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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... enjoyed at Alles- borough , in Worcestershire , in the house of Thomas Lord Coventry , where he was employed as a domestic tutor . But the spirit of my kinsman soon immerged into more active life : he visited foreign countries as a ...
... enjoyed at Alles- borough , in Worcestershire , in the house of Thomas Lord Coventry , where he was employed as a domestic tutor . But the spirit of my kinsman soon immerged into more active life : he visited foreign countries as a ...
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... enjoyed ; for neither the fineness of the sea- son nor the most promising parties of pleasure could tempt the company of either sex to desert him . " Those who have enjoyed the society of Mr. Gibbon will agree with me that his ...
... enjoyed ; for neither the fineness of the sea- son nor the most promising parties of pleasure could tempt the company of either sex to desert him . " Those who have enjoyed the society of Mr. Gibbon will agree with me that his ...
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... enjoyed by the towns in Italy , one of the most im- portant of which was exemption from the land and poll tax . This is proved by a striking passage in the Digest ( 50 , tit . 15 , 1. 8 , § 7 ) : " D. Vespasianus Cæsarien- ses colonos ...
... enjoyed by the towns in Italy , one of the most im- portant of which was exemption from the land and poll tax . This is proved by a striking passage in the Digest ( 50 , tit . 15 , 1. 8 , § 7 ) : " D. Vespasianus Cæsarien- ses colonos ...
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MEMOIRS OF MY LIFE AND WRITINGS | 43 |
LAST ILLNESS AND DEATH OF GIBBON | 206 |
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