Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Volume 1 |
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Page 11
... . He died in Decem- ber 1736 , at the age of feventy ; and by his laft will , at & c . Since inhabited by Mr. Wood , Sir John Shelly , the Duke of Norfolk , S. the the expence of Edward , his only fon , ( MY LIFE AND WRITINGS .
... . He died in Decem- ber 1736 , at the age of feventy ; and by his laft will , at & c . Since inhabited by Mr. Wood , Sir John Shelly , the Duke of Norfolk , S. the the expence of Edward , his only fon , ( MY LIFE AND WRITINGS .
Page 40
... Since the days of Po- cock and Hyde , Oriental learning has always been the pride of Oxford , and I once expreffed an inclination to Study Arabic . His prudence difcouraged this childish fancy ; but he neglected the fair occasion of ...
... Since the days of Po- cock and Hyde , Oriental learning has always been the pride of Oxford , and I once expreffed an inclination to Study Arabic . His prudence difcouraged this childish fancy ; but he neglected the fair occasion of ...
Page 165
... Since my establishment at Laufanne , more than seven years have elapfed ; and if every day has not been equally foft and ferene , not a day , not a moment , has occurred in which I have repented of my choice . During my abfence , a long ...
... Since my establishment at Laufanne , more than seven years have elapfed ; and if every day has not been equally foft and ferene , not a day , not a moment , has occurred in which I have repented of my choice . During my abfence , a long ...
Page 183
... Since I have escaped from the long perils of my childhood , the ferious advice of a phyfician has feldom been requifite . " The madness of fuperfluous health " I have never known ; but my tender constitution has been fortified by time ...
... Since I have escaped from the long perils of my childhood , the ferious advice of a phyfician has feldom been requifite . " The madness of fuperfluous health " I have never known ; but my tender constitution has been fortified by time ...
Page 196
... Since Septem- ber he has had a dozen apoplectic ftrokes , more or lefs violent in the intervals between them his ftrength gra- dually decayed ; every principle of life was exhausted ; and had he continued to drag a miferable exiftence ...
... Since Septem- ber he has had a dozen apoplectic ftrokes , more or lefs violent in the intervals between them his ftrength gra- dually decayed ; every principle of life was exhausted ; and had he continued to drag a miferable exiftence ...
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Page 167 - 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.
Page 142 - The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is the fruit of exercise. Many experiments were made before I could hit the middle tone between a dull chronicle and a rhetorical declamation...
Page 41 - I was never summoned to attend even the ceremony of a lecture; and, excepting one voluntary visit to his rooms during the eight months of his titular office, the tutor and pupil lived in the same college as strangers to...
Page 142 - ... chapters have been reduced by three successive revisals from a large volume to their present size; and they might still be compressed without any loss of facts or sentiments. An opposite fault may be imputed to the concise and superficial narrative of the first reigns from Commodus to Alexander, a fault of which I have never heard except from Mr Hume in his last journey to London. Such an oracle might have been consulted and obeyed with rational devotion; but I was soon disgusted with the modest...
Page xviii - The family of Confucius is, in my opinion, the most illustrious in the world. After a painful ascent of eight or ten centuries, our barons and princes of Europe are lost in the darkness of the middle ages ; but in the vast equality of the empire of China, the posterity of Confucius have maintained above two thousand two hundred years their peaceful honours and perpetual succession.
Page 39 - ... modern theatres, was reduced to a dry and literal interpretation of the author's text. During the first weeks I constantly attended these lessons in my tutor's room ; but as they appeared equally devoid of profit and pleasure, I was once tempted to try the experiment of a formal apology.
Page 14 - Call, is still read as a popular and powerful book of devotion. His precepts are rigid, but they are founded on the gospel: his satire is sharp, but it is drawn from the knowledge of human life; and many of his portraits are not unworthy of the pen of La Bruyere. If he finds a spark of piety in his reader's mind, he will soon kindle it to a flame; and a philosopher must allow that he exposes, with equal severity and truth, the strange contradiction between the faith and practice of the Christian...
Page 70 - I hesitate, from the apprehension of ridicule, when I approach the delicate subject of my early love. By this word I do not mean the polite attention, the gallantry, without hope or design, which has originated in the spirit of chivalry, and is interwoven with the texture of French manners. I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of...
Page 39 - I repeated the offence with less ceremony; the excuse was admitted with the same indulgence: the slightest motive of laziness or indisposition, the most trifling avocation at home or abroad, was allowed as a worthy impediment; nor did my tutor appear conscious of my absence or neglect.
Page 29 - World, which exhibit the Byzantine period on a larger scale. Mahomet and his Saracens soon fixed my attention ; and some instinct of criticism directed me to the genuine sources. Simon Ockley, an original in every sense, first opened my eyes ; and I was led from one book to another, till I had ranged round the circle of Oriental history. Before I was sixteen, I had exhausted all that could be learned in English of the Arabs and Persians, the Tartars and Turks ; and the same ardour urged me to guess...