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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... style and sen- timents , but for the admirable lessons , which may be applied almost to every situation of public and private life . Cicero's Epistles may in particular afford the models of every form of correspondence , from the ...
... style and sen- timents , but for the admirable lessons , which may be applied almost to every situation of public and private life . Cicero's Epistles may in particular afford the models of every form of correspondence , from the ...
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... style , above prose and below poetry , degenerated into a verbose and turgid declamation . Perhaps I may impute the failure to the injudicious choice of a foreign language . Perhaps I may suspect that the lan- guage itself is ill ...
... style , above prose and below poetry , degenerated into a verbose and turgid declamation . Perhaps I may impute the failure to the injudicious choice of a foreign language . Perhaps I may suspect that the lan- guage itself is ill ...
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... style and spirit of my History than I am satisfied with his honorable testimony to my attention , diligence , and accu- racy ; those humble virtues which religious zeal had most au- daciously denied . The sweetness of his praise is ...
... style and spirit of my History than I am satisfied with his honorable testimony to my attention , diligence , and accu- racy ; those humble virtues which religious zeal had most au- daciously denied . The sweetness of his praise is ...
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MEMOIRS OF MY LIFE AND WRITINGS | 43 |
LAST ILLNESS AND DEATH OF GIBBON | 206 |
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