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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... observed , nor is the observation absurd , that , excepting in experimental sciences , which demand a costly apparatus and a dexterous hand , the many valuable treatises that have been published on every subject of learning may now ...
... observed , nor is the observation absurd , that , excepting in experimental sciences , which demand a costly apparatus and a dexterous hand , the many valuable treatises that have been published on every subject of learning may now ...
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... observed that , after the crowd of flatterers dispersed , and left him to darkness , solitude , and terrible reflection , he passed a sleepless night ; revolving most probably in his mind his own rash folly , the fate of his virtuous ...
... observed that , after the crowd of flatterers dispersed , and left him to darkness , solitude , and terrible reflection , he passed a sleepless night ; revolving most probably in his mind his own rash folly , the fate of his virtuous ...
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