The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1Bell and Bradfute, Peter Hill, Silvester Doig and A. Stirling, and John Ogle., 1811 |
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... acquainted with Pope's Homer , and the Arabian Nights Entertain- ments , two books which will always please , by the moving picture of human manners and specious mi- racles : nor was I then capable of discerning that 4 LIFE OF.
... acquainted with Pope's Homer , and the Arabian Nights Entertain- ments , two books which will always please , by the moving picture of human manners and specious mi- racles : nor was I then capable of discerning that 4 LIFE OF.
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... human na- ture . I have not stayed to make any particular re- marks . If any should occur on the second reading , I shall not fail to lay in my claim to a more needed , and more usesul admonition from you , in case I ever pro- duce any ...
... human na- ture . I have not stayed to make any particular re- marks . If any should occur on the second reading , I shall not fail to lay in my claim to a more needed , and more usesul admonition from you , in case I ever pro- duce any ...
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... human being was ever more perfectly exempt from the taint of malevolence , vanity , or falsehood . " His labour , in this retirement , proceeded with great activity ; and on the 27th June 1787 he put the last hand to this celebrated ...
... human being was ever more perfectly exempt from the taint of malevolence , vanity , or falsehood . " His labour , in this retirement , proceeded with great activity ; and on the 27th June 1787 he put the last hand to this celebrated ...
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... human eyes , excepting those of the author and the printer the faults and the merits are exclusively my own . " In order to superintend the publication of the three last volumes , he visited England , where he was receiv- ed with ...
... human eyes , excepting those of the author and the printer the faults and the merits are exclusively my own . " In order to superintend the publication of the three last volumes , he visited England , where he was receiv- ed with ...
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... human greatness , may , with some propriety , be divided into the three following periods ; * The first volume of the quarto , which is now contained in the two first volumes of the octavo edition . 1. The first of these periods may be ...
... human greatness , may , with some propriety , be divided into the three following periods ; * The first volume of the quarto , which is now contained in the two first volumes of the octavo edition . 1. The first of these periods may be ...
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Page 127 - If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world, during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus.
Page 30 - I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.
Page 30 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berccau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
Page 30 - I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment of my fame.
Page 12 - I found her learned without pedantry, lively in conversation, pure in sentiment, and elegant in manners ; and the first sudden emotion was fortified by the habits and knowledge of a more familiar acquaintance. She permitted me to make her two or three visits at her father's house.
Page 13 - 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.
Page 7 - ... of the World, which exhibit the Byzantine period on a larger scale. Mahomet and his Saracens soon fixed my attention; and some instinct of criticism directed me to the genuine sources. Simon Ockley, an original in every sense, first opened my eyes, and I was led from one book to another till I had ranged round the circle of Oriental history. Before I was sixteen...
Page 17 - The habits of a sedentary life were usefully broken by the duties of an active profession: in the healthful exercise of the field I hunted with a battalion, instead of a pack; and at that time I was ready, at any hour of the day or night, to fly from quarters to London, from London to quarters, on the slightest call of private or regimental business.
Page 9 - I repeated the offence with less ceremony ; the excuse was admitted with the same indulgence : the slightest motive of laziness or indisposition, the most trifling avocation at home or abroad, was allowed as a worthy impediment ; nor did my tutor appear conscious of my absence or neglect.
Page 9 - Trajan was ambitious of fame; and as long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst of military glory will ever be the vice of the most exalted characters.