The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Memoirs of His Life and WritingsB. Blake, 1837 - 848 من الصفحات |
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... knowledge attended him to the last . It is entitled merely " An Address ; " and expresses a wish that our Latin memorials of the middle ages , the " Scriptores Rerum Anglicarum , " may be pub- lished in England , in a manner worthy of ...
... knowledge attended him to the last . It is entitled merely " An Address ; " and expresses a wish that our Latin memorials of the middle ages , the " Scriptores Rerum Anglicarum , " may be pub- lished in England , in a manner worthy of ...
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... knowledge of the French and Spanish languages , passed some time in the Isle of Jersey , crossed the At- lantic , and resided upwards of a twelvemonth ( 1659 ) in the rising colony of Virginia . In this remote province , his taste , or ...
... knowledge of the French and Spanish languages , passed some time in the Isle of Jersey , crossed the At- lantic , and resided upwards of a twelvemonth ( 1659 ) in the rising colony of Virginia . In this remote province , his taste , or ...
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... knowledge , my kinsman could not be forgetful of his own name ; and to him I am indebted for almost the whole of my informa- tion concerning the Gibbon family . From this small work ( a duo- decimo of one hundred and sixty - five pages ) ...
... knowledge , my kinsman could not be forgetful of his own name ; and to him I am indebted for almost the whole of my informa- tion concerning the Gibbon family . From this small work ( a duo- decimo of one hundred and sixty - five pages ) ...
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... knowledge was derived from a strong understanding , and the experience of the ways of men ; but my father enjoyed the benefits of a liberal education as a scholar and a gentleman . At Westminster School , and afterwards at Emanuel ...
... knowledge was derived from a strong understanding , and the experience of the ways of men ; but my father enjoyed the benefits of a liberal education as a scholar and a gentleman . At Westminster School , and afterwards at Emanuel ...
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... knowledge of arith- metic , and left me a clear impression of the English and Latin rudiments . In my ninth year ( January , 1746 ) , in a lucid interval of compara- tive health , my father adopted the convenient and customary mode of ...
... knowledge of arith- metic , and left me a clear impression of the English and Latin rudiments . In my ninth year ( January , 1746 ) , in a lucid interval of compara- tive health , my father adopted the convenient and customary mode of ...
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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.