THE

MISCELLANEOUS

WORKS

EDWARD GIBBON, ESQ.

WITH

MEMOIRS OF HIS LIFE AND WRITINGS,

COMPOSED BY HIMSELF:

ILLUSTRATED FROM HIS LETTERS,

WITI OCCASIONAL NOTES AND NARRATIVE

BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

JOHN, LORD SHEFFIELD.

A NEW EDITION, WITH CONSIDERABLE ADDITIONS

IN FIVE VOLUMES.

VOL. I.
MEMOIRS AND LETTERS.

LONDON:
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