The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Memoirs of His Life and WritingsB. Blake, 1837 - 848 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 118
... give more satisfaction , by employing the language of Mr. Gibbon , instead of my own ; and the public will see him in a new and an admirable light , as a writer of letters . By the insertion of a few occasional sentences , I shall ...
... give more satisfaction , by employing the language of Mr. Gibbon , instead of my own ; and the public will see him in a new and an admirable light , as a writer of letters . By the insertion of a few occasional sentences , I shall ...
الصفحة 122
... give me a full and true account of your designs , which by this time must have dropped , or be deter- mined at least ... gives a very just and complete idea of that wonderful machine . His Correspondance Secrette is diabol- ically good ...
... give me a full and true account of your designs , which by this time must have dropped , or be deter- mined at least ... gives a very just and complete idea of that wonderful machine . His Correspondance Secrette is diabol- ically good ...
الصفحة 123
... give me a line con- cerning her state of health . To this no answer ; I am afraid she is displeased . - Now for the disposal of the money : I approve of the £ 8000 mortgage on Beriton ; and honour your prudence in not showing , by the ...
... give me a line con- cerning her state of health . To this no answer ; I am afraid she is displeased . - Now for the disposal of the money : I approve of the £ 8000 mortgage on Beriton ; and honour your prudence in not showing , by the ...
الصفحة 135
... give you my word , that , before I take the slightest step which can bind me either in law , conscience , or honour , I will faithfully communicate , and we will freely discuss , the whole state of the business . But at present there is ...
... give you my word , that , before I take the slightest step which can bind me either in law , conscience , or honour , I will faithfully communicate , and we will freely discuss , the whole state of the business . But at present there is ...
الصفحة 137
... give frequent dinners ; and in the summer I have an assembly every Sunday evening . What a wicked wretch ! says my lady . I cannot pity you for the accumulation of business , as you ought not to pity me , if I complained of the ...
... give frequent dinners ; and in the summer I have an assembly every Sunday evening . What a wicked wretch ! says my lady . I cannot pity you for the accumulation of business , as you ought not to pity me , if I complained of the ...
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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.