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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... hope, from the hope to the design, from the design to the execution, of my historical work, of whose nature.
... hope, from the hope to the design, from the design to the execution, of my historical work, of whose nature.
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... hope of something else (a post in the Customs and a secretaryship at the embassy in Paris were apparently discussed). Against the background of the astonishing political manœuvres of 1782-3, Gibbon resumed work on The Decline and Fall ...
... hope of something else (a post in the Customs and a secretaryship at the embassy in Paris were apparently discussed). Against the background of the astonishing political manœuvres of 1782-3, Gibbon resumed work on The Decline and Fall ...
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... hope for the happiness of mankind that there never will again' (L, i. 184). The views of the young man carried through into the work of his maturity. Chapter III of The Decline and Fall ends with an evocation of the misery of living ...
... hope for the happiness of mankind that there never will again' (L, i. 184). The views of the young man carried through into the work of his maturity. Chapter III of The Decline and Fall ends with an evocation of the misery of living ...
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... hope to traverse without being discovered, seized, and restored to his irritated master. Beyond the frontiers, his anxious view could discover nothing, except the ocean, inhospitable deserts, hostile tribes of barbarians, of fierce ...
... hope to traverse without being discovered, seized, and restored to his irritated master. Beyond the frontiers, his anxious view could discover nothing, except the ocean, inhospitable deserts, hostile tribes of barbarians, of fierce ...
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... hope to enjoy, the varied pleasures of retirement and society. But I shall ever glory in the name and character of an Englishman: I am proud of my birth in a free and enlightened country; and the approbation of that country is the best ...
... hope to enjoy, the varied pleasures of retirement and society. But I shall ever glory in the name and character of an Englishman: I am proud of my birth in a free and enlightened country; and the approbation of that country is the best ...
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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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