The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Том 1Harper, 1905 |
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... hope to enjoy , the varied pleasures of retirement and society . But I shall ever glory in the name and character of an Englishman : I am proud of my birth in a free and enlightened country ; and the approbation of that country is the ...
... hope to enjoy , the varied pleasures of retirement and society . But I shall ever glory in the name and character of an Englishman : I am proud of my birth in a free and enlightened country ; and the approbation of that country is the ...
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... hope to gain ; that I am now descending into the vale of years ; and that the most respectable of my countrymen , the men whom I aspire to imitate , have resigned the pen of history about the same period of their lives . Yet I consider ...
... hope to gain ; that I am now descending into the vale of years ; and that the most respectable of my countrymen , the men whom I aspire to imitate , have resigned the pen of history about the same period of their lives . Yet I consider ...
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... hope to find my ancestor guilty ; and a man of letters may be proud of his descent from a patron and martyr of learning . In the beginning of the last century , Robert Gibbon , Esq . , of Rolvenden , in Kent ' ( who died in 1618 ) , had ...
... hope to find my ancestor guilty ; and a man of letters may be proud of his descent from a patron and martyr of learning . In the beginning of the last century , Robert Gibbon , Esq . , of Rolvenden , in Kent ' ( who died in 1618 ) , had ...
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... hope of my education ; and I was placed at Esher , in Surrey , in the house of the Rev. Mr. Philip Francis , in a pleasant spot , which promised to unite the various benefits of air , exercise , and study ( January , 1752 ) . The ...
... hope of my education ; and I was placed at Esher , in Surrey , in the house of the Rev. Mr. Philip Francis , in a pleasant spot , which promised to unite the various benefits of air , exercise , and study ( January , 1752 ) . The ...
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... hope that any reformation will be a voluntary act ; and so deeply are they rooted in law and prejudice , that even the omnipotence of Parliament would shrink from an inquiry into the state and abuses of the two universities . The use of ...
... hope that any reformation will be a voluntary act ; and so deeply are they rooted in law and prejudice , that even the omnipotence of Parliament would shrink from an inquiry into the state and abuses of the two universities . The use of ...
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