The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Band 1Allen Lane, Penguin Press, 1994 - 3360 Seiten A new critical edition, complete & unmodernized. Contains variants, & comments & notes by Gibbon, plus his famous Vindication. Also includes description of the development of the work within the framework of Gibbon's life & the culture of the era. |
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... Lausanne . I have sometimes applied to my own fate the verses of Pindar , which remind an Olympic champion that his victory was the consequence of his exile ; and that at home , like a domestic fowl , his days might have roiled away ...
... Lausanne . I have sometimes applied to my own fate the verses of Pindar , which remind an Olympic champion that his victory was the consequence of his exile ; and that at home , like a domestic fowl , his days might have roiled away ...
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... Lausanne is peopled by a numerous gentry , whose companionable idleness is seldom disturbed by the pursuits of avarice or ambition : the women , though confined to a do- mestic education , are endowed for the most part with more taste ...
... Lausanne is peopled by a numerous gentry , whose companionable idleness is seldom disturbed by the pursuits of avarice or ambition : the women , though confined to a do- mestic education , are endowed for the most part with more taste ...
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... Lausanne . This last trial confirmed my assurance that I had wisely chosen for my own happiness ; nor did I once in a year's visit entertain a wish of settling in my native country . Britain is the free and fort- unate island ; but ...
... Lausanne . This last trial confirmed my assurance that I had wisely chosen for my own happiness ; nor did I once in a year's visit entertain a wish of settling in my native country . Britain is the free and fort- unate island ; but ...
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