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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... Nature', but rather to view at first hand the different constitutions of the various cantons, to visit the most substantial towns and cities, and to make the acquaintance of the most eminent persons (A, p. 144). In what may be a ...
... Nature', but rather to view at first hand the different constitutions of the various cantons, to visit the most substantial towns and cities, and to make the acquaintance of the most eminent persons (A, p. 144). In what may be a ...
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... with 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.
... with 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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... 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 Decline and Fall appeared at a price of one guinea, unbound. The book sold with great ...
... 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 Decline and Fall appeared at a price of one guinea, unbound. The book sold with great ...
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... nature of virtue as it related both to individuals and to whole societies. The second concerned barbarism. Was barbarism simply the antagonist of civil society, or were there points of contact and continuity between the two? Was ...
... nature of virtue as it related both to individuals and to whole societies. The second concerned barbarism. Was barbarism simply the antagonist of civil society, or were there points of contact and continuity between the two? Was ...
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... nature and reason than to hold in obedience remote countries and foreign nations, in opposition to their inclination and interest' (DF, iii. 142). However much Gibbon may have admired the artistic and cultural achievement of Rome ...
... nature and reason than to hold in obedience remote countries and foreign nations, in opposition to their inclination and interest' (DF, iii. 142). However much Gibbon may have admired the artistic and cultural achievement of Rome ...
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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 - 1827 |
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1914 |
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