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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... the eminent firm of Strahan and Cadell. For, during the previous years, Gibbon had 'gradually advanced from the wish to the hope, from the hope to the design, from the design to the execution, of my historical work, of whose nature.
... the eminent firm of Strahan and Cadell. For, during the previous years, Gibbon had 'gradually advanced from the wish to the hope, from the hope to the design, from the design to the execution, of my historical work, of whose nature.
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Edward Gibbon David Womersley. to the execution, of my historical work, of whose nature and limits I had yet a very inadequate notion' (A, p. 411). The press was set to work in June 1775, and on 17 February 1776, volume one of The ...
Edward Gibbon David Womersley. to the execution, of my historical work, of whose nature and limits I had yet a very inadequate notion' (A, p. 411). The press was set to work in June 1775, and on 17 February 1776, volume one of The ...
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... execution of Louis XVI in 1793. The closeness of the historian of decline to the epochal events which began the dismantling of the culture from within which and, to some degree, on behalf of which he had written make these closing years ...
... execution of Louis XVI in 1793. The closeness of the historian of decline to the epochal events which began the dismantling of the culture from within which and, to some degree, on behalf of which he had written make these closing years ...
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... execute such laborious destruction' (ADF, p. 344). This exoneration of the literal barbarians from the guilt of the destruction of the monuments of antiquity accords well with the unexpectedly positive notes in Gibbon's account of the ...
... execute such laborious destruction' (ADF, p. 344). This exoneration of the literal barbarians from the guilt of the destruction of the monuments of antiquity accords well with the unexpectedly positive notes in Gibbon's account of the ...
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... execution still more apparent, and still less excusable. But as I have presumed to lay before the Public a first volume only of the History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, it will perhaps be expected that I should explain ...
... execution still more apparent, and still less excusable. But as I have presumed to lay before the Public a first volume only of the History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, it will perhaps be expected that I should explain ...
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CHAPTER XV | |
CHAPTERS XVIXXI | |
CHAPTER XXII | |
CHAPTER XXIII | |
CHAPTER XXIV | |
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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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