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" 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. But my original plan was circumscribed... "
Freemason's Magazine, Or General and Complete Library - Página 322
1796
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Miscellaneous Works of Edw. Gibbon: With Memoirs of His Life and ..., Volumen1

Edward Gibbon - 1796 - 360 páginas
...writing the decline and fall of the city firft ftartcd to my mind. But my original plan was circumfcribed to the decay of the city rather than of the empire...and reflections began to point towards that object, fome years elapfed, and feveral avocations intervened, before I was ferioufly engaged in the execution...
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Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, Volumen99

1796 - 502 páginas
...writing the decline and fall of the city firft ftarted to my mind. But my original plan was circumfcribed to the decay of the city rather than of the empire...and, though my reading and reflections began to point toward that abject, fome years elapfec?, and feveral avocations intervened, before I was ferioufly...
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The British Critic, and Quarterly Theological Review, Volumen8

1796 - 816 páginas
...the decline and fall of the city fir.ft ftarcJ to my mind. But my original plan was circurafcribed to the decay of the city rather than of the empire; and though my reading and refleflioiis began to point towards that objeft, foir.e years elapfed, and feveral avocations inter*...
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The British Critic, Volumen8

1796 - 746 páginas
...firft llared to my mind. But my original ylan was circumfcribed to the decay of the city rather than ot the empire ; and though my reading and reflections began to point towards that object, fome years elapfed, and fcveral avocations intervened, before i was ferioufly engaged in the execution...
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The Monthly Visitor, and Entertaining Pocket Companion, Volumen1

1797 - 610 páginas
...DECLINE AND FALL OF THF, CITY firjl entered . into my mind. But my original plan was circumlcribed to the decay of the city rather than of the empire; and though my reading and refleftions began to point towards that objeft, fome years elapfed, and feveral avocations intervened,...
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The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volumen8

1797 - 512 páginas
...writing the decline and fall of the city firft ftarted to my mind. Bat my original plan was circumfcribed to the decay of the city rather than of the empire ; and, though my reading and rerleftions began to point toward that objeft, fome .years elapfed, and feveral avocations intervened...
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The Scots Magazine, Or, General Repository of Literature, History ..., Volumen58

1796 - 982 páginas
...remy original plan was circumfcribed to pofitory of the political ftate of the Emthe fourth and fifth the decay of the city rather than of the empire: and, though my reading and reflections began to point toward» that objecl, fome year» elapfed, and fevera! avocations intervened, before I was ferioufly...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volumen8

Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 512 páginas
...decline and fall of the city first started to my mind. But my orignal plan was circumscribed to the dtcav of the city rather than of the empire : and, though...intervened, before I was seriously engaged in the excution of that laborious work. impatience. Rome and Italy had satiated my curious appetite, and I...
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Walker's Hibernian Magazine, Or, Compendium of Entertaining Knowledge, Parte2

1796 - 600 páginas
...writing the decline and fell of the city firft ftarted to my mind. But my original plan was circumfcribed to the decay of the city rather than of the empire...and reflections began to point towards that object, fomc years ' elapfed, and fcveral avocations intervened, before I was ferioufly engaged in the execution...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volumen8

Edward Gibbon - 1816 - 498 páginas
...that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind. But my original plan was circumscribed to the decay of the city rather...intervened, before I was seriously engaged in the execution ofthat laborious work. impatience. Rome and Italy had satiated my curious appetite, and I was now ready...
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