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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Page 12
by Edward Gibbon - 1811
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The Female Revolutionary Plutarch: Containing Biographical, Historical, and ...

Stewarton, Lewis Goldsmith - 1806 - 466 pages
...sciences and languages ; and in her short visits to some relations at Lausanne, the wit, the beauty, and erudition of Mademoiselle Curchod were the theme of...saw; and loved. I found her learned without pedantry, witty in conversation, pure in -senti-- ment, and elegant in manners ; and the first sudden emotion...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Memoirs of His ..., Volume 1

Edward Gibbon - 1814 - 726 pages
...languages ; and in her short visits to some relations at Lausanne, the wit, the beauty, and erudition or' Mademoiselle Curchod were the theme of* universal...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....
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Edward Gibbon, Esq, Volume 1

Edward Gibbon - 1825 - 338 pages
...sciences and languages ; and in her short visits to some relations at Lausanne, the wit, the beauty, and erudition, of mademoiselle Curchod were the theme...and the first sudden emotion was fortified by the * EXTRACTS FROM THE JOURNAL. March 1757. I wrote some critical observations upon Plautus. March 8th....
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Autobiographies: A Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing ..., Volume 14

1830 - 336 pages
...sciences and languages ; and in her short visits to some relations at Lausanne, the wit, the beauty, and erudition, of mademoiselle Curchod were the theme...and the first sudden emotion was fortified by the 41 EXTRACTS VROM THE JOL-RNAI. March 1757. March 8th. June. August. Sept. 15th. Oct. 15th. NOT. 1st....
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Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham, Volume 1

Englishmen - 1836 - 260 pages
...fall in love with a young lady, of whom he has left us the following account : " I saw," he says, " and loved. I found her learned, without pedantry; lively in conversation; pure in sentiment; elegant in manners. She permitted me to make her two or three visits in her father's house. I passed...
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The Life of Carsten Niebuhr, the Oriental Traveller, Volume 3, Issues 1-4

Barthold Georg Niebuhr - 1836 - 328 pages
...a captive to her charms. He tells the story in his own Memoirs, where he informs us that ' she was learned without pedantry, lively in conversation, pure in sentiment, and elegant in manners : her wit and beauty were the theme of universal applause.' Gibbon prospered in his suit ; but such...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Memoirs of His Life and ...

Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 878 pages
...sciences and languages ; and in her short visits to some relations at Lausanne, the wit, the beauty, and erudition of Mademoiselle Curchod were the theme of...manners ; and the first sudden emotion was fortified liy the habits and knowledge of a more familiar acquaintance. She * Extracts from the Journal. March,...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Memoirs of His Life and ...

Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 1164 pages
...short visits to some relations at Lausanne, the wit, the beauty, and erudition of Mademoiselle (torched were the theme of universal applause. The report of...a prodigy awakened my curiosity ; I saw and loved. 1 found her learned without pedantry, lively in conversation, pure in sentiment, and elegant in manners...
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The Life of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Selections from His Correspondence, and ...

Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - 1839 - 486 pages
...sciences and languages ; and in her short visits to some relations at Lausanne, the wit, the beauty, and erudition of Mademoiselle Curchod were the theme of...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....
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The life of Edward Gibbon [by himself] with selections from his ...

Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - 1840 - 390 pages
...sciences and languages ; and in her short visits to some relations at Lausanne, the wit, the beauty, and erudition of Mademoiselle Curchod were the theme of...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....
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