The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Հատոր 1J. Murray, 1814 |
From inside the book
Արդյունքներ 79–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
Էջ xviii
... the Public ; nor have I thought myself at liberty to to present it , in the shape in which he xviii ADVERTISEMENT TO Mr Gibbon to Mr Holroyd at Berlin-Account his Return through Paris, and of Madame Necker Beriton, Oct 31st, 1765.
... the Public ; nor have I thought myself at liberty to to present it , in the shape in which he xviii ADVERTISEMENT TO Mr Gibbon to Mr Holroyd at Berlin-Account his Return through Paris, and of Madame Necker Beriton, Oct 31st, 1765.
Էջ xxiv
... Paris , gives an Account of the Persons with whom he chiefly associated ; proceeds through Dijon and Besançon , to Lausanne - characterises a Society there , called La Société du Printems - becomes acquainted with Mr. Holroyd , now Lord ...
... Paris , gives an Account of the Persons with whom he chiefly associated ; proceeds through Dijon and Besançon , to Lausanne - characterises a Society there , called La Société du Printems - becomes acquainted with Mr. Holroyd , now Lord ...
Էջ xxv
... Paris - his dispute with the Abbé Mably - he enume- rates and characterises the Writers who wrote against his 15th and 16th Chapters - Mr. Gibbon , by the desire of Ministry , writes the Mémoire Justificatif - by the Interest of Lord ...
... Paris - his dispute with the Abbé Mably - he enume- rates and characterises the Writers who wrote against his 15th and 16th Chapters - Mr. Gibbon , by the desire of Ministry , writes the Mémoire Justificatif - by the Interest of Lord ...
Էջ xxvi
... Paris Narrative continued by Lord Sheffield - Account of Lord Sheffield's Visit - reception at Lausanne - highly respect- able Situation of Mr. Gibbon there Correspondence continued - Mr . Gibbon's Letter to the Honourable Miss Holroyd ...
... Paris Narrative continued by Lord Sheffield - Account of Lord Sheffield's Visit - reception at Lausanne - highly respect- able Situation of Mr. Gibbon there Correspondence continued - Mr . Gibbon's Letter to the Honourable Miss Holroyd ...
Էջ xxvii
... Paris if possible in his Journey to England - proposes to write the Lives of the eminent Men from the Reign of Henry VIII . to the pre- sent Age - Death and Character of M. de Severy - New Constitution at Geneva - Impression made at ...
... Paris if possible in his Journey to England - proposes to write the Lives of the eminent Men from the Reign of Henry VIII . to the pre- sent Age - Death and Character of M. de Severy - New Constitution at Geneva - Impression made at ...
Բովանդակություն
248 | |
249 | |
252 | |
256 | |
258 | |
264 | |
270 | |
277 | |
55 | |
61 | |
73 | |
83 | |
87 | |
90 | |
95 | |
96 | |
97 | |
98 | |
105 | |
107 | |
109 | |
113 | |
119 | |
120 | |
125 | |
126 | |
133 | |
134 | |
139 | |
142 | |
144 | |
145 | |
146 | |
152 | |
155 | |
157 | |
158 | |
164 | |
165 | |
170 | |
173 | |
180 | |
183 | |
186 | |
190 | |
192 | |
199 | |
200 | |
205 | |
206 | |
207 | |
208 | |
209 | |
213 | |
217 | |
219 | |
220 | |
222 | |
231 | |
234 | |
239 | |
241 | |
242 | |
284 | |
287 | |
293 | |
304 | |
311 | |
317 | |
321 | |
323 | |
324 | |
327 | |
328 | |
331 | |
333 | |
334 | |
335 | |
340 | |
346 | |
347 | |
353 | |
354 | |
355 | |
356 | |
365 | |
368 | |
372 | |
374 | |
378 | |
387 | |
388 | |
394 | |
397 | |
401 | |
412 | |
420 | |
426 | |
441 | |
442 | |
447 | |
448 | |
449 | |
454 | |
456 | |
460 | |
467 | |
476 | |
482 | |
483 | |
486 | |
489 | |
495 | |
496 | |
502 | |
510 | |
513 | |
515 | |
Այլ խմբագրություններ - View all
The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Memoirs of His Life and ... Edward Gibbon Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1837 |
The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Memoirs of His ..., Հատոր 1 Edward Gibbon Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1814 |
The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Memoirs of His Life and ... Edward Gibbon Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1837 |
Common terms and phrases
acquaintance Adieu agreeable amusement assez avoir avoit Beriton Berne bien C'est character conversation Count de Lally d'une dæmon deux Deyverdun Duchess of Devonshire EDWARD GIBBON England English epistle Essay esteem été étoit être faire fait father favour fortune France French Geneva geography of Italy grand happiness Holroyd homme honour hope ideas idées j'ai jamais journal l'esprit labour Lady language Latin Lausanne learned letter London Lord North Lord Sheffield Madame maison Memoirs ment militia mind Monsieur months n'est nation Necker never Orosius Paris Pavilliard perhaps persons peut philosopher pleasure political Prince provinces of France qu'il qu'on qu'une quæ rien Severy Sheffield-Place society soon spirit style summer Swiss Switzerland taste thousand tion tout Turin Vaud Veleia volume weeks William Henry Clinton winter wish write
Սիրված հատվածներ
Էջ 6 - 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.
Էջ 212 - That the influence of the crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished"; and Mr.
Էջ 194 - The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is the fruit of exercise. Many experiments were made before I could hit the middle tone between a dull chronicle and a rhetorical declamation: three times did I compose the first chapter, and twice the second and third, before I was tolerably satisfied with their effect.
Էջ 122 - ... thorough profligate in principle as in practice, his life stained with every vice. and his conversation full of blasphemy and indecency. These morals he glories in — for shame is a weakness he has long since surmounted. He told us himself, that in this time of public dissension he was resolved to make his fortune.
Էջ 198 - The favour of mankind is most freely bestowed on a new acquaintance of any original merit; and the 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...
Էջ 176 - 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.
Էջ 221 - He seemed to feel, and even to envy, the happiness of my situation while I admired the powers of a superior man, as they are blended in his attractive character with the softness and simplicity of a child.
Էջ 35 - The fellows or monks of my time were decent easy men, who supinely enjoyed the gifts of the founder : their days were filled by a scries of uniform form employments; the chapel and the hall, the coffee-house and the common room, till they retired, -weary and well satisfied, to a long slumber. From the toil of reading, or thinking, or writing, they had absolved their conscience...
Էջ liv - 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.
Էջ 178 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted 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.