The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpirePenguin UK, 19. juni 2000 - 848 sider Spanning thirteen centuries from the age of Trajan to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, DECLINE & FALL is one of the greatest narratives in European Literature. David Womersley's masterly selection and bridging commentary enables the readerto acquire a general sense of the progress and argument of the whole work and displays the full variety of Gibbon's achievement. |
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... London and in 1774 was elected to Parliament, where he sat for the next eight years, although he never once spoke in the Commons. He also took his place among the literary circles of London. The first volume of his famous History was ...
... London and in 1774 was elected to Parliament, where he sat for the next eight years, although he never once spoke in the Commons. He also took his place among the literary circles of London. The first volume of his famous History was ...
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... (London, 1929) L J. E. Norton (ed.), The Letters of Edward Gibbon, 3 vols (London, 1956) MW Lord Sheffield (ed.), The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Eyes,, 5 vols (1814) Norton J. E. Norton, A Bibliography of the Works of Edward ...
... (London, 1929) L J. E. Norton (ed.), The Letters of Edward Gibbon, 3 vols (London, 1956) MW Lord Sheffield (ed.), The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Eyes,, 5 vols (1814) Norton J. E. Norton, A Bibliography of the Works of Edward ...
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... London lodgings in New Bond Street. He frequented the cosmopolitan and philosophic salon of the francophile Lady Hervey, and sought relaxation in regular theatregoing. In Hampshire his life was less fashionable but more profitable. For ...
... London lodgings in New Bond Street. He frequented the cosmopolitan and philosophic salon of the francophile Lady Hervey, and sought relaxation in regular theatregoing. In Hampshire his life was less fashionable but more profitable. For ...
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... London he frequented clubs such as the Cocoa Tree (still in the 1760s the haunt of Tories), the excitingly named, although actually respectable, School of Vice, and the Romans, a weekly gathering of those who had made the tour of Italy ...
... London he frequented clubs such as the Cocoa Tree (still in the 1760s the haunt of Tories), the excitingly named, although actually respectable, School of Vice, and the Romans, a weekly gathering of those who had made the tour of Italy ...
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... London, and was to spend the next four summers at Buriton. In due course he obtained a post as clerk in the Northern Department of the office of the Secretary of State, and he and Gibbon began to collaborate on various literary projects ...
... London, and was to spend the next four summers at Buriton. In due course he obtained a post as clerk in the Northern Department of the office of the Secretary of State, and he and Gibbon began to collaborate on various literary projects ...
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CHAPTER XXII | |
CHAPTER XXIII | |
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1914 |
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