greek and French for the next five years, he rejoined the Protestant Church. In 1761 he published his Essai sur l'étude de la littérature; the English version appeared in 1764. Meanwhile, Gibbon served as a captain in the Hampshire ...
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... Greek literature. In June 1781 through the influence of Lord North he re-entered the House of Commons as the Member for Lymington. But within the year the Board of Trade was suppressed on grounds of economy, and Gibbon consequently ...
... Greek literature. In June 1781 through the influence of Lord North he re-entered the House of Commons as the Member for Lymington. But within the year the Board of Trade was suppressed on grounds of economy, and Gibbon consequently ...
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... Greek Empire; and he would scarcely be able to restrain his curiosity from making some inquiry into the state of the city of Rome, during the darkness and confusion of the middle ages. As I have ventured, perhaps too hastily, to commit ...
... Greek Empire; and he would scarcely be able to restrain his curiosity from making some inquiry into the state of the city of Rome, during the darkness and confusion of the middle ages. As I have ventured, perhaps too hastily, to commit ...
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... Greek colony, afterwards a province of Egypt, and is now lost in the desert of Barca. [Africa.] From Cyrene to the ocean, the coast of Africa extends above fifteen hundred miles; yet so closely is it pressed between the Mediterranean ...
... Greek colony, afterwards a province of Egypt, and is now lost in the desert of Barca. [Africa.] From Cyrene to the ocean, the coast of Africa extends above fifteen hundred miles; yet so closely is it pressed between the Mediterranean ...
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... Greek, the Roman, and the Barbarian, as they met before their respective altars, easily persuaded themselves, that under various names, and with various ceremonies, they adored the same deities. The elegant mythology of Homer gave a ...
... Greek, the Roman, and the Barbarian, as they met before their respective altars, easily persuaded themselves, that under various names, and with various ceremonies, they adored the same deities. The elegant mythology of Homer gave a ...
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CHAPTERS VIIIXIV | |
CHAPTER XV | |
CHAPTERS XVIXXI | |
CHAPTER XXII | |
CHAPTER XXIII | |
CHAPTER XXIV | |
CHAPTERS XXVXXVII | |
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