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" A \A lively desire of knowing and of recording our ancestors so generally prevails, that it must depend on the influence of some common principle in the minds of men. "
Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Edward Gibbon, Esq - Seite 2
von Edward Gibbon - 1825
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical ..., Band 2

Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 860 Seiten
...nature has confined us. Fifty or a hundred years may be allotted to an individual, but we step forwards on, where, early roaming, First I weaved the rustic...which Byron, less reticent, bas defended : Tis mer our%elves to the authors of our existence. Our calmer judgment will rather tend to moderate than to...
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The Poetical Works of the Rev. Goronwy Owen (Goronwy Ddu O Fon ..., Band 1

Goronwy Owen - 1876 - 350 Seiten
...noble bloods." Gibbon, too, writes: — " We seem to have lived in the persons of our forefathers. Our imagination is always active to enlarge the narrow circle in which nature has confined us. We fill up the silent vacancy that precedes our birth, by associating ourselves to the authors of our...
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The poetical works of ... Goronwy Owen, with his life and ..., Band 1

Goronwy Owen - 1876 - 332 Seiten
...noble bloods." Gibbon, too, writes : — " We seem to have lived in the persons of our forefathers. Our imagination is always active to enlarge the narrow circle in which nature has confined us. We fill up the silent vacancy that precedes our birth, by associating ourselves to the authors of our...
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Memoirs of Edward Gibbon, Esq

Edward Gibbon - 1877 - 238 Seiten
...principle in the minds of men. We seem to have lived in the persons of our forefathers; it is the labor and reward of vanity to extend the term of this ideal...nature has confined us. Fifty or an hundred years may he allotted to an individual ; but we step forward beyond death with such hopes as religion and philosophy...
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Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History, Critical ..., Bände 5-6

Robert Chambers - 1880 - 824 Seiten
...minds of men. We seem to have lived in the persons of our forefathers: it is the labour and reward of f vanity to extend the term of this ideal longevity....narrow circle in which nature has confined us. Fifty or a hundred years may be allotted to an individual, hut we step forwards beyond death with such hopes...
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The Life of Benjamin Franklin, Written by Himself: Now First Edited ..., Band 1

Benjamin Franklin - 1884 - 598 Seiten
...in the persons of our forefathers ; it is the labor and reward of vanity to extend the term of thit ideal longevity. Our imagination is always active...narrow circle in which nature has confined us. Fifty or a hundred years may be allotted to an individual ; but we step forward beyond death with such hopes...
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A family memoir of the Macdonalds of Keppoch, ed. by C.R. Markham, with ...

Angus Macdonald - 1885 - 176 Seiten
...lived in the persons of our forefathers ; it is the labour and reward of vanity to extend the period of this ideal longevity. " Our imagination is always...circle in which nature has confined us ; fifty or one hundred years may be allotted to an individual, but we step forward beyond death with such hopes...
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Memoirs of Edward Gibbon, Written by Himself, and a Selection from His Letters

Edward Gibbon - 1891 - 456 Seiten
...principle in the minds of men. We seem to have lived in the persons of our forefathers ; it is the labour and reward of vanity to extend the term of this ideal...years may be allotted to an individual, but we step forwards beyond death with such hopes as religion and philosophy will suggest ; and we fill up the...
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Memoirs of Edward Gibbon Written by Himself and a Selection from His Letters ...

Edward Gibbon - 1891 - 448 Seiten
...principle in the minds of men. We seem to have lived in the persons of our forefathers ; it is the labour and reward of vanity to extend the term of this ideal...years may be allotted to an individual, but we step forwards beyond death with such hopes as religion and philosophy will suggest ; and we fill up the...
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Memoirs of Edward Gibbon Written by Himself and a Selection from His Letters ...

Edward Gibbon - 1891 - 474 Seiten
...principle in the minds of men. We seem to have lived in the persons of our forefathers ; it is the labour and reward of vanity to extend the term of this ideal...Nature has confined us. Fifty or an hundred years may1 be allotted to an individual, but we step forwards beyond death with such hopes as religion and...
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