 | Education - 1878 - 1074 pages
...Putney, in the County of Surrey, April 27, 1737, O. 8^ the son of Edward Gibbon and Judith Porten. • My lot might have been that of a slave, a savage,...in an age of science and philosophy, in a family of honorable rank, and decently endowed with the gifts of fortune. From my birth I have enjoyed the right... | |
 | Henry Barnard - Education - 1878 - 1070 pages
...Putney, in the County of Surrey, April 27, Z737, 0. S., the son of Edward Gibbon and Judith Porten. ' My lot might have been that of a slave, a savage,...without pleasure on the bounty of Nature which cast ray birth in a free and civilized country, in an age of science and philosophy, in a family of honorable... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - English literature - 1880 - 182 pages
...hostility to the Gospel.— Whitaker. Biography.— Born at Putney, in the county of Surrey, 1737: ' Nor can I reflect without pleasure on the bounty of...in an age of science and philosophy, in a family of honorable rank, and decently endowed with the gifts of fortune.' He was succeeded by five brothers... | |
 | Scotland - 1881 - 842 pages
...can I reflect without pleasure on the bounty of nature, which cast my birth in a free and civilised country, in an age of science and philosophy, in a...rank and decently endowed with the gifts of fortune." A gentle regret crosses his mind on looking back. His five brothers he does not pretend to lament,... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - English language - 1883 - 586 pages
...Gospel.— Whitaker. Biography. — Born in the village of Putney, in the county of Surrey, in 1737. 'Nor can I reflect without pleasure on the bounty...in an age of science and philosophy, in a family of honorable rank, and decently endowed with the gifts of fortune.' He was succeeded by five brothers... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - English language - 1882 - 1134 pages
...the Gospel.— W/Mafcer. Biography. — Born in the village of Putney, in the county Surrey, in 1737. 'Nor can I reflect without pleasure on the bounty of Nature, which cast my birth in ce and civilized country, in an age of science and philosophy. In a family of honor,e rank, and decently... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1887 - 1040 pages
...slave, a savage, or a peasant ; nor can I reflect without pleasure on the bounty of Nature, » hieb cast my birth in a free and civilized country, in an age of -•.•it-nee and philosophy, in a family of honourable rank, and decently .•ndowed with the gifts... | |
 | England - 1888 - 844 pages
...felt about his father's house, and which he has thus in his autobiography so whimsically described : " My lot might have been that of a slave, a savage,...gifts of fortune. From my birth I have enjoyed the rights of primogeniAN ALARM RY TIIE GUARD. From a Drawing by Hиoн THOMSON. ture ; but I was succeeded... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1891 - 474 pages
...(OS), in the year 1737; the first child of the marriage of Edward Gibbon, Esq., and of Judith Porten.1 My lot might have been that of a slave, a savage,...bounty of Nature, which cast my birth in a free and civilised country, in an age of science and philosophy, in a family of honourable rank, and decently... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1891 - 448 pages
...(OS), in the year 1737; the first child of the marriage of Edward Gibbon, Esq., and of Judith Porten.1 My lot might have been that of a slave, a savage,...bounty of Nature, which cast my birth in a free and civilised country, in an age of science and philosophy, in a family of honourable rank, and decently... | |
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My lot might have been that of a slave, a savage, or a peasant ; nor can I reflect without pleasure on the bounty of Nature, which cast my birth in a free and civilised country, in an age of science and philosophy, in a family of honourable rank, and... 
