Memoirs of Edward Gibbon Written by Himself and a Selection from His Letters with Occasional Notes and Narrative by John Lord SheffieldG. Routedge, 1891 - 446 páginas |
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... dined with him in 1764 wrote home concerning him : " We spent an evening last week with Mallet , who is grown to an enormous size , exactly the shape of a barrel , but looks well , and eats and drinks more than you ever saw him ...
... dined with him in 1764 wrote home concerning him : " We spent an evening last week with Mallet , who is grown to an enormous size , exactly the shape of a barrel , but looks well , and eats and drinks more than you ever saw him ...
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... dined or lay from quarters . I can therefore only set down what I did in the literary way . Designing to recover my Greek , which I had somewhat neglected , I set myself to read Homer , and finished the four first books of the Iliad ...
... dined or lay from quarters . I can therefore only set down what I did in the literary way . Designing to recover my Greek , which I had somewhat neglected , I set myself to read Homer , and finished the four first books of the Iliad ...
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... dined with us , and renewed the acquaintance Sir Thomas and myself had begun with him at Reading . I scarcely ever met with a better companion . He has inexhaustible spirits , infinite wit and humour , and a great deal of knowledge . He ...
... dined with us , and renewed the acquaintance Sir Thomas and myself had begun with him at Reading . I scarcely ever met with a better companion . He has inexhaustible spirits , infinite wit and humour , and a great deal of knowledge . He ...
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... dined and lay at Harrison's , where I was received with that old - fashioned breeding which is at once so honourable and so troublesome . 23rd . Our two companies were disembodied - mine at Alton , and my father's at Beriton . Smith ...
... dined and lay at Harrison's , where I was received with that old - fashioned breeding which is at once so honourable and so troublesome . 23rd . Our two companies were disembodied - mine at Alton , and my father's at Beriton . Smith ...
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... dined at the Cocoa Tree with , who , under a great appear- ance of oddity , conceals more real honour , good sense , and even knowledge , than half those who laugh at him . We went thence to the play ( the Spanish Friar ) ; and when it ...
... dined at the Cocoa Tree with , who , under a great appear- ance of oddity , conceals more real honour , good sense , and even knowledge , than half those who laugh at him . We went thence to the play ( the Spanish Friar ) ; and when it ...
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Página 385 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews That teach the rustic moralist to die.
Página 40 - Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school; and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used, and, contrary to the king, his crown and dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill.
Página 150 - After a sleepless night, I trod, with a lofty step, the ruins of the Forum; each memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Caesar fell, was at once present to my eye; and several days of intoxication were lost or enjoyed before I could descend to a cool and minute investigation.
Página 177 - That the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished «: and Mr.
Página 198 - I beg leave to subscribe my assent to Mr. Burke's creed on the revolution of France. I admire his eloquence, I approve his politics, I adore his chivalry, and I can almost excuse his reverence for Church establishments.
Página 169 - ... mutual surprise of the public and their favourite is productive of those warm sensibilities, which at a second meeting can no longer be rekindled. If I listened to the music of praise, I was more seriously satisfied with the approbation of my judges. The candour of Dr. Robertson embraced his disciple. A letter from Mr. Hume overpaid the labour of ten years ; but I have never presumed to accept a place in the triumvirate of British historians.
Página 63 - I am tempted to enter a protest against the trite and lavish praise of the happiness of our boyish years, which is echoed with so much affectation in the world. That happiness I have never known, that time I have never regretted...
Página 151 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter', that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind. But my original plan was circumscribed to the decay of the city rather than of the empire...
Página 66 - To the university of Oxford / acknowledge no obligation ; and she will as cheerfully renounce me for a son. as I am willing to disclaim her for a mother. I spent fourteen months at Magdalen College ; they proved the fourteen months the most idle and unprofitable of my whole life...
Página 103 - I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son; my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and the habits of a new life. My cure was accelerated by a faithful report of the tranquillity and cheerfulness of the lady herself, and my love subsided in friendship and esteem.