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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... mind' (A, pp. 152 and 297). His wisdom, tact and kindness were evident immediately in the steps he took to humanize the severe régime which Edward Gibbon senior wished to impose on the son who had displeased him. The first priority was ...
... mind' (A, pp. 152 and 297). His wisdom, tact and kindness were evident immediately in the steps he took to humanize the severe régime which Edward Gibbon senior wished to impose on the son who had displeased him. The first priority was ...
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... mind was 'hardened by the habit of rigid demonstration, so destructive of the finer feelings of moral evidence', they nevertheless must have reinforced the ability for analysis which gradually began to assert itself in the notes Gibbon ...
... mind was 'hardened by the habit of rigid demonstration, so destructive of the finer feelings of moral evidence', they nevertheless must have reinforced the ability for analysis which gradually began to assert itself in the notes Gibbon ...
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... mind may be exercised and displayed by [the] study of ancient literature' (A, p. 167). The argument of the Essai was a temperate reproach to what Gibbon saw as the intellectual arrogance of the philosophes. In 1762 he began also to ...
... mind may be exercised and displayed by [the] study of ancient literature' (A, p. 167). The argument of the Essai was a temperate reproach to what Gibbon saw as the intellectual arrogance of the philosophes. In 1762 he began also to ...
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... mind' (A, p. 302). From Rome they moved to Naples and Venice, which was not to Gibbon's taste: 'a fine bridge spoilt by two Rows of houses upon it, and a large square decorated with the worst Architecture I ever yet saw' (L, i. 193) ...
... mind' (A, p. 302). From Rome they moved to Naples and Venice, which was not to Gibbon's taste: 'a fine bridge spoilt by two Rows of houses upon it, and a large square decorated with the worst Architecture I ever yet saw' (L, i. 193) ...
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... mind more vigorous or my composition more happy than in the winter hurry of society and Parliament?' (A, p. 316). In September 1780, however, Gibbon lost his seat in Parliament when Edward Eliot transferred his loyalty to the opposition ...
... mind more vigorous or my composition more happy than in the winter hurry of society and Parliament?' (A, p. 316). In September 1780, however, Gibbon lost his seat in Parliament when Edward Eliot transferred his loyalty to the opposition ...
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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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