The Auto-biography of Edward Gibbon, Esq: Illustrated from His Letters, with Occasional Notes and NarrativesTurner & Hayden, 1846 - 381 pages |
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... Lausanne , · CHAPTER X. The Author's account of the Books he read , 1 . 6 - 15 - 20 - 24 - 31 - 36 40 · 55 71 81 CHAPTER XI . The Author's Tour in Switzerland , · 91 CHAPTER XII . Mademoiselle Curchod - afterwards Madame Necker ,
... Lausanne , · CHAPTER X. The Author's account of the Books he read , 1 . 6 - 15 - 20 - 24 - 31 - 36 40 · 55 71 81 CHAPTER XI . The Author's Tour in Switzerland , · 91 CHAPTER XII . Mademoiselle Curchod - afterwards Madame Necker ,
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... Switzerland . Mr. Frey , a Swiss gentleman of Basle , undertook the conduct of the journey : we left London the 19th of June , crossed the sea from Dover to Calais , travelled post through several provinces of France , by the direct ...
... Switzerland . Mr. Frey , a Swiss gentleman of Basle , undertook the conduct of the journey : we left London the 19th of June , crossed the sea from Dover to Calais , travelled post through several provinces of France , by the direct ...
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... must agree with Dr. Johnson , ( Idler , No. 74 , ) " that what is twice read , is commonly better remembered than what is transcribed . " CHAP . XI . AUTHOR'S TOUR IN SWITZERLAND . DURING 90 AUTHOR'S ACCOUNT OF THE BOOKS HE READ .
... must agree with Dr. Johnson , ( Idler , No. 74 , ) " that what is twice read , is commonly better remembered than what is transcribed . " CHAP . XI . AUTHOR'S TOUR IN SWITZERLAND . DURING 90 AUTHOR'S ACCOUNT OF THE BOOKS HE READ .
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... Switzerland , we set cut to - morrow . Buy a map of Switzerland , it will cost you but a shilling , and follow me . I go by Iverdun , Neufchâtel , Bienne or Biel , Soleure or Solo- thurn , Bâle or Basle , Baden , Zurich , Lucerne , and ...
... Switzerland , we set cut to - morrow . Buy a map of Switzerland , it will cost you but a shilling , and follow me . I go by Iverdun , Neufchâtel , Bienne or Biel , Soleure or Solo- thurn , Bâle or Basle , Baden , Zurich , Lucerne , and ...
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... Switzerland ; Neufchâtel , Bienne , Soleure , Arau , Baden , Zurich , Basle , and Berne . In every place we visited the churches , arse- nals , libraries , and all the most eminent persons ; and , after my return , I digested my notes ...
... Switzerland ; Neufchâtel , Bienne , Soleure , Arau , Baden , Zurich , Basle , and Berne . In every place we visited the churches , arse- nals , libraries , and all the most eminent persons ; and , after my return , I digested my notes ...
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Page 222 - 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 berccau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
Page 222 - 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, and all Nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment of my fame.
Page 207 - that the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished', and Mr Burke's Bill of Reform was framed with skill, 162 introduced with eloquence, and supported by numbers.
Page 7 - Who builds a church to God, and not to Fame, Will never mark the marble with his name : Go, search it there, where to be born and die, Of rich and poor makes all the history ; Enough, that Virtue fill'd the space between ; Prov'd by the ends of being, to have been.
Page 100 - After a painful struggle I yielded to my fate : I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son 9 ; (8) my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and the habits of a new life.
Page 169 - 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.
Page 44 - My own introduction to the university of Oxford forms a new sera in my life ; and at the distance of forty years I still remember my first emotions of surprise and satisfaction. In my fifteenth year I felt myself suddenly raised from a boy to a man ; the persons whom I respected as my superiors in age and academical rank, entertained me with every mark of attention and civility ; and my vanity was flattered by the velvet cap and silk gown, which distinguish a gentleman commoner from a plebeian student.
Page 205 - I can never forget the delight with which that diffusive and ingenious orator, Mr. Burke, was heard by all sides of the house, and even by those whose existence he proscribed.
Page 237 - France. I admire his eloquence, I approve his politics, I adore his chivalry, and I can almost excuse his reverence for church establishments.
Page 101 - A rich banker of Paris, a citizen of Geneva, had the good fortune and good sense to discover and possess this inestimable treasure ; and in the capital of taste and luxury she resisted the temptations of wealth, as she had sustained the hardships of indigence. The genius of her husband has exalted him to the most conspicuous station in Europe. In every change of prosperity and disgrace he has reclined on the bosom of a faithful friend ; and Mademoiselle Curchod is now the wife of M. Necker, the minister,...