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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... critic and judge of my first performance . A writer can seldom be content with the doubtful recompense of solitary ... criticism with the tenderness and reluctance of a parent . The author of the Journal Britannique sometimes aspires ...
... critic and judge of my first performance . A writer can seldom be content with the doubtful recompense of solitary ... criticism with the tenderness and reluctance of a parent . The author of the Journal Britannique sometimes aspires ...
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... critic arose , who , in one of the most judicious and spirited essays that our nation has produced on a point of ... criticism ; which could not , indeed , derive authority from the greatest name , but to which the greatest name ...
... critic arose , who , in one of the most judicious and spirited essays that our nation has produced on a point of ... criticism ; which could not , indeed , derive authority from the greatest name , but to which the greatest name ...
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... critic . I have praised , and I still praise , the eloquent sermons which were preached in St. Mary's pulpit at ... criticism , and accurate investiga- tion ; but we are too frequently disgusted by vague and in- conclusive reasoning ...
... critic . I have praised , and I still praise , the eloquent sermons which were preached in St. Mary's pulpit at ... criticism , and accurate investiga- tion ; but we are too frequently disgusted by vague and in- conclusive reasoning ...
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MEMOIRS OF MY LIFE AND WRITINGS | 43 |
LAST ILLNESS AND DEATH OF GIBBON | 206 |
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