The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings

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Mr Gibbon and Mr Deyverdun engage in a periodical work intended as a con
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Mr Gibbon makes the tour of Switzerland forms a correspondence with several
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Mr Gibbon by the desire of Ministry writes the Memoire Justificatif By
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Mr Gibbon pays a visit to Lord Sheffield in England Remarks on Lord Shef
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Narrative continued by Lord Sheffield and by letters from Mr Gibbon
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Mirabeaus work Sur la Monarchie Prussienne and his Correspondence Secrette
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Account of Monsieur Necker Character of Mr Burkes book on the French
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Narrative continued by Lord Sheffield An account of his visit to Lausanne
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Political reflections Slave Trade Jockey Club Mr Greys motion Con
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Second letter to the honourable Miss Holroyd Her account in answer of
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The Same to the Same His arrival at Lausanne mention of the Abbé
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The Same to the Same Political Feb 2 1784
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Narrative continued by Lord Sheffield Account of Mr Gibbons health
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The Same to the Same On the report of Mr Gibbons death English
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The Same to Mr Cadell On his three last volumes Dec 16 1786
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Professor Breitinger to Mr Gibbon On different passages of Justin
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Mr Gibbon to Mrs Porten 1756
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Mr Gibbon to Mrs Gibbon Account of Mr Helvetius Feb 12 1763
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Mr Gibbon to Mr Holroyd Feb 28 1778
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The Same to the Same Oct 6 1771
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The Same to the Same EastIndia affairs January 12 1773
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The Same to the Same Feb 1774
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LETTER Page 52 Mr Gibbon to Mrs Gibbon May 24 1774
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The Same to Mr Holroyd May 24 1774
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The Same to the Same Dec 2 1774
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The Same to Mrs Gibbon Jan 31 1775
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The Same to the Same Parliamentary Feb 25 1775
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Side 102 - 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.
Side 551 - And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.
Side 101 - 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 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, 1 Memoirs, p. 166. and all nature was silent.
Side 262 - For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing lingering look behind?
Side xiv - 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.
Side 25 - What recks it them? What need they? They are sped; And, when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread : Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said: But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.
Side 109 - I shall soon enter into the period which, as the most agreeable of his long life, was selected by the judgment and experience of the sage Fontenelle. His choice is approved by the eloquent historian of nature, who fixes our moral happiness to the mature season, in which our passions are supposed to be calmed, our duties fulfilled, our ambition satisfied, our fame and fortune established on a solid basis.
Side 86 - 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.
Side 23 - To take up half on trust, and half to try, Name it not faith, but bungling bigotry. Both knave and fool the merchant we may call, To pay great sums, and to compound the small: For who would break with Heaven, and would not break for all?
Side 76 - 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.

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