The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings

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The Authors manner of passing his time in the Hampshire militia and reflections
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Mr Gibbon pays a visit to Lord Sheffield in England Remarks on Lord Shef
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Some account of Mr Gibbons studies at Lausanne preparatory to his Italian
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Narrative continued by Lord Sheffield and by letters from Mr Gibbon
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Mirabeaus work Sur la Monarchie Prussienne and his Correspondence Secrette
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Account of Monsieur Necker Character of Mr Burkes book on the French
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Narrative continued by Lord Sheffield An account of his visit to Lausanne
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Political reflections Slave Trade Jockey Club Mr Greys motion Con
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Second letter to the honourable Miss Holroyd Her account in answer of
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The Same to the Same His arrival at Lausanne mention of the Abbé
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Narrative continued by Lord Sheffield Account of Mr Gibbons health
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LETTER Page Introduction by the Editor to the Letters contained in the Appendix
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Mr Crevier to Mr Gibbon On a disputed passage in Livy lib xxx c 44
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The Same to the Same The subject continued Oct 12 1756
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The Same to the Same The subject continued
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Mr Gibbon to Mr Gesner Concerning Piso to whom Horace addressed his Art of Poetry and the time of Catulluss death
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Mr Gesner to Mr Gibbon In answer to the former
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Mr Gibbon to Mr Gesner The same subject continued
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Mr Gibbon to On the government of Berne
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Mr Gibbon to Mrs Porten 1756
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Dr Waldegrave to Mr Gibbon Dec 7 1758
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Mr Mallet to Mr Gibbon Inclosing a letter from Count de Caylus 1761
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Mr Gibbon to Mrs Gibbon Account of Mr Helvetius Feb 12 1763
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Mr Gibbon to Mr Holroyd Account of the Borromean Islands and Turin May 16 1764
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Mr Gibbon to Mr Holroyd Account of his return through Paris and of Madame Necker Oct 31 1765
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The Same to the Same Upon Mr Holroyds marriage April 29 1767
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The Same to the Same Beriton Oct 16 1769
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The Same to the Same Nov 18 1771
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The Same to the Same Feb 3 1772
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The Same to the Same Princess of Wales Feb 13 1772
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الصفحة 108 - 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.
الصفحة 31 - What recks it them? What need they? They are sped; And, when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread : Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said: But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.
الصفحة 48 - After a painful struggle I yielded to my fate : 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.
الصفحة 4 - Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school; and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used, and, contrary to the king, his crown and dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill.
الصفحة 19 - My first introduction to the historic scenes which have since engaged so many years of my life must be ascribed to an accident. In the summer of 1751 I accompanied my father on a visit to Mr. Hoare's, in Wiltshire ; but I was less delighted with the beauties of Stourhead than with discovering in the library a common book, the 'Continuation of Echard's Roman History,' which is indeed executed with more skill and taste than the previous work.
الصفحة 278 - For who to dumb Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day. Nor cast one longing ling'ring look behind?
الصفحة 106 - He seemed to feel, and even to envy, the happiness of my situation ; while I admired the powers of a superior man, as they are blended in his attractive Character with the softness and simplicity of a child. Perhaps no human being was ever more perfectly exempt from the taint of malevolence, vanity, or falsehood.
الصفحة 760 - The religion of the nations was not merely a speculative doctrine professed in the schools or preached in the temples. The innumerable deities and rites of polytheism were closely interwoven with every circumstance of business or pleasure, of public or of private life; and it seemed impossible to escape the observance of them, without, at the same time, renouncing the commerce of mankind, and all the offices and amusements of society.
الصفحة 24 - The fellows or monks of my time were decent easy men, who supinely enjoyed the gifts of the founder : their days were filled by a series of uniform employments — the chapel and the hall, the coffee-house and the common room, till they retired, weary and well satisfied, to a long slumber. From the toil of reading, or thinking, or writing, they had absolved their consciences...
الصفحة 52 - Street, I have passed many a solitary evening in my lodging with my books. My studies were sometimes interrupted by a sigh, which I breathed towards Lausanne; and on the approach of spring, I withdrew without reluctance from the noisy and extensive scene of crowds without company, and dissipation without pleasure.

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