The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1Alex. Murray & Son, 1869 |
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... father of Edward Gibbon were both in Parliament . At Putney , near London , on April 27 , O.S. 1737 , the future historian was born , a sickly child . In 1749 he was entered at Westminster School ; and , April 3 , 1752 , he matriculated ...
... father of Edward Gibbon were both in Parliament . At Putney , near London , on April 27 , O.S. 1737 , the future historian was born , a sickly child . In 1749 he was entered at Westminster School ; and , April 3 , 1752 , he matriculated ...
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... father died ; in 1774 he entered Parliament , and was in office under Lord North . In 1782 he went back to the home of his youth , Lausanne , and lived there until the troubles of the French Revolution drove him to England , which he ...
... father died ; in 1774 he entered Parliament , and was in office under Lord North . In 1782 he went back to the home of his youth , Lausanne , and lived there until the troubles of the French Revolution drove him to England , which he ...
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... father , must have ended his life in poverty and contempt , had he not discovered an immense treasure buried under an old house , the last remains of his patrimony . According to the rigour of law , the emperor might have asserted his ...
... father , must have ended his life in poverty and contempt , had he not discovered an immense treasure buried under an old house , the last remains of his patrimony . According to the rigour of law , the emperor might have asserted his ...
Side 60
... father's " murder ; the humanity of his own nature had sometimes given way 66 to the stern laws of necessity , and to a forced connexion with two " unworthy colleagues : as long as Antony lived , the republic forbade " him to abandon ...
... father's " murder ; the humanity of his own nature had sometimes given way 66 to the stern laws of necessity , and to a forced connexion with two " unworthy colleagues : as long as Antony lived , the republic forbade " him to abandon ...
Side 70
... father a petty officer of the revenue ; " his own merit had raised him , in an advanced age , to the empire ; but his merit was rather useful , than shining , and his virtues were disgraced by a strict and even sordid parsimony . Such a ...
... father a petty officer of the revenue ; " his own merit had raised him , in an advanced age , to the empire ; but his merit was rather useful , than shining , and his virtues were disgraced by a strict and even sordid parsimony . Such a ...
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