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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... death of his father, Gibbon settled in 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 ...
... death of his father, Gibbon settled in 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 ...
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... death of his grandfather. There were six further children, none of whom lived for more than a year, and Mrs Gibbon herself died on 26 December 1747. Gibbon had been largely neglected by his mother, and his father–cast into depression by ...
... death of his grandfather. There were six further children, none of whom lived for more than a year, and Mrs Gibbon herself died on 26 December 1747. Gibbon had been largely neglected by his mother, and his father–cast into depression by ...
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... death. From the first, it seems to have been acknowledged that his achievement was unrepeatable, and that his distinctive excellence as an historian was not a question of a particular method which others, less original and gifted, might ...
... death. From the first, it seems to have been acknowledged that his achievement was unrepeatable, and that his distinctive excellence as an historian was not a question of a particular method which others, less original and gifted, might ...
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... death of that emperor, his testament was publicly read in the senate. He bequeathed, as a valuable legacy to his successors, the advice of confining the empire within those limits which Nature seemed to have placed as its permanent ...
... death of that emperor, his testament was publicly read in the senate. He bequeathed, as a valuable legacy to his successors, the advice of confining the empire within those limits which Nature seemed to have placed as its permanent ...
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... death of Trajan soon clouded the splendid prospect; and it was justly to be dreaded, that so many distant nations would throw off the unaccustomed yoke, when they were no longer restrained by the powerful hand which had imposed it ...
... death of Trajan soon clouded the splendid prospect; and it was justly to be dreaded, that so many distant nations would throw off the unaccustomed yoke, when they were no longer restrained by the powerful hand which had imposed it ...
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CHAPTERS VIIIXIV | |
CHAPTER XV | |
CHAPTERS XVIXXI | |
CHAPTER XXII | |
CHAPTER XXIII | |
CHAPTER XXIV | |
CHAPTERS XXVXXVII | |
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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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