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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... live stock' to Dr Winchester, who, according to Gibbon, 'well remembered that he had a salary to receive, and only forgot that he had a duty to perform' (A, p. 81). Deprived of any regular course of instruction, Gibbon soon fell into ...
... live stock' to Dr Winchester, who, according to Gibbon, 'well remembered that he had a salary to receive, and only forgot that he had a duty to perform' (A, p. 81). Deprived of any regular course of instruction, Gibbon soon fell into ...
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... explanations of the past which depended on a minute and particular divine providence. Secondly, philosophic historiography was not heroic; it would not depict the lives of millions being determined by the masterful will of a single.
... explanations of the past which depended on a minute and particular divine providence. Secondly, philosophic historiography was not heroic; it would not depict the lives of millions being determined by the masterful will of a single.
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... lives. Thirdly, the sequences of human society would typically appear oxymoronic, as developments arose from the actions of individuals and the policies of institutions apparently repugnant or antagonistic to them. So much for the ...
... lives. Thirdly, the sequences of human society would typically appear oxymoronic, as developments arose from the actions of individuals and the policies of institutions apparently repugnant or antagonistic to them. So much for the ...
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... lives. Yet I consider that the annals of ancient and modern times may afford many rich and interesting subjects; that I am still possessed of health and leisure; that by the practice of writing, some skill and facility must be acquired ...
... lives. Yet I consider that the annals of ancient and modern times may afford many rich and interesting subjects; that I am still possessed of health and leisure; that by the practice of writing, some skill and facility must be acquired ...
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... live in the memory of mankind; since America, as well as Europe, has received letters from the one, and religion from the other.83 A sandy desert alike destitute of wood and water skirts along the doubtful confine of Syria, from the ...
... live in the memory of mankind; since America, as well as Europe, has received letters from the one, and religion from the other.83 A sandy desert alike destitute of wood and water skirts along the doubtful confine of Syria, from the ...
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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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