Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Edward Gibbon, Esq, Том 1Whittaker, Treacher, and Arnot, 1825 |
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... Rome - He returns to England - His reflections upon his situation - Some account of his friend M. Deyverdun - He writes , and com- municates to his friends , an historical essay upon the liberty of the Swiss - Their unfavourable ...
... Rome - He returns to England - His reflections upon his situation - Some account of his friend M. Deyverdun - He writes , and com- municates to his friends , an historical essay upon the liberty of the Swiss - Their unfavourable ...
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... Rome . The use of fables or apologues has been approved in every age from ancient India to modern Europe . They convey in familiar images the truths of morality and prudence ; and the most childish under- standing ( I advert to the ...
... Rome . The use of fables or apologues has been approved in every age from ancient India to modern Europe . They convey in familiar images the truths of morality and prudence ; and the most childish under- standing ( I advert to the ...
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... Rome . The progress of my conversion may tend to illus- trate , at least , the history of my own mind . It was not long since Dr Middleton's Free Inquiry had sounded an alarm in the theological world : much ink and much gall had been ...
... Rome . The progress of my conversion may tend to illus- trate , at least , the history of my own mind . It was not long since Dr Middleton's Free Inquiry had sounded an alarm in the theological world : much ink and much gall had been ...
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... Rome , or procures others to be reconciled , the offence ( says Blackstone ) amounts to high treason . " And if the humanity of the age would prevent the ex- ecution of this sanguinary statute , there were other laws of a less odious ...
... Rome , or procures others to be reconciled , the offence ( says Blackstone ) amounts to high treason . " And if the humanity of the age would prevent the ex- ecution of this sanguinary statute , there were other laws of a less odious ...
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... Rome laboured with impunity and success in the court , the country , and even the universities . One of the sheep , Whom the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace , and nothing said , is Mr William Chillingworth , Master of Arts ...
... Rome laboured with impunity and success in the court , the country , and even the universities . One of the sheep , Whom the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace , and nothing said , is Mr William Chillingworth , Master of Arts ...
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Сторінка 241 - I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.
Сторінка 92 - 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.
Сторінка 191 - I can neither forget nor express the strong emotions which agitated my mind as I first approached and entered the eternal city. After a sleepless night, I trod, with a lofty step, the ruins of the Forum ; each memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Caesar fell, was at once present to my eye ; and several days of intoxication were lost or enjoyed before I could descend to a cool and minute investigation.
Сторінка 37 - To the university of Oxford I acknowledge no obligation ; and she will as cheerfully renounce me for a son, as I am willing to disclaim her for a mother. I spent fourteen months at Magdalen college ; they proved the fourteen months the most idle and unprofitable of my whole life...
Сторінка 2 - A \A lively desire of knowing and of recording our ancestors so generally prevails, that it must depend on the influence of some common principle in the minds of men.
Сторінка 195 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted 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.
Сторінка 67 - The various articles of the Romish creed disappeared like a dream; and after a full conviction, on Christmas-day 1754, I received the sacrament in the church of Lausanne. It was here that I suspended my religious inquiries, acquiescing with implicit belief in the tenets and mysteries, which are adopted by the general consent of catholics and protestants.
Сторінка 241 - I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer house in my garden. 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.
Сторінка 259 - His choice is approved by the eloquent historian of nature, who fixes our moral happiness to the mature season in which our passions are supposed to be calmed, our duties fulfilled, our ambition satisfied, our fame and fortune established on a solid basis.
Сторінка 49 - To take up half on trust, and half to try, Name it not faith, but bungling bigotry. Both knave and fool the merchant we may call, To pay great sums, and to compound the small: For who would break with Heaven, and would not break for all ? Rest then, my soul, from endless anguish freed,' Nor sciences thy guide, nor sense thy creed.