 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1899 - 822 Seiten
..." At the outset," he says, " all was dark and doubtful — even the title of the work, the true era of the decline and fall of the empire, the limits...narrative — and I was often tempted to cast away the labor of seven years. The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1900 - 398 Seiten
...my History. ^ At the outset all was dark and doubtful ; even the title of t.luj work,3 the true sera of the Decline and Fall of the Empire! the limits...the labour of seven years. The style of an author 1 [See Appendix 32.] *[A view of Sheffield Place is given in voL i. of Gibbon's Misc. Worts, and a... | |
 | 1903 - 300 Seiten
...Mr. Bullen's words, " are as fresh as the flowers in May." " The style of an author," says Gibbon, " should be the image of his mind ; but the choice and command of language is the fruit of exercise " : and it is in his lyrics that Peele, like so many other of his contemporaries — as Dekker for... | |
 | Hubert Howe Bancroft - 1902 - 784 Seiten
...ni ne s'assied, ni ne se love, ni ne se tait, ni n'est sur les jambes, comme un homme d'esprit." " The style of an author should be the image of his mind," observes Gibbon, "but the choice and command of language is the fruit of exercise. Many experiments... | |
 | James Smith - 1909 - 112 Seiten
...fear, is partial to me, and measures the facility of my writings by the fluency of his own.' " GIBBON " I was often tempted to cast away the labour of seven years (while writing the first volume of the Decline and Fall). The style of an author should be the image... | |
 | Frederic Taber Cooper - 1911 - 296 Seiten
...of his history: At the outset, all was dark and doubtful; even the title of the work, the true era of the Decline and Fall of the Empire, the limits...tempted to cast away the labour of seven years. The uncertainty, the false start, the work which must be begun anew and on a different plan, have all been... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke - 1911 - 444 Seiten
...of my History. At the outset all was dark and doubtful, — even the title of the work, the true era of the Decline and Fall of the Empire, the limits...narrative; and I was often tempted to cast away the labor of seven years. The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command... | |
 | 1911 - 202 Seiten
...outset all was dark and doubtful; even the title of the work, the true aera of the Decline and Pall of the Empire, the limits of the introduction, the...narrative; and I was often tempted to cast away the labor of seven years. The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command... | |
 | John Lawson Stoddard - 1913 - 494 Seiten
...of my history. At the outset all was dark and doubtful — even the title of the work, the true era of the Decline and Fall of the Empire, the limits...narrative; and I was often tempted to cast away the labor of seven years. The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1916 - 1006 Seiten
...my History. At " the outset all was dark and doubtful ; even the title of the work, " the true era of the Decline and Fall of the Empire, the limits...narrative : and I was often tempted to cast away the labor of " seven years. The style of an author should be the image of his " mind, but the choice and... | |
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History. At the outset all was dark and doubtful ; even the title of the work, the true era of the " Decline and Fall of the Empire," the limits of the introduction, the division of the chapters, and the order of the narrative ; and I was often tempted... 
