 | Edward Gibbon - 1869 - 462 páginas
...volume of my History. At the outset all was dark and doubtful; even the title of the work, the true asra of the Decline and Fall of the Empire, the limits...the image of his mind, but the choice and command l of language is the fruit of exercise. Many experiments were made before I could hit the middle tone... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1877 - 238 páginas
...History. At the outset all was dark and doubtful, — • even the title of the work, the true era of the Decline and Fall of the Empire, the limits...narrative ; and I was often tempted to cast away the labor of seven years. The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command... | |
 | James Cotter Morison - 1878 - 216 páginas
...magnitude. " At the outset," he says, " all was dark and doubtful; even the title of the work, the true sera of the decline and fall of the empire, the limits...the division of the chapters, and the order of the narrative,—and I was often tempted to cast away the labour of seven years;"—alternations no doubt... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1879 - 428 páginas
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 | Peter Anton - 1880 - 268 páginas
..." At the outset," he writes, " all was dark and doubtful : even the title of the work, the true era of the Decline and Fall of the Empire, the limits...often tempted to cast away the labour of seven years Many experiments were made before I could hit the middle tone between a dull chronicle and a rhetorical... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1880 - 182 páginas
...of his history: 'At the outset all was dark and doubtful— even the title of the work, the true era of the Decline and Fall of the Empire, the limits...narrative; and I was often tempted to cast away the labor of seven years.' Entered Parliament, where, through eight sessions, he was 'a mute member,' for... | |
 | William Swinton - 1880 - 694 páginas
...volume of my History. At the outset all was dark and doubtful ; even the title of the work, the true era of the decline and fall of the empire, the limits...narrative ; and I was often tempted to cast away the labor of seven years. The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1881 - 842 páginas
...At the outset,' he remarks, ' all was dark and doubtful : even the title of the work, the true era of the decline and fall of the empire, the limits...tempted to cast away the labour of seven years. The %tylc of nn author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is the fruit... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1881 - 946 páginas
...Roman History, " at the outset all was dark and doubtful; even the title of the work, the true sera 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... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1881 - 604 páginas
...and doubtful ; even the title of the work, the true era of the decline and fall of the empire, <fcc. I was often tempted to cast away the labour of seven years." Winckelmann was long lost in composing his " History of Art ;" a hundred fruitless attempts were made,... | |
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History. At the outset 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 division of the chapters, and the order of the narrative ; and I was often tempted... 
