| 1796 - 622 páginas
...of my Hiftory. At the outfet all was dark and doubtful ; even the title of the work, the true sera of the decline and fall of the empire, the limits of the introduction, the divifions of the chapters, and the order of the narrative ; and I was often tempted to caft away the... | |
| 1796 - 618 páginas
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| 1796 - 616 páginas
...of my liiftory. At the outfet all was dark and doubtful ; even the title of the work, the true £Era of the decline and fall of the empire, the limits of the introduction, the divifion of the chapters, and the order of the narrative ; and I was often tempted to caft away the... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1796 - 520 páginas
...volume of my Hiftory. At the outfet all was dark and doubtful; even the tide of the work, the true sera of the Decline and Fall of the Empire, the limits of the introduction, the divifion of the chapters, and the order of the narrative ; and I was often tempted to caft away the... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1796 - 360 páginas
...volume of my Hiftory. At the outfet all was dark and doubtful; even the title of the work, the true era of the Decline and Fall of the Empire , the limits of the introduction , the divifion of the chapters, and the order of the narrative; and I was often tempted to caft away the... | |
| 1797 - 610 páginas
...my hiftory. At the outfet, all was dark and doubtful — even the title of the work, the true sera of the Decline and Fall of the Empire, the limits of the introduftion, and- the divifion of the chapters, and the order of the narrative ; and I was often tempted... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1807 - 606 páginas
...Roman history " at the outset all was dark and doubtful ; even the title of the work, the true aera of the decline and fall of the empire, the limits...the division of the chapters, and the order of the narration ; and I was often tempted to cast away the labour of seven years." Akenside has exquisitely... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1814 - 726 páginas
...of my history. At the outset all was dark and doubtful ; even the title of the work, the true fera of the Decline and Fall of the Empire, the limits...seven years. The style of an author should be the • From the mixed, though polite company of Boodle's, White's, and Brooke's, I must honourably distinguish... | |
| 1845 - 716 páginas
...in a more permanent form than the pages of a magazine afford. T Johnion'i " Vanity of Human Wishes." of an author should be the image of his mind, but...and command of language is the fruit of exercise." His plan of life now was to be, when old enough, ordained, and eventually to retire from Oxford on... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1824 - 536 páginas
...the outset all was dark and doubtful ; even the title of the work, the true aera of the decline anS fall of the empire, the limits of the introduction,...the division of the chapters, and the order of the narration ; and I was often tempted to cast away the labour of seven years." Akenside has exquisitely... | |
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