 | Thomas Browne Browne - 1838 - 274 Seiten
...that different ages are unequal in mental powers, because individuals are. " I cannot," says Gibbon, " reflect without pleasure on the bounty of nature, which cast my birth in a free and civilised country, in an age of science p 3 and philosophy, in a family of honourable rank, and decently... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1839 - 404 Seiten
...are Mrs. Hutchinson's effusions of gratitude. The same sentiment is expressed by Gibbon, who says, " My lot might have been that of a slave, a savage,...rank, and decently endowed with the gifts of fortune." Gibbons Memoirs. Coleridge in the introduction to his Lay Sermons, page x. says, " Few are sufficiently... | |
 | Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman (historien).) - 1840 - 386 Seiten
...hundred and thirtyseven ; the first child of the marriage of Edward Gibbon, Esq. and of Judith Porten '. My lot might have been that of a slave, a savage,...my birth I have enjoyed the right of primogeniture j but I was succeeded by five brothers and one sister, all of whom were snatched away in their infancy.... | |
 | 1840 - 520 Seiten
...the only watchers, round your miserable deathbed ! THE COCKNEY. THE COCKNEY. BY DOUGLAS JEREOLD. " MY lot might have been that of a slave, a savage, or a peasant," says the grateful Gibbon ; " nor can I reflect without pleasure on the bounty of Nature, which cast... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1840 - 564 Seiten
...Turc, Limousin, payuau," says the optimist ; Gibbon said the same in his memoirs ; " my place in life might have been that of a slave, a savage or a peasant, and I cannot think without pleasure of the goodness of nature, who appointed my birth in a free and... | |
 | 1841 - 446 Seiten
...get off Junks, is the very man for Andrew Macwriggle's attorney." THE COCKNEY. BT DOUGLAS JERROLD. " MY lot might have been that of a slave, a savage, or a peasant," says the grateful Gibbon; "nor can I reflect without pleasure, on the bounty of Nature, which cast... | |
 | Francesco Guicciardini - 1845 - 216 Seiten
...to chance upon that occasion, in which those parts or virtues wherein thou shinest are acceptable. MY lot might have been that of a slave, a savage,...rank, and decently endowed with the gifts of fortune. Memoirs of my Life and Writings, chap. ii. 42. Mr. Gibbon. Lord Bacon. . . . I think this may be the... | |
 | Francesco Guicciardini - 1845 - 214 Seiten
...to chance upon that occasion, in which those parts or virtues wherein thou shinest are acceptable. MY lot might have been that of a slave, a savage,...rank, and decently endowed with the gifts of fortune. Memoirs of my Life and Writings, chap. ii. 49 42. Mr. Gibbon. . . . I think this may be the truth,... | |
 | Basil Montagu, Hannah Mary Rathbone - 1845 - 396 Seiten
...are Mrs. Hutchison's effusions of gratitude. The same sentiment is expressed by Gibbon, who says, " My lot might have been that of a slave, a savage or...in an age of science and philosophy, in a family of honorable rank, and decently endowed with the gifts of fortune." — Gibbon's Memoirs. Coleridge in... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1846 - 458 Seiten
...hundred and thirty-seven ; the first child of the marriage of Edward Gibbon, Esq. and of Judith Porten.* My lot might have been that of a slave, a savage,...bounty of Nature, which cast my birth in a free and civilised country, in an age of science and philosophy, in a family of honourable rank, and decently... | |
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My lot might have been that of a slave, a savage, or a peasant ; nor can I reflect without pleasure on the bounty of Nature, which cast my birth in a free and civilised country, in an age of science and philosophy, in a family of honourable rank, and... 
